Methodology

Ranking methodology

Our score is a weighted average of seven criteria, each scored from 0 to 10. Every rule is described below so you can recompute any score from the public fact sheet.

Weights

Key strength	Value	Score
Regulation & transparency - licence quality, regulator tier, disclosed entity.	25%	0 – 10
Costs & conditions - advertised payout, minimum deposit, withdrawal fees.	20%	0 – 10
Payments - number of deposit/withdrawal methods, processing speed, crypto support.	15%	0 – 10
Platform & tools - interface quality, charting, execution features (editorial).	15%	0 – 10
Assets & expiries - breadth of instruments, shortest and longest expiries.	10%	0 – 10
Support & education - channels, responsiveness, educational material (editorial).	10%	0 – 10
Demo account - availability and whether it is unlimited.	5%	0 – 10

Scoring rules

Regulation & transparency - licence quality, regulator tier, disclosed entity.
Costs & conditions - advertised payout, minimum deposit, withdrawal fees.
Payments - number of deposit/withdrawal methods, processing speed, crypto support.
Assets & expiries - breadth of instruments, shortest and longest expiries.
Demo account - availability and whether it is unlimited.

How the score is built: each criterion is scored from 0 to 10, then weighted. Open the methodology page to recompute any line.

Pocket Option9.6

Regulation & transparency - licence quality, regulator tier, disclosed entity.2.5 × 25% = 0.63
Costs & conditions - advertised payout, minimum deposit, withdrawal fees.10.0 × 20% = 2.00
Payments - number of deposit/withdrawal methods, processing speed, crypto support.10.0 × 15% = 1.50
Platform & tools - interface quality, charting, execution features (editorial).9.0 × 15% = 1.35
Assets & expiries - breadth of instruments, shortest and longest expiries.7.0 × 10% = 0.70
Support & education - channels, responsiveness, educational material (editorial).9.0 × 10% = 0.90
Demo account - availability and whether it is unlimited.10.0 × 5% = 0.50

Independence

Commission rates are not part of the dataset used by the score. An affiliate agreement cannot raise a score, and refusing one cannot lower it. If we cannot verify a field, it is marked as not disclosed and scores zero where the rule requires a value.

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Update cycle

Facts are re-checked at least twice a year, and immediately after a reported change (new licence, regulator warning, payment method change). The verification date is shown on every platform page.

What the score does not measure

Past payouts, user profitability, surveyed customer service quality, or the likelihood that you personally will make money. Trading remains a negative-expectation activity for most retail participants.

Editorial rating

Editorial verdict: the editorial team may replace the grid result with a final verdict when the grid cannot capture something it has verified (product evolution, withdrawal reliability over time, support quality). In that case the platform page displays the computed score and the editorial rating side by side, and the final mark is labelled as an editorial rating. The grid itself is never altered.

⚠ Risk warning: binary options are high-risk speculative products. The majority of retail accounts lose money. Never invest money you cannot afford to lose.

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