Who We Are and How We Work
This page sets out the editorial obligations we accept, the limits we place on ourselves, and how readers can hold our work to account.
See the partner offerAccept an obligation to the reader
This site exists because a reader in Australia trying to form a view of a single broker deserves an account that is not written by that broker. We take on one obligation: to describe Tickmill as accurately as we can, in plain terms, for people who are weighing whether to open an account. That obligation is owed to readers, not to the broker, and it shapes everything below.
We are not Tickmill. We are not affiliated with Tickmill. We do not open accounts, accept deposits, place orders, hold client money or give financial advice, and nothing published here should be read as a recommendation to trade or to refrain from trading. The site is an editorial resource and nothing more.
Explain where the facts come from
Our material is drawn from what the broker itself publishes, including its product terms, fee schedules, execution and order-handling disclosures and client agreement documents, together with publicly available regulatory registers and the broker's own announcements. Where a claim cannot be traced to one of those sources, we do not present it as fact.
Checking happens at the point of drafting and again before publication. A statement about costs, leverage, product availability or entity structure is compared against the current published document rather than an older copy. Where sources conflict, we say so in the text instead of picking the version that reads better. Where something is unclear or undisclosed, we write that it is unclear or undisclosed.
Revisit pages on a schedule
A review is a snapshot, and broker terms move. Pages concerning fees, account types, leverage and the legal entities serving Australian clients are revisited at least once a quarter, and sooner where the broker announces a change that affects what we have written. Other pages are reviewed at least twice a year.
Each page carries the date of its last review. If a page is overdue for review, we would rather say so than let a stale date stand.
Set out what we will not do
We will not accept payment, commission or any other benefit from Tickmill or from anyone acting for it in exchange for coverage, wording, placement or a favourable conclusion. We will not submit drafts to the broker for approval, and we will not agree to remove or soften a finding as a condition of continued access to information.
We will not publish invented particulars. We do not manufacture licence numbers, registration details, addresses, telephone numbers or e-mail addresses, and we do not name other brokers, platforms or partners in our material. We will not describe this site as regulated, licensed or endorsed, because it is none of those things, and we will not promise outcomes or imply that any reader will profit.
Invite you to challenge what we publish
If you believe something here is wrong, out of date or unfair, tell us through the contact form on this site, quoting the page and the passage. We will check the point against the source, correct the text where the challenge is made out, and note the correction on the page. Where we disagree, we will explain why.
A review can tell you what a broker discloses and how its terms are drafted; it cannot tell you whether trading suits you, whether your funds are safe in every scenario, or how the broker will behave in a future market. Those limits are real, and we would rather state them than paper over them.
