About Trading Guide

Most forex content online is sales copy dressed up as education, or AI-spun listicles that collapse under the first practical question. Neither helps a real beginner. We built Trading Guide because the resource we wanted when we started trading didn't exist, and the closest alternatives were $500 courses with testimonials nobody could verify.

Our editorial bet: a small team of real people writing carefully, citing primary sources, and willing to say uncomfortable things (like "most prop firm evaluations are a net loss for the average buyer") is worth more than a thousand SEO-optimised articles written to rank for keywords.

• Named authors. Every article has a named editor with a real bio, credentials, and a dedicated author page you can review. No anonymous content on YMYL topics.
• Primary sources, cited inline. When we quote the FCA, ESMA, ASIC, BIS, or a broker's client agreement, we link the exact document.
• Numbers are verified. We double-check every statistic against its original source. If we can't verify it, we cut it.
• Updated dates mean something. We move the "updated" date only when substance changes. A typo fix doesn't move the date.
• No affiliate-driven ranking. If a broker isn't regulated in your region, we say so, even when the affiliate dollar would say otherwise.

We don't hide from the fact that modern editorial workflows involve AI. Here's what actually happens on Trading Guide:

• Research synthesis. AI tools help pull regulator disclosures, compile data points from FCA / ESMA / ASIC filings, and organise primary sources faster than gathering them by hand.
• First drafts. Sections are sometimes drafted with AI assistance once the research is compiled, to get a structural skeleton down quickly.
• Translations. We translate each English article into Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Turkish and progressively more languages. Quality forex education in local languages is scarce. A trader in Hanoi, Bangkok, Jakarta or Istanbul shouldn't have to read English to understand FSCA vs. FCA regulation. Translations are AI-assisted from the English source, then reviewed on the key technical terms (regulator names, rates, numbers, broker references) before publishing.
• Spell-check and grammar. Standard editing tools catch typos and clean up grammar, same as any modern writing workflow.
• Decorative illustrations. Professor Winston, hero images, and infographics are generated with AI image tools.

What stays human on every article:

• The editor types at the keyboard. Paragraphs are rewritten, restructured, sometimes discarded entirely.
• Every citation is verified by hand against the original regulator document or broker disclosure.
• Fact-checking is manual. Numbers, rates, regulation references, and statistics are cross-checked against their primary source before an article ships.
• The editor approves or spikes the draft. If something doesn't match the editor's view or can't be verified against a source, it is cut.

The named editor on the byline is editorially responsible: the analysis, opinions, broker judgements, and risk framings are theirs. AI is never used to fabricate citations, invent credentials, simulate experience the author does not have, or publish content without human review.

The editorial voice behind Trading Guide is James Mitchell, Senior Trading Analyst with a Master's in Finance and roughly a decade in forex and CFD markets. James is also Professor Winston, the site's illustrated mascot.

"James Mitchell" is an editorial pen name. The real person behind the byline holds the credentials listed above and takes full editorial responsibility for everything published on Trading Guide. We use a pen name for privacy, not to obscure expertise. The work is authored by someone with genuine qualifications and real trading experience.

The editorial team occasionally works with contributing writers who have real trading or finance backgrounds: active traders, analysts, and researchers with verifiable expertise in the topics they write about. Not generic content writers. If a contribution doesn't come from someone who actually knows the subject, it doesn't ship.

Every contributing article is reviewed, fact-checked against primary sources, and approved by James Mitchell before publication. Contributing pieces carry the contributor's own byline; James's name stays on the pieces he writes himself. The editor has final say on accuracy and tone on every article on the site, regardless of who drafted it.

• We don't sell courses, signals, or trading rooms.
• We don't run a proprietary indicator business.
• We don't rank brokers by affiliate commission.
• We don't operate a brokerage or offer personalised advice.
• We don't take paid reviews.