Daleel FX features a broker only when its regulatory status is confirmed on the relevant regulator's public register, its swap-free account structure is verified as available, and the program has confirmed the broker accepts clients from the relevant Gulf market. Figures we cannot verify — ratings, typical spreads, minimum deposits — are left null rather than estimated.
What criteria must a broker meet to appear on Daleel FX?
Every broker on Daleel FX must clear three checkpoints before a single page is published. First, the specific legal entity that serves Gulf-region clients must be currently authorised and listed on a recognised regulatory register — the DFSA in Dubai's DIFC, the SCA for UAE onshore, the ADGM in Abu Dhabi, the FCA in the United Kingdom, ASIC in Australia, CySEC in Cyprus, or the FSCA in South Africa. We search the exact entity name, not the group brand, and confirm current status, not merely a historical licence.
Second, the broker must offer a swap-free (Islamic) account, because that is the primary account type for the Gulf audience we serve. We confirm availability — not riba-purity, which we cannot audit — and we state that distinction plainly. Third, the broker's affiliate program must confirm in writing which geographies it accepts clients from, and we only feature that broker on the market pages for those confirmed geographies. No broker appears on a country page if the program has not confirmed client acceptance there.
What does 'verified on the register' actually mean?
When Daleel FX says a broker is regulated by a named authority, that statement rests on a specific action: opening the regulator's own public register, entering the legal entity name (not the brand name), and confirming the result shows a current authorisation for the relevant activity — dealing in investments, managing a collective investment scheme, or the equivalent permission for retail forex and CFD business.
The four brokers on our current shortlist — Exness (FCA, CySEC, FSCA), XM (CySEC, ASIC), Pepperstone (DFSA, FCA, ASIC, CySEC), and FP Markets (DFSA, ASIC, CySEC, FSCA) — were each verified this way at the time of the most recent content review. Regulatory status can change; we schedule quarterly reviews and display a last-updated date on every page. If you observe a discrepancy, contact us and we will re-verify within 24 hours.
Why do ratings, spreads and minimum deposits show as unverified?
Spreads, commissions and minimum deposits change frequently, are account-type specific, and vary by jurisdiction and instrument. Publishing a figure we have not personally verified — from a live trading account opened with real funds under the conditions a Gulf trader would face — would be fabrication, regardless of how recently we checked a broker's public marketing page.
The honest-null policy means those fields are left blank with a note explaining what to check and where, rather than showing a number we cannot stand behind. This is the correct approach for peak-YMYL content: a wrong spread figure misleads a trader's cost calculation; a wrong minimum deposit misleads their funding decision. We accept the trade-off of a less visually complete table in exchange for accuracy. As we conduct hands-on reviews, verified figures will replace the null placeholders.
How does Daleel FX handle the swap-free (Islamic account) question?
Daleel FX treats the Islamic account as a primary fact, not a secondary feature. All four brokers on our shortlist expose a swap-free account, which means that account type exists. We confirm availability; we do not audit whether each account's specific fee mechanics are riba-free. That distinction is material: a broker can offer a swap-free account that reconstitutes the overnight interest through an administration fee or widened spread, which is a different product from a genuinely Sharia-structured account.
Our coverage of swap-free accounts therefore follows a consistent structure: confirm the account exists, give the reader the checklist of terms to verify (administration fees, eligible instruments, holding-period limits, spread differentials), and direct them to verify current terms with the broker directly. We do not issue religious rulings. The AAOIFI — the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions — is the recognised standards body for Islamic finance; where a broker cites AAOIFI standards or holds a Sharia supervisory board certification, we report that as a positive signal to verify in the broker's published documentation.
Who runs the Daleel FX editorial desk?
Daleel FX is operated by an independent editorial desk that cross-references every broker's licence against the DFSA, SCA, ADGM, FCA and ASIC public registers before publishing. The desk treats Sharia compliance — swap-free structures, AAOIFI standards, riba implications — with the same rigour as spread-and-commission arithmetic. No payment is accepted for editorial coverage, and no review is published until the regulatory facts are verified at source.
The named E-E-A-T author for this venture is under appointment; until that appointment is complete, pages carry the editorial-desk attribution and remain under a noindex directive. This policy reflects the E-E-A-T bar for peak-YMYL financial content: a verifiable, credentialled human author is a prerequisite for publication, not an optional enhancement. When the named author is confirmed, their credentials, professional registration and contact details will be published on an author page consistent with Google's E-E-A-T guidance.
How do I report an error in Daleel FX coverage?
Regulatory accuracy is the most important property of this site. If you observe a regulatory status, entity name or licence detail that appears incorrect, we want to know immediately. Any discrepancy between what we publish and what the relevant regulator's register shows takes priority over every other editorial task.
Contact the editorial desk through the details on the about page. Provide the specific claim, the guide or broker page it appears on, and the register evidence you believe contradicts it. We will re-verify the claim against the primary source within 24 hours and either correct it or explain our sourcing. The site's commercial relationship with broker programs does not influence this process — if a featured broker's licence lapses or is suspended, we update the page and remove the commercial link before any other consideration.
Frequently asked questions
Does Daleel FX accept payment for broker coverage?
No. Editorial coverage — the selection of which brokers appear, and the content of every review and guide — is determined solely by the editorial criteria: regulatory status, swap-free availability, and confirmed allowed geography. Brokers may pay a commission on client referrals (which is disclosed in the affiliate disclosure on every page), but that commercial relationship does not purchase editorial inclusion or influence ratings.
How often are broker facts updated?
Quarterly as a minimum, or immediately when a material change is reported. Every page carries a last-updated date. Regulatory status in particular can change without notice — a licence can be suspended, withdrawn or upgraded — so we schedule regular re-verification against each regulator's register and invite readers to flag discrepancies.
Why does Daleel FX only list four brokers at launch?
The editorial desk applied its three-checkpoint verification process to a broader universe and confirmed four brokers that meet all criteria for the Gulf market at this time: verified regulation on a recognised register, confirmed swap-free account availability, and program confirmation of Gulf-market client acceptance. Adding brokers without completing the verification process would compromise the honest-null policy that underpins the site's credibility.
What is the honest-null policy?
Any figure Daleel FX cannot personally verify — typical spreads, minimum deposits, withdrawal times, ratings — is left as a null (blank) with a note directing the reader to check the current figure on the broker's own site. We never publish an estimated or sourced-from-elsewhere number as if it were verified. This is the correct posture for peak-YMYL financial content, where a wrong figure misleads a real financial decision.
How does Daleel FX handle a broker's DFSA licence?
The DFSA (Dubai Financial Services Authority) operates within the DIFC (Dubai International Financial Centre), a financial free zone. A DFSA licence covers the DIFC jurisdiction specifically — it is distinct from the UAE's broader SCA licence and from the ADGM framework in Abu Dhabi. When Daleel FX describes a broker as DFSA-authorised, that refers to the entity registered with the DFSA for its DIFC operations, which is verifiable on the DFSA public register at dfsa.ae.
Sources & further reading
Daleel FX is an independent editorial desk that cross-references every broker's licence against the DFSA, SCA and ADGM public registers before publishing a word. We treat Sharia-compliance — swap-free structures, AAOIFI standards, riba implications — with the same rigour as spread-and-commission arithmetic. No payment is accepted for coverage, and no review is published until the regulatory facts are verified at source.