How we review brokers and where our numbers come from

Published Eightcap figures come from a specific official page or an attributed partner-desk confirmation. Eightcap's account-options page lists the direct Raw commission as $3.50 CAD per side per standard lot ($7.00 round trip). Eightcap's partner desk confirmed in July 2026 that the rate through SmartProfitFX is $3.00 CAD per side ($6.00 round trip). The payments page lists Interac deposits as instant, $100–$3,000, with withdrawals in 1–5 business days and a $50 minimum. Official URLs appear in each page's source list, and partner-desk-only claims carry their attribution in the same sentence.

Facts that cannot be verified through an official Eightcap page or a dated partner-desk confirmation are left out. The examples below are facts that remain unverified.

A founding year is not stated on the About or trader pages checked, so none is published. Swap and overnight-financing fields exist on Eightcap's instrument pages, but no values rendered when checked, so no figures are quoted. Eightcap's partner desk confirmed in July 2026 that Canadian and French clients are onboarded on a reverse-solicitation basis under Eightcap's Marketing Governance and Client Engagement Policy. Canadian clients currently go to Eightcap International Ltd in Seychelles; non-IB-referred French clients go to Eightcap EU Ltd in Cyprus, while IB-referred French clients may go to the Seychelles entity. Pages using those routing claims attribute them to the partner desk in the same sentence, then use Eightcap and regulator sources to corroborate the entities and licences.

Eightcap also uses occasional "850+ assets" phrasing that conflicts with the "800+ CFDs" figure used consistently elsewhere, so these pages use 800+. Canadian leverage figures are published only as "up to" limits with the equity-tier caveat and a direction to confirm the current tier in the client portal.

We never call SmartProfitFX or Eightcap the "best broker in Canada," or any synonym of it. We are an affiliate of an offshore CFD provider, and calling that an award would be a lie.

We do not lead with leverage. High leverage is how CFD products are usually marketed, and it is exactly what makes them dangerous: the majority of retail investor accounts lose money trading CFDs. Canadian leverage figures appear only as "up to" limits with the equity-tier caveat and a direction to confirm the current tier in the client portal.

We state the regulatory reality up front. Eightcap is not registered with CIRO, and accounts opened through SmartProfitFX have no CIPF protection. That appears near the top of every Canada page, not in a footnote. It is the single most important thing a Canadian reader needs to know before funding, and softening it would be a lie.

We keep the alternatives fair. Every roundup names real competitors, including CIRO-registered brokers such as OANDA Canada, Questrade FX and Interactive Brokers Canada, and tells you who should choose them over the Eightcap path. If a CIRO-registered, CIPF-covered broker is the right answer for your situation, our page says so, even though we earn nothing when you pick one.

One person writes and reviews the Canada pages: Blake Olson, founder of SmartProfitFX, an official Eightcap partner and Eightcap's Canada representative. He maintains the verified facts file that every page draws from and personally reviews each Canada page before it publishes.

The conflict of interest is direct, and we state it plainly: SmartProfitFX earns a referral commission when you open an Eightcap account through its links, and the person recommending Eightcap is the person compensated for the referral. That is a real bias.

Four rules hold it in check. Facts are constrained to named official pages or dated partner-desk confirmations. The regulatory downside (no CIRO registration, no CIPF protection) is stated up front on every Canada page. Alternatives name CIRO-registered brokers and tell you when to pick them over us. Unverifiable facts are held back rather than published.