{"id":998589,"date":"2022-11-03T18:18:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T22:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/?p=998589"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T03:39:06","slug":"how-finder-rates-stock-trading-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.finder.com\/ca\/stock-trading\/how-finder-rates-stock-trading-platforms","title":{"rendered":"How Finder rates stock trading platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Stock Trading Platform Awards methodology<\/h3><p>Picking stocks is complex enough without having to worry about whether you have a good broker.<\/p><p>So to help, we launched an extensive review of what stock trading platforms were offering Canadian customers.<\/p><p>The goal was pretty simple: to find the best stock trading platform for investors at different stages of their investing journeys. As such, we looked over 18 brokers across 4 categories and 35 criteria. Each category was weighted differently.<\/p><h3>How do we choose our award winners?<\/h3><p>Finder&#8217;s Awards are data led. Our data and editorial team worked together to create an algorithm that ranks stock trading platforms based on a set of criteria.<\/p><p>The criteria are weighted differently for each award.<\/p><p>The platform that scored highest in each award was named the winner, with the products that scored second and third highest each receiving a highly commended award.<\/p><p>In the event of a tie, standardized fee data was used to determine a winner, with the lowest fees dictating the winner.<\/p><h3>What features do we compare?<\/h3><p>Our awards are based on a comprehensive list of 35 individual criteria that broadly fall into one of the following four categories:<\/p><ul class=\"luna-accordionGroup accordionGroup\"><li class=\"luna-accordion\" data-accordion=\"accordion\">\n  <div class=\"luna-accordion__summary\">\n    <h4 class=\"luna-accordion__heading\">\n      <button class=\"luna-accordion__action collapsed\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion0000000000\" 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