Editorial Policy
This page describes the editorial standards Pocket Option Guide commits to on every article, every locale, every refresh. We publish this policy so readers can verify our practices and journalists can hold us accountable.
Fact-checking standards
We follow a strict three-stage fact-check:
- The author writes every claim with a primary source link
- An independent fact-checker (Michael or Sarah, depending on topic) verifies the source link and the underlying claim
- The YMYL reviewer (David Park) does a final pass against our 12-point checklist
For any claim not backed by a Tier-1 to Tier-4 source (see our methodology), we add a "verify before relying on this" disclaimer on the page.
Sourcing rules
We only accept dated official sources, regulator dispatches, or peer-reviewed publications as primary evidence for factual claims. Anonymous Reddit posts, forwarded WhatsApp messages, and YouTube screenshots are never used as primary evidence — though they may inform our coverage of user-reported issues.
If the only available source is secondary, we explicitly disclose this on the page so readers can apply appropriate scepticism.
Affiliate disclosure policy
Pocket Option Guide is registered with Pocket Option's affiliate program. Our outbound registration links generate a commission when readers register through them. This commercial relationship is disclosed:
- On every page via an affiliate-disclosure bar near the top of the article
- Near every CTA button via
rel="sponsored nofollow"markup - On this editorial-policy page in full
The commercial model does not influence our editorial decisions. We publish negative reviews, cite regulator warnings, and recommend locally-regulated alternatives regardless of affiliate revenue impact. Our editor's job is to be useful to the reader who decides not to register, not just the one who does.
Conflicts of interest
None of our editors are former or current Pocket Option Ltd. employees. We do not personally trade in Pocket Option-related assets or hold equity in Gembell Limited. If an editor develops a personal stake in a topic (for example, an investment in a competing platform), they recuse themselves and the article passes to another editor.
Language and accessibility standards
English pages follow standard international English usage. Locale-specific pages are written in the primary language of the target country (Hindi for India, Bengali for Bangladesh, Urdu for Pakistan, Arabic for MENA, Portuguese for Brazil, Spanish for Mexico/Peru/Colombia/Venezuela/Argentina, Filipino for the Philippines, Indonesian for Indonesia, Malay for Malaysia, Swahili for Kenya/Tanzania, French for Côte d'Ivoire/Cameroon/Congo, Ukrainian for Ukraine, Russian for Russia, Amharic for Ethiopia).
We do not accept code-switching, machine-translation patterns, or untranslated sentence fragments. Our pre-publish linter checks for these patterns.
Corrections and transparency
When we make a mistake, we fix it with a public correction note. We do not silently edit. Submit corrections via /corrections/ with the page URL, the exact claim, and a current source link.
How we handle user reviews
Our /reviews/ page aggregates user feedback from Trustpilot, Google Play, App Store, and Reddit. We do not write or fabricate reviews. Quotes attributed to "users" are sourced and linked to their original platform with the original posting date.
Refresh schedule
Every article is reviewed and refreshed every 90 days. The last-reviewed date and reviewer name are visible in the byline. Stale information older than 90 days will be flagged in our internal QA report and prioritised for refresh.