The TradeVerdikt editorial team

TradeVerdikt is an independent publisher covering offshore fixed-time options brokers. This edition is dedicated to one brand — Pocket Option — because that is the brand Russian-speaking readers search for most, and because the honest answer to almost any of those searches is more complicated than the marketing suggests.

We are not Pocket Option. We are not affiliated with the operator, we do not accept deposits, hold client funds or place trades. Nothing here is an investment recommendation.

How we work

Every page starts from a checkable source: the operator's own public pages and open regulatory information. Where a figure cannot be confirmed from one of those, we publish a range or leave it out rather than repeat a number found in someone else's review. There are deliberately no rouble amounts on this site — not one of them is verifiable.

We have not opened or funded a live account with this broker, and we never pretend otherwise. Instead of "personal experience" we give an evaluation framework: what to check, what the open record actually says, and where the gaps remain. Terms, payout percentages, minimums and country restrictions change without notice — confirm the live rules on the operator's own pages before acting on anything you read here.

What we say about the platform's status

The platform operates offshore and holds no Bank of Russia licence. That means a Russian client has no national protection, no compensation fund and no local route for a complaint. We say that plainly — and we equally do not call the broker fraudulent: an accusation needs evidence we do not have, and a clean bill of health needs a licence it does not have. The decision stays with the reader.

Who is responsible

Editorial responsibility sits with Даниил Ярцев, редактор по брокерам. Corrections are welcome and handled quickly: if a page is out of date or wrong, we would rather hear it from a reader than leave it standing.

A word on risk

Fixed-time options are high-risk, short-horizon speculation. Losing the full amount deposited is a normal outcome here, not a rare exception, and no strategy, signal service or bot changes the structure of the product. Treat anything in the account as money you are prepared to lose in full.