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Blain is Co-founder and Partner at Reink Media Group, and the Head of Research at StockBrokers.com. Blain is widely respected as a leading expert on the U.S. online brokerage industry, and has placed thousands of trades over the course of his decades-long trading career. Blain created the original scoring rubric for StockBrokers.com back in 2011 and has headed every annual review since the site's inception.

Over his career as a trader and expert voice on the investment industry, Blain has drawn inspiration from his conversations with everyday traders and industry leaders alike, and has been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and the Chicago Tribune, among others.

As a writer, Blain has authored a wide range of educational articles covering the industry and has penned informative guides for traders, such as The Interactive Guide to Technical Analysis. Blain also founded the site StockTrader.com, now housed on StockBrokers.com, which began as a personal blog and has become a widely consulted educational resource for traders of all experience levels. Blain's numerous stock trading educational articles have been read over 20 million times over the past decade.

Latest Articles

Best Forex Brokers for 2026

For our 2026 Forex Broker Review we assessed, rated, and ranked 32 international forex brokers. Here are our findings.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• July 10, 2026

Best Forex Trading Apps for 2026

Not all mobile apps offer traders the same forex trading capabilities. This guide covers which brokers offer the best forex trading apps in 2026.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• July 10, 2026

Best Forex Brokers for Beginners of 2026

Our team has spent countless hours opening demo accounts, navigating forex platforms, and conducting market research to evaluate forex and CFD broker offerings.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• July 10, 2026

eToro Review

eToro is a winner for its easy-to-use copy-trading platform, where traders can copy the trades of experienced investors – or receive exclusive perks for sharing.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• July 01, 2026

Best Copy Trading Platforms for 2026

Find the best copy trading platforms for forex in 2026. Compare regulated brokers, top apps, and learn how to copy trades from expert traders in real-time.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• July 01, 2026

Best Forex Options Brokers for 2026

The best forex brokers for forex options trading in 2026 provide multiple trading tools and options products.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• June 22, 2026

Best MetaTrader 4 (MT4) Brokers for 2026

After personally using the MetaTrader suite for over a decade to make trades, this guide contains my picks for the best forex brokers to use with it as well as numerous expert tips.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• June 22, 2026

Best MetaTrader 5 (MT5) Forex Brokers for 2026

We tested and ranked the best forex brokers that offer MetaTrader 5, the popular trading platform developed by MetaQuotes Software.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• June 22, 2026

Pepperstone Review

Pepperstone offers a growing range of tradeable markets, good-quality research, and support for multiple social copy trading platforms.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• June 16, 2026

Best Crypto Brokers for 2026

Looking for the best crypto broker? We tested dozens of platforms to find the top forex brokers for trading Bitcoin, crypto CFDs, and altcoins in 2026.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• June 16, 2026

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