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About Blain Reinkensmeyer

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Blain Reinkensmeyer

Cofounder, Managing Partner

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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.

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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.


Meet Blain Reinkensmeyer of Reink Media Group.

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Latest Articles

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HFM (HF Markets) Review

Alongside quality research and MetaTrader offering, HFM (HF Markets) offers a proprietary copy trading platform, HFcopy, as well as a decent selection of nearly 1,000 CFDs (including 100+ forex pairs).

  • Blain Reinkensmeyer
  • May 15, 2025
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Eightcap Review

Eightcap offers MetaTrader platforms with added third-party plugin support and provides U.K. clients access to TradingView for enhanced charting and analysis.

  • Blain Reinkensmeyer
  • May 14, 2025
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LegacyFX Review

LegacyFX is a plain-vanilla MetaTrader 5 (MT5) broker that offers a medium range of CFD markets and forex pairs.

  • Blain Reinkensmeyer
  • May 14, 2025
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XTB Review

As a trusted multi-asset broker, XTB offers outstanding customer service, a wide variety of forex and CFDs, and an excellent overall trading experience.

  • Blain Reinkensmeyer
  • May 12, 2025
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Best MetaTrader 4 (MT4) Brokers for 2025

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
  • May 09, 2025
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Best Low Spread Forex Brokers for 2025

Zero spread accounts are trading accounts offered by forex brokers that have no difference between the bid and ask price or have spreads that average close to zero.

  • Blain Reinkensmeyer
  • May 09, 2025
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Best Forex Trading Apps for 2025

Not all mobile apps offer traders the same forex trading capabilities. This guide covers which brokers offer the best forex trading apps in 2025.

  • Blain Reinkensmeyer
  • May 09, 2025
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