About Blain Reinkensmeyer

Blain Reinkensmeyer

Cofounder, Managing Partner

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.

Meet Blain Reinkensmeyer of Reink Media Group.

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Best Forex Brokers for Beginners of 2025

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

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Best Forex Brokers for 2025

For our 2025 Forex Broker Review we assessed, rated, and ranked 32 international forex brokers. Here are our findings.

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Best Forex Trading Apps for 2025

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Best MetaTrader 5 (MT5) Forex Brokers for 2025

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

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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.

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Best Copy Trading Platforms for 2025

Find the best copy trading platforms for forex in 2025. Compare regulated brokers, top apps, and learn how to copy trades from expert traders in real-time.

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CMC Markets Review

CMC Markets is well-trusted across the globe, and delivers a terrific trading experience thanks to its excellent pricing and nearly 12,000 tradeable instruments