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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

FxPro Review

FxPro competes among the top MetaTrader brokers, featuring multiple account options and various execution methods.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 15, 2026

Trading 212 Review

Best known for its mobile trading app, Trading 212 offers an easy-to-use trading platform suite for CFD and share trading.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 14, 2026

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 04, 2026

VT Markets Review

VT Markets benefits from being part of the Vantage Group of companies, and provides access to the MetaTrader suite of platforms.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

Trade Nation Review

Trade Nation’s well-designed, easy-to-use trading app is an innovative trading platform that’s great for beginner forex and CFD traders.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

TopFX Review

TopFX offers the MetaTrader and cTrader platform suites, and grants access to a medium range of CFD markets and forex pairs.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

TMGM Review

TMGM stands out for its impressive education toolset, though it still trails behind the best brokers in most categories.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

TD Ameritrade Review

TD Ameritrade’s thinkorswim platform offers over 70 tradeable currency pairs alongside a plethora of impressive tools, research, and education.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

Swissquote Review

Traders choose Swissquote for its quality research and vast multi-asset offering.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

Octa Review

Octa offers a basic, low-cost MetaTrader platform experience alongside its social copy-trading platform.

• Blain Reinkensmeyer
• May 04, 2026

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