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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Latest Articles

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
November 25, 2025

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.