How do beginners choose between a dozen similar brokers?

Once you filter for regulation, most brokers look alike, and beginners freeze on the choice. The useful differentiators are smaller: costs on your pairs, platform quality, deposit methods and how withdrawals actually go.

What broke the tie for you?

• the deciding factor when you chose
• whether it turned out to matter
• what you'd weigh more heavily now

Start with the broker profiles — they list regulators, entities and published loss percentages.