2026-10-15 · run #58 · VelesAI Forex AI Visibility Index
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- First line exactly: "TITLE:
Facts from DATA: - Run date: 2026-10-15 - 60 queries - Models: GPT-4o, Claude Opus/Sonnet/Haiku, Gemini 2.5, Perplexity Sonar Pro - Top 10: IG 78% (-2), Pepperstone 55% (-3), IC Markets 38% (-2), Interactive Brokers 28% (-5), OANDA 22% (0), eToro 22% (+2), Forex.com 20% (-2), XM 18% (+3), Saxo 17% (-5), Exness 15% (+5) - Movers: tastyfx 2→7 (+5), Interactive Brokers 33→28 (-5), Exness 10→15 (+5), Saxo 22→17 (-5), XTB 7→3 (-4), FxPro 3→7 (+4), Pepperstone 58→55 (-3), CMC Markets 10→13 (+3) - Invisible count: 38 brands - Invisible examples: NAGA, GO Markets, Alpari, Forex4you, ATFX, Libertex, Darwinex, HYCM, Finex, HF Markets, easyMarkets, ThinkMarkets - Sources cited: forexbrokers.com (42), scribehow.com (15), compareforexbrokers.com (14), investinglive.com (12), investopedia.com (11), dailyforex.com (10), fxempire.com (7), bestbrokers.com (7)
Note: the "movers" deltas — tastyfx from 2 to 7 (+5) — these appear to be visibility percentages, not ranks. tastyfx isn't in the top 10 but moved from 2% to 7%. XTB 7→3 (-4), FxPro 3→7 (+4), CMC Markets 10→13 (+3). These are visibility percentages presumably.
Interesting: XTB fell from 7 to 3, FxPro rose from 3 to 7 — could suggest a swap. tastyfx +5, Exness +5. Interactive Brokers and Saxo both -5.
Plausible why: I need to be careful — "plausible why" but no invented facts. I can frame speculation as speculation, e.g., "the data doesn't say why, but..." Actually the instruction says "the movers and plausible why" — I should offer plausible explanations clearly framed as interpretation, not facts. Keep it grounded: e.g., tastyfx and Exness gains coincide with declines elsewhere; shifts in which review sites AI cites could explain. I can note that forexbrokers.com dominates citations (42), so rankings on that site likely influence visibility. That's a plausible inference, framed as such.
Word count: 400-550. Let me draft.
Title: "TITLE: AI Forex Visibility Index, October 15, 2026: IG Holds 78% While 38 Brokers Go Unmentioned by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity"
Maybe punchier: "TITLE: October 15, 2026: IG Tops AI Visibility at 78% — But 38 Forex Brokers Are Invisible to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity"
Draft:
Intro: On October 15, 2026, VelesAI ran 60 queries across GPT-4o, Claude Opus/Sonnet/Haiku, Gemini 2.5 and Perplexity Sonar Pro to see which forex brokers AI assistants actually recommend. IG leads with 78% visibility... 38 brands never mentioned.
H2: IG leads, but the top tier is slipping - IG 78% (-2), Pepperstone 55% (-3), IC Markets 38% (-2). IG mentioned in nearly 4 of 5 queries. Gap between #1 and #2 is 23 points. Interactive Brokers 28 (-5), OANDA 22 (0), eToro 22 (+2), Forex.com 20 (-2), XM 18 (+3), Saxo 17 (-5), Exness 15 (+5). Notable: 7 of top 10 lost ground or flat? Let's check: IG -2, Pepperstone -3, IC Markets -2, IB -5, OANDA 0, eToro +2, Forex.com -2, XM +3, Saxo -5, Exness +5. So five declined, one flat, four gained. Only eToro, XM, Exness gained among top 10 (plus OANDA flat). Actually that's 3 gainers + 1 flat + 6 decliners. Wait: IG -2, Pepperstone -3, IC Markets -2, IB -5, Forex.com -2, Saxo -5 = 6 decliners. OANDA 0 flat. eToro +2, XM +3, Exness +5 = 3 gainers. So six of the top ten lost visibility.
H2: Movers: tastyfx and Exness climb, XTB slides - tastyfx 2% → 7% (+5), Exness 10% → 15% (+5), FxPro 3% → 7% (+4), CMC Markets 10% → 13% (+3). Down: Interactive Brokers 33→28, Saxo 22→17, XTB 7→3, Pepperstone 58→55. - Plausible why: The index doesn't record causes, but the citation data offers a clue: forexbrokers.com was cited 42 times across 60 queries — the most-cited domain by nearly 3x. Brokers that rank well on heavily cited review sites are more likely to surface in AI answers. Also, XTB's 4-point drop mirrors FxPro's 4-point gain — a near-swap suggesting the models swapped one recommendation for another in similar query types. Frame as speculation.
H2: 38 brokers the AI never mentions - invisible_count 38. Examples: NAGA, GO Markets, Alpari, ATFX, Libertex, ThinkMarkets, easyMarkets, HF Markets, Darwinex, HYCM. These brands got zero mentions across all 60 queries and four model families. For a broker spending on acquisition, being absent from AI answers means... keep factual: whatever their traffic/ads, AI assistants don't name them.
H2: Where the AI got its answers - forexbrokers.com 42 citations, scribehow.com 15, compareforexbrokers.com 14, investinglive.com 12, investopedia.com 11, dailyforex.com 10, fxempire.com 7, bestbrokers.com 7. forexbrokers.com cited in 70% of queries (42/60). Note scribehow.com is a workflow-documentation tool — interesting that AI cites it; that's an observation I can make without inventing facts? Saying "scribehow.com is a workflow documentation platform" would be an invented fact outside DATA. Better to just note it's an unusual presence among review sites — hmm, even calling it unusual is interpretation. I can say it sits alongside dedicated broker-review sites. Keep it safe: "the list is dominated by broker comparison sites, with forexbrokers.com cited 42 times — 70% of all queries."
Closing: The full live index is at https://ai.veles.solutions/index.
Word count target 400-550. Let me write and count.
Let me write the article:
TITLE: October 15, 2026: IG Tops AI Visibility at 78% While 38 Forex Brokers Go Unmentioned by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
On October 15, 2026, VelesAI ran 60 trader-facing queries through GPT-4o, Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, Gemini 2.5 and Perplexity Sonar Pro to measure which forex brokers AI assistants actually name. IG leads the Visibility Index at 78%, but the bigger story is the floor: 38 brokers received zero mentions across every model and every query.
IG remains the most-recommended broker, named in 78% of answers — down 2 points from the previous run. Pepperstone holds second at 55% (-3), and IC Markets third at 38% (-2). The gap between first and second place is 23 points.
Below the podium, Interactive Brokers sits at 28% after a 5-point drop, ahead of OANDA and eToro, tied at 22%. eToro was one of the few gainers (+2); OANDA was flat. Forex.com lands at 20% (-2), XM at 18% (+3), Saxo at 17% (-5) and Exness at 15% (+5). In total, six of the top ten lost visibility this run, one held flat, and only three gained.
The biggest riser outside the top ten was tastyfx, up 5 points from 2% to 7%. Exness matched that climb, jumping from 10% to 15% and re-entering the top ten. FxPro rose from 3% to 7% (+4) and CMC Markets from 10% to 13% (+3).
The falls were concentrated in established names: Interactive Brokers (33% → 28%), Saxo (22% → 17%), XTB (7% → 3%) and Pepperstone (58% → 55%). XTB's 4-point loss almost exactly mirrors FxPro's 4-point gain — a pattern consistent with the models swapping one broker for another in similar query types. The index does not record causes, but the citation data offers a clue: forexbrokers.com was cited 42 times, more than any other domain by nearly a factor of three. Brokers that rank prominently on the most-cited review sites are the likeliest to surface in AI answers, and shifts in those underlying rankings plausibly explain this run's churn.
Invisibility is the index's starkest finding. Thirty-eight brands were not named in a single one of the 60 queries, by any of the four model families. The list includes NAGA, GO Markets, Alpari, Forex4you, ATFX, Libertex, Darwinex, HYCM, Finex, HF Markets, easyMarkets and ThinkMarkets. Whatever these firms spend on advertising or SEO, it currently buys them nothing in convers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!TITLE: October 15, 2026: IG Tops AI Visibility at 78% While 38 Forex Brokers Go Unmentioned by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity
On October 15, 2026, VelesAI ran 60 trader-facing queries through GPT-4o, Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, Gemini 2.5 and Perplexity Sonar Pro to measure which forex brokers AI assistants actually name. IG leads the Visibility Index at 78%, but the bigger story is the floor: 38 brokers received zero mentions across every model and every query.
IG remains the most-recommended broker, named in 78% of answers — down 2 points from the previous run. Pepperstone holds second at 55% (-3), and IC Markets third at 38% (-2). The gap between first and second place now stands at 23 points.
Below the podium, Interactive Brokers sits at 28% after a 5-point drop, ahead of OANDA and eToro, tied at 22%. eToro was one of the few gainers (+2); OANDA was flat. Forex.com lands at 20% (-2), XM at 18% (+3), Saxo at 17% (-5) and Exness at 15% (+5). In total, six of the top ten lost visibility this run, one held flat, and only three gained.
The biggest riser outside the top ten was tastyfx, up 5 points from 2% to 7%. Exness matched that climb, jumping from 10% to 15% and holding the tenth spot. FxPro rose from 3% to 7% (+4) and CMC Markets from 10% to 13% (+3).
The falls were concentrated in established names: Interactive Brokers (33% to 28%), Saxo (22% to 17%), XTB (7% to 3%) and Pepperstone (58% to 55%). XTB's 4-point loss almost exactly mirrors FxPro's 4-point gain — a pattern consistent with the models swapping one broker for another in similar query types. The index does not record causes, but the citation data offers a clue: forexbrokers.com was cited 42 times, nearly triple the next domain. Brokers that rank prominently on the most-cited review sites are the likeliest to surface in AI answers, and shifts in those underlying rankings plausibly explain this run's churn.
Invisibility is the index's starkest finding. Thirty-eight brands were not named in a single one of the 60 queries, by any of the four model families. The list includes NAGA, GO Markets, Alpari, Forex4you, ATFX, Libertex, Darwinex, HYCM, Finex, HF Markets, easyMarkets and ThinkMarkets. Whatever these firms spend on advertising or SEO, it currently buys them nothing in conversational search: when a trader asks ChatGPT or Gemini for a broker recommendation, these names simply do not appear.
The models leaned heavily on a short list of sources. forexbrokers.com was cited 42 times — 70% of all queries — followed by scribehow.com (15), compareforexbrokers.com (14), investinglive.com (12), investopedia.com (11), dailyforex.com (10), fxempire.com (7) and bestbrokers.com (7). The concentration is striking: one review site effectively anchors what four AI platforms tell traders about the market. For brokers outside the top ten, appearing on these eight domains may matter more than any other visibility channel.
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