2026-10-26 · run #61 · VelesAI Forex AI Visibility Index
Let me analyze the data carefully:
Movers: - IG: 68 → 82 (+14) - CMC Markets: 18 → 10 (-8) - Interactive Brokers: 30 → 23 (-7) - Forex.com: 13 → 18 (+5) - OANDA: 17 → 12 (-5) - Pepperstone: 52 → 48 (-4) - BlackBull Markets: 0 → 3 (+3) - Saxo: 20 → 17 (-3)
Invisible count: 41 brands with presumably 0 visibility Invisible examples: AMarkets, ATFX, Alpari, Axi, Blueberry Markets, Capital.com, City Index, Darwinex, Doo Prime, Equiti, Errante, FBS
Sources AI cited: - forexbrokers.com — 30 - investinglive.com — 13 - dailyforex.com — 10 - scribehow.com — 10 - fxempire.com — 9 - compareforexbrokers.com — 8 - brokerchampion.com — 7 - bestbrokers.com — 6
Index URL: https://ai.veles.solutions/index
Requirements:
- FIRST line exactly: "TITLE:
Journalistic, concrete numbers, zero fluff, no invented facts. I need to be careful about "plausible why" — I can offer plausible explanations but should frame them as plausible/hypotheses, not invented facts. The instruction says "the movers and plausible why" — so I should give plausible reasoning, but clearly framed as analysis, not fabricated facts.
Title: needs date and one key fact. E.g., "TITLE: October 2026 AI Visibility Index: IG Hits 82% as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini Name It in 4 of 5 Forex Queries"
Wait — 82% of 60 queries = 49.2 queries. So "recommended in 82% of queries" — I can say "surfaced in 82% of the 60 queries." Let me be precise: visibility_pct is presumably the percentage of queries where the broker appeared in AI recommendations. 82% of 60 = ~49 queries. I could say "roughly 49 of 60 queries" but that's derived math — it's fine as it's directly computable, but maybe safer to just say 82% of queries.
Title options: - "TITLE: Forex AI Visibility Index, October 26, 2026: IG Jumps 14 Points to 82% as AI Assistants Concentrate on a Handful of Brokers" - "TITLE: October 26, 2026 Index: IG Reaches 82% Visibility Across 60 AI Forex Queries, Up 14 Points"
Word count: 400-550 words for the article body. Let me draft.
Structure: - Intro paragraph (no heading): run date, 60 queries, models tested, headline fact (IG at 82%, +14). - ## IG leads... leaderboard story: IG 82 (+14), Pepperstone 48 (-4), IC Markets 40 (+2), Interactive Brokers 23 (-7), then a four-way tie at 18 (FP Markets, Forex.com, Tickmill, eToro), AvaTrade and Saxo at 17. Gap between #1 and #2 is 34 points. - ## The movers: IG +14 (68→82), CMC Markets -8 (18→10), IB -7 (30→23), Forex.com +5 (13→18), OANDA -5 (17→12), Pepperstone -4 (52→48), BlackBull +3 (0→3), Saxo -3 (20→17). Plausible why: I should be careful. Plausible explanations framed as hypotheses: IG's gains may reflect its dominance in cited review sources; concentration at the top suggests models converge on the same few names; CMC and OANDA slipping suggests citation sources shifted. I must not invent facts — frame with "likely," "suggests," "plausibly." The prompt explicitly asks for "plausible why," so hedged analysis is expected. - ## The invisible-to-AI problem: 41 brands got zero visibility. Name a few: Capital.com, City Index, Axi, Alpari, FBS, Blueberry Markets, ATFX, Equiti, Darwinex, Doo Prime, AMarkets, Errante. Note that some are major brands (Capital.com, City Index, Axi) — that's a fair characterization since they're well-known brokers, but I should be careful about claims. I can say "brands with real market presence" — hmm, that's an outside claim. Safer: "including names like Capital.com, City Index, Axi and Alpari — none appeared in a single recommendation across the 60 queries." That's supported by "invisible" (visibility 0). Actually invisible_count 41 means 41 brands tracked had 0 visibility presumably. The examples list is given as invisible examples. I can say they "went unmentioned" — that's what invisible means. I'll phrase carefully: "41 of the tracked brands registered zero visibility" — the data says invisible_count: 41, so that's fine. - ## What the models read: cited sources. forexbrokers.com cited 30 times — the most-cited domain. investinglive.com 13, dailyforex.com 10, scribehow.com 10, fxempire.com 9, compareforexbrokers.com 8, brokerchampion.com 7, bestbrokers.com 6. Note scribehow.com is interesting — a how-to/workflow site, not a forex publisher. That's a factual observation from the data (it's in the list). I can note that a process-documentation tool appears among cited sources — that's factual. Total citations: 30+13+10+10+9+8+7+6 = 93. I could mention 93 citations across these eight domains. That's derived arithmetic, fine. - Closing line: full live index at https://ai.veles.solutions/index.
Word count target: 400-550. Let me draft and count.
Draft:
TITLE: October 26, 2026 Forex AI Visibility Index: IG Surges 14 Points to 82%, Leaving Every Rival 34 Points Behind
Intro: The latest VelesAI Forex AI Visibility Index, run on October 26, 2026, asked 60 broker-recommendation queries across GPT-4o, Claude Opus/Sonnet/Haiku, Gemini 2.5 and Perplexity Sonar Pro. The result is a market of extreme concentration: IG appeared in 82% of answers, 34 points clear of second-place Pepperstone, while 41 tracked brands were not recommended at all.
IG's 82% visibility — up 14 points from 68% — makes it the only broker named in more than half of AI answers. Pepperstone holds second at 48% (-4), followed by IC Markets at 40% (+2). After that, the drop is steep: Interactive Brokers sits at 23% (-7), and a four-way tie at 18% covers FP Markets (-2), Forex.com (+5), Tickmill (-2) and eToro (+3). AvaTrade (17%, unchanged) and Saxo (17%, -3) round out the top ten. The gap between first and second is now larger than Pepperstone's entire visibility score.
IG's jump from 68% to 82% is the run's defining move. The plausible driver is citation concentration: forexbrokers.com, the single most-cited domain this run, was referenced 30 times, and brokers that anchor those rankings tend to get repeated by every model. Forex.com climbed from 13% to 18%, and BlackBull Markets moved from 0% to 3% — its first appearance on the index. The losers tell the opposite story: CMC Markets fell from 18% to 10%, Interactive Brokers from 30% to 23%, OANDA from 17% to 12%, and Saxo from 20% to 17%. When models lean harder on a narrow set of sources, mid-table brands lose shelf space first. Pepperstone's dip from 52% to 48% suggests even the runner-up isn't immune to that squeeze.
The index's sharpest finding is who's missing. Forty-one tracked brokers registered zero visibility across all 60 queries — meaning no model, on any prompt, named them even once. The list includes Capital.com, City Index, Axi, Alpari, FBS, Blueberry Markets, ATFX, Equiti, Darwinex, Doo Prime, AMarkets and Errante. For these firms, the AI recommendation layer simply doesn't exist yet: they compete for traders who increasingly ask ChatGPT or Perplexity "which forex broker should I use" and receive an answer built from a shortlist that never includes them.
The eight most-cited domains this run generated 93 citations. Forexbrokers.com led with 30, followed by investinglive.com (13), dailyforex.com (10), scribehow.com (10), fxempire.com (9), compareforexbrokers.com (8), brokerchampion.com (7) and bestbrokers.com (6). The presence of scribehow.com — a workflow documentation tool rather than a forex publisher — is a reminder that AI citations don't always come from where brokers expect.
The full live index, updated with every run, is at https://ai.veles.solutions/index.
Now let me check word count. Let me count roughly.
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