About Accra Station

Who runs this desk

Accra Station is run by a small editorial team that writes, checks and corrects the pages you read here. We do not publish staff names, registration numbers or addresses, because we would rather leave a fact out than dress the page up with details you cannot verify.

The desk exists to explain how gold (XAU/USD) trading works for someone in Ghana, from a 0.10-lot position to the margin it needs in dollars, and to be plain about what we do not know.

How the desk is paid

Affiliate links are the only revenue this desk has. When a reader opens a broker account through a link on this site, the broker may pay us a referral fee, and that fee is the same whether our review of that broker is warm or cold.

Payment never buys a rating and never hides a weakness. If a broker's funding route through MTN Mobile Money is awkward for a Ghanaian reader, or a cost depends on something we cannot pin down, the page says so in the same words whether or not a link is present.

The regulator check we apply before naming any broker on this site

Before we name a broker, we check that the entity serving Ghana is disclosed and that the regulator caveat we hold is accurate. For FxPro, the caveat is: FxPro is licensed by the FCA (UK), CySEC and FSCA; confirm any broker on the SEC Ghana licensed operators list. We do not claim that FxPro is licensed by the SEC Ghana, and we do not imply that the FCA or CySEC licence automatically covers a client in Ghana. The caveat is printed in full wherever the broker is named in a regulatory context, and the reviewer checks that it has not been paraphrased into something stronger.

The check has two parts. First, the writer confirms that the broker's own disclosure names the entity that would serve a Ghana-based client. Second, the reviewer confirms that our caveat matches the wording above and that no sentence suggests the SEC Ghana has approved the broker. If a broker's entity structure changes, the caveat is reviewed before any new article is published. This is why you will see the same caveat repeated across pages: it is a fixed statement, not a variable one, and it is not shortened for readability.

We apply the same check to any broker we mention, not only FxPro. If we cannot confirm the entity and the applicable regulator, we do not name the broker in a way that implies regulatory safety. For gold (XAU/USD) content, this matters because leverage caps and margin requirements are set at the entity level, not at the brand level. The worked margin example of about $85.50 for a 0.10-lot position is tied to the cap that applies to the entity serving Ghana, and we will not present a different ratio as if it were available to a Ghanaian client.

The correction route for a figure you believe is wrong and how we respond

If you believe a number on this site is wrong, email the desk at the address listed in the footer with the page URL and the specific sentence you are challenging. Include any source you have, such as a broker statement or a regulator notice. The reviewer will check the claim against our fact sheet and the source you provide. If the number cannot be matched to our source, we will remove or rewrite it within five working days. If it matches our source but you believe the source is outdated, we will note the date of the source and consider whether to update the fact sheet.

We do not debate adjectives. A challenge to a phrase like 'low cost' will be treated as a challenge to an unsupported claim and the phrase will be removed unless we can attach a figure to it. A challenge to a factual number, such as the pip value of 0.01 for gold or the contract size of 100 oz, will be checked against the fact sheet and, if you are right, corrected. We publish a correction note at the bottom of the affected page stating what changed and when, without naming the person who raised it unless they ask to be named.

The desk does not have a formal appeals committee. The reviewer's decision after checking the source is final for the purposes of the site, but you are welcome to resubmit with a different source. If the challenge concerns the regulator caveat for Ghana, we will point you to the SEC Ghana licensed operators list rather than argue the point ourselves. We keep a log of corrections for twelve months so that patterns can be reviewed. This route is intentionally simple: one address, one reviewer, one source-based answer, and a public note when we change something.

The two-person desk behind every article and the rule that resolves disagreements

Accra Station is run by two people: a full-time writer-editor and a part-time reviewer who checks every number before publication. The writer drafts all content, and the reviewer independently verifies any figure against the source we hold on file. Decisions on what to publish are made by the writer-editor, but any factual claim must pass the reviewer before it goes live. When they disagree on a number, the source document wins and the claim is rewritten until it matches. This two-person structure is deliberate: it keeps the site accountable without pretending to be a large newsroom.

Every article follows a fixed decision path: the writer proposes a topic, the reviewer checks that the facts we intend to use are already in our source file, and only then does drafting begin. If a needed fact is not in the file, the article is either dropped or written to describe what the number depends on rather than inventing one. The reviewer also runs a final read for risk language, ensuring no sentence promises a return or describes a cost as low or competitive without a given figure. This path is the same for a short definition and a long guide.

The desk does not use a committee or an external board. The writer-editor holds final say on editorial tone and structure, while the reviewer holds a veto on any numerical or regulatory statement. That split means a piece can be delayed for a missing source but cannot be published with an unsourced figure. For gold (XAU/USD) content, the reviewer specifically checks that lot size (100 oz), pip value (0.01) and any margin example match our reference price of 4275.0 and the leverage cap for the entity serving Ghana. This is how we keep the about page honest about its own process.

Why the desk does not publish a spread, swap or minimum deposit figure

We do not publish a spread, swap or minimum deposit figure because those numbers are not in our fixed fact sheet and we will not invent them. What we can say is what those costs consist of: a spread is the difference between the bid and the ask quoted by the broker at the moment of execution, a swap is the overnight financing adjustment applied to a position held past the daily rollover, and a minimum deposit is set by the broker's account opening rules. Each depends on the broker's live pricing, the account type and the entity serving the client, so a single number would be misleading without a timestamp and a source.

For a reader in Ghana funding with MTN Mobile Money, the relevant deposit amount depends on the FxPro entity that serves this country and the account currency you choose. We cannot state a cedi figure because we do not hold one. Instead, we describe the funding route and note that any conversion from GH₵ to the account currency will be done at the rate the broker applies. The same logic applies to spreads on gold (XAU/USD): the cost depends on market conditions and the broker's quote, and we will not describe it as low or competitive without a figure to support that claim.

This is not a gap in the site; it is the editorial standard applied to costs. If we later obtain a sourced figure for a spread, swap or minimum deposit, we will publish it with the date and the source. Until then, any sentence that would require such a figure is written to explain what the cost depends on. That is why our cost pages may feel less specific than some other sites: we would rather tell you what we do not know than fill the space with a number we cannot defend.

What we are not

Accra Station is not a broker, not a bank and not a licensed adviser. We do not hold client money, open accounts or place trades, and we cannot help with a withdrawal, a frozen account or a lost deposit.

Nothing on this site is personal advice. A broker you read about here, such as FxPro, is a separate company with its own terms, and your relationship is with that company, not with us. FxPro is licensed by the FCA (UK), CySEC and FSCA; confirm any broker on the SEC Ghana licensed operators list.

How the site is funded and the limits that funding places on what we publish

Accra Station is funded by the desk's own resources and by affiliate links to FxPro. When a reader opens an account through a link on this site, the desk may receive a payment from FxPro. That payment does not buy a better review, a higher ranking or softer risk language. The editorial standard for a number is applied before any commercial consideration, and the reviewer has no involvement in affiliate arrangements. In practice, this means a page about FxPro is held to the same fact-check as a page about gold pip values, and any claim that cannot be sourced is removed regardless of its commercial effect.

Funding does not influence which facts we state or how we frame risk. We do not accept payment to omit a regulator caveat, to describe a cost as low without a figure, or to present leverage as a target rather than a cap. The only commercial influence is that we may choose to write about FxPro because it is the broker we cover for Ghana, but the content of that writing follows the same rules as everything else. If the desk ever takes funding from another source, that source will be disclosed on this page and will not change the numerical standard described above.

The site does not sell user data and does not run paid placements disguised as articles. Any affiliate relationship is disclosed at the point of the link. The funding model is simple: the desk writes about trading tools and costs, and if a reader chooses to open an account with FxPro through our link, the desk may earn a commission. That commission is not tied to the size of the reader's account or to trading volume. It is a fixed arrangement that does not vary with the claims we make, which is why we can afford to say 'we do not have a spread figure' rather than inventing one.

The editorial test every number must pass before it appears on the page

A number is published only if it comes from our fixed fact sheet or is a direct arithmetic consequence of those facts. For gold, that means we can state the contract size (100 oz), the pip (0.01), the reference price (4275.0) and the worked margin example of about $85.50 for a 0.10-lot position at the applicable leverage cap. We cannot state a spread, commission, swap or minimum deposit as a number because those are not in our source file. If a reader needs to know what a cost consists of, we describe its components and what it depends on, never a figure we do not hold.

The test has three steps. First, the writer flags every numeral in a draft. Second, the reviewer matches each numeral to a line in the fact sheet or to a calculation shown in the draft. Third, any numeral that fails the match is either removed or replaced with a description of what it depends on. This is why you will see phrases like 'the cost depends on the spread the broker quotes at the time' rather than a specific spread. The same rule applies to leverage: we state only the cap that applies to the entity serving Ghana and never suggest a different ratio.

Arithmetic is allowed but must be shown. For example, the $85.50 margin figure is derived from the reference price, the contract size and the leverage cap, and the reviewer re-runs that calculation independently. If the arithmetic cannot be reproduced from the fact sheet, the number is cut. We also refuse to compare costs across brokers using adjectives like competitive or low unless we have a quoted figure for both sides, which we usually do not. That is why our cost sections focus on what a cost is made of, not on ranking it.