About the Research Desk
Evidence-First Investigation Desk
GetAlgoBuddy is an independent research database dedicated to investigating algorithmic trading bots, digital asset brokers, and withdrawal platforms.
The digital asset space is flooded with fabricated performance dashboards, hidden withdrawal restrictions, and predatory recovery schemes. This site structures victim evidence into case files that other people can find before they deposit. If a platform has been flagged by a regulator, referenced by multiple victims, or caught running clone-firm playbooks, its case lives here with sources attached.
No platform is assumed legitimate until proven otherwise.
I started GetAlgoBuddy after spending too much time trying to vet retail trading platforms and realising the public information was mostly affiliate marketing dressed up as reviews. The honest accounts — burned customers, regulator warnings, technical evidence — exist, but they are scattered across Reddit threads, Trustpilot rants, and regulator PDFs that nobody in the target audience actually reads.
GetAlgoBuddy started as a notebook of red-flag patterns and has grown into a public case-file database cross-referenced against the FCA Warning List and other regulator sources. I write every verdict personally. Every claim on the site maps to a linkable public source — if a source is wrong, I correct the case.
Areas of focus: algorithmic trading fraud, clone firms, FCA warning-list analysis, recovery-scam detection, forex broker due diligence, withdrawal-restriction schemes.
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Named Scams Exposed
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Pattern Alerts Isolated
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Intel Reports Filed
The Hard Line
Zero Trust Verification
GetAlgoBuddy enforces a strict Zero Trust Vetting Protocol. This means platforms are disqualified based on three primary factors: Custody, Cryptographic Proof, and Withdrawal Rights.
If a trading system requires users to deposit capital into an operator's wallet rather than connecting via read-only exchange APIs, the burden of trust becomes overwhelmingly high. If they restrict withdrawals under the guise of "verification taxes" or "liquidity locks," they are immediately classified as a threat.
Submitting a Platform
Submissions from project operators are accepted, but nothing gets a free pass.
Projects that claim a "Verified" status must submit comprehensive documentation proving on-chain custody structures, transparent fee models, and historical drawdowns. Marketing hype and proprietary AI buzzwords are rejected at the door.
Further reading
How the sausage is made
The full source hierarchy, dedup rules, and verdict logic are documented publicly — as is the corrections policy and the operator right-of-reply process.