How would you know that your broker will not file bankruptcy?

Hello guys, i have a question. I am based in usa and the top brokers available to trade forex are forex.com fxcm and oanda and mbtrading. I would like to know what kind of a research one can do to keep up to date with there brokers.

I have heard of PFGBest and MF Global who filed bankruptcy and a lot of account holders lost big money.

There are threads here in forexfactory that discuss these brokers. This is how I found the broker I'm trading with right now. You may have to spend time reading through contrasting opinions -- have fun!

Yeah, you can search for threads here. US Forex brokers are under the authority of CFTC: http://www.cftc.gov/index.htm

You can go to CFTC and search for the broker you're interested in. In general, look for the company's financials, the bigger the better. I trade Forex (in the US) with TD Ameritrade (Think or Swim), partly because they're part of TD Bank (very large Canada-based bank), and partly because I can trade all asset classes from the same account.

MB Trading is no longer offering Forex, they sold that division to Trade King.

I don't think you can ever have 100% confidence in your broker or your bank account ....just one of those things you have to endure as a speculator