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TheRockTrading.com is an independent crypto comparison and review website. It is not affiliated with The Rock Trading S.R.L., the Italian cryptocurrency exchange that stopped operating in February 2023 and has been in judicial liquidation since April 2023.
The Rock Trading is an independent information and comparison website covering three ways people trade crypto: CFD brokers, crypto exchanges and crypto prop firms. Alongside our comparisons we publish educational guides, so you can understand what each product involves before comparing providers.
TheRockTrading.com is operated by The Trustee for Compare Forex Brokers Unit Trust (ABN 49 909 258 897), Victoria, Australia. The entity name, ABN and main business location (VIC 3161) match the public Australian Business Register record. If any detail on this site needs an editorial correction, please contact us so the team can review and update it.
What We Do
Crypto products differ enough that comparing them within their own category makes more sense than treating them alike. A CFD is a contract on price differences, with no ownership of the underlying crypto. Spot trading means buying and selling crypto itself, and custody arrangements vary between services. Prop programmes grant access under an agreement, often in a simulated setting. Because providers may offer several products with different terms and structures, the products are not interchangeable.
Online CFD Brokers
A CFD is a contract with a provider that settles on price movements, rather than a transfer of crypto you own. Positions can be long or short, and leverage magnifies both gains and losses. Your own capital is required, costs apply, and losses can exceed your initial margin. Actual leverage, access and protections depend on the product, legal entity, jurisdiction and client category, so check the terms that apply to you.
Crypto Exchanges
Spot trading means buying or selling crypto itself. Unleveraged spot uses your own funds, while margin services involve borrowing, and a spot purchase can be made with borrowed funds. Derivative exposure, by contrast, does not itself give you ownership of any coin. With provider custody, your access and entitlements depend on the agreement and applicable law; an account balance is not personal control of keys. With self custody, you control the keys and bear the operational responsibility, including possible permanent key loss. Custody and withdrawal conditions apply, so check them before trading.
Crypto Prop Firms
Crypto prop firms offer trading programmes whose models, stages, instruments and fees vary. Many stages use simulated funds, while some programmes may include live-capital stages. An advertised balance is not money you personally own. Real fees and applicable charges can be lost, and rewards, advancement and payouts depend on the exact agreement, loss limits and other conditions. Simulated trading does not remove programme or provider risk.
| Feature / Method | Online CFD Brokers | Crypto Exchanges | Crypto Prop Firms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product | Price-difference contracts with a provider, long or short | Spot crypto buying and selling; derivatives are a separate product | Programme trading, often on simulated balances, under firm rules |
| Ownership and custody | No transferable crypto; the contract settles on price movements | Provider custody depends on the agreement and law; self custody means you control the keys | An advertised balance is not personally owned money |
| Leverage | Available; magnifies losses, which can exceed initial margin | Unleveraged spot is distinct from margin and derivatives | Set by the programme; varies by firm and stage |
| Money at risk | Your own capital and costs; losses can exceed initial margin | Your own funds; custody and operational risks depend on arrangements | Real fees and charges can be lost; rewards are conditional |
| Terms to check | Leverage, costs, jurisdiction, client category and protections | Custody terms, withdrawal conditions, and whether products are spot or derivatives | Agreement terms, loss limits, payout conditions and stage structure |
Our Purpose
The purpose of this site is to help readers understand the different crypto trading products and compare providers within each product category. Comparisons draw on stored editorial records and source-based checks.
When you use any page here, check the sources, scope and dates it states. Review records carry historical review dates, and fee snapshots record the product or tier, source and check date, with unknown rates stated where source or account limitations prevent confirmation. A later fee check has its own date and does not refresh every section of a review. The dates and scope document the specific checks and when they occurred; they do not establish that every fact is presently current.
How We Review
Our checks are selected and source-scoped. They can verify particular fields, such as provider-declared licence numbers, fee snapshots or product details, within named entities, products, jurisdictions and client categories. A declared licence number remains distinguishable from an independent current register check. These checks have limits: they are not account testing, execution testing or eligibility approval, and not every licence, market count, price or material fact is checked live or on registers.
Selected source checks can update particular fields at later, separate dates. A later field check is not a whole-review refresh, so consider the review date and each check date when weighing the information.
Reviews without an individually recorded author are attributed to the organisation The Rock Trading. Public team profiles do not establish who wrote or checked each review, so we do not present them as proof of individual authorship. Our methodology explains how attribution works and what each review record contains.
What We Research
Our research covers six areas: fees, markets, platforms, safety, funding and rules. We do not currently show review scores, because the earlier scores were set or changed without retained assessment evidence. Full details are on the methodology page.
Editorial Independence
The Rock Trading is free to use. Some providers pay us a commission when readers open an account through our affiliate links. Our lists are not ordered by commission; each hub states how its list is ordered. Full details are on our Disclaimer and Disclosure page.
Meet the Team
Page text on this site is written by an AI language model from sources we collect and check. Automated checks compare figures with primary sources. Pages that a named person has reviewed say so. Team profiles are available below.
Justin Grossbard
Co-founder of CompareForexBrokersJustin is part of the CompareForexBrokers team that operates TheRockTrading.com. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) and a Master's in Marketing from Monash University, and has 20+ years of experience in digital strategy and financial content development.
Noam Korbl
Co-founder of CompareForexBrokersNoam is part of the CompareForexBrokers team that operates TheRockTrading.com. He completed the RG146 Tier 1 Generic Knowledge course and has a Monash University background in Banking and Finance. Since 2014, he has worked across trading-focused digital ventures.
David Levy
Head of Content at CompareForexBrokers since April 2019David joined CompareForexBrokers as a forex writer in 2018. He is part of the CompareForexBrokers team that operates TheRockTrading.com.
Site History and the Former Exchange
This website is independent and has no connection with the former Italian cryptocurrency exchange, The Rock Trading S.R.L. The Rock Trading S.R.L. stopped operating on 17 February 2023, and the Court of Milan declared its judicial liquidation (procedure 203/2023) on 6 April 2023. We are not affiliated with the curator or any part of the original business. Our role is purely as an information and comparison site for crypto trading providers, including CFD brokers, exchanges and prop firms. For the procedure details and official sources, see our page about The Rock Trading S.R.L.
Site history: the domain therocktrading.com was registered again on 14 April 2025, two years after The Rock Trading S.R.L. stopped operating. Archived copies from 20 May to 8 September 2025 show pages on this domain that reproduced the former exchange's name and company details. This independent comparison website has been published here since September 2025 (earliest archived copy: 21 September 2025).
Sources: Verisign RDAP record for therocktrading.com (checked 9 October 2026); Internet Archive Wayback Machine captures of therocktrading.com, 2025 (checked 9 October 2026).
Contact Us
We're based in Melbourne, Australia. If you've used a crypto trading company we've reviewed, contact us and send us your feedback. If you spot a figure that has gone out of date, tell us and we will verify it against the source and correct the page.
Explore Our Reviews and Comparisons
Explore our three provider sections, CFD brokers, crypto exchanges and crypto prop firms, along with our educational guides, and check the dates, sources and scope on each page as part of your own research.