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Plain-words guides to starting and running a brokerage or prop firm: models, platforms, liquidity, partners and the systems behind them.
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- BlogHow to start a forex brokerage: a step-by-step guideThe nine decisions behind every new forex brokerage, in the order they should be made: model, licence, banking, platform, liquidity, CRM, website, compliance and launch.2 min read
- BlogWhite label or your own trading platform licence: how to chooseA white label gets a broker to market faster and cheaper; a full platform licence gives control. How the two compare on cost, speed, control and risk.2 min read
- BlogA-book, B-book and hybrid: how brokers handle client ordersThe three ways a broker can execute client orders, how each makes money, where the risk sits and what technology each one needs.2 min read
- BlogHow to start a prop trading firm: the technology you needWhat sits behind a funded-trader programme: challenge rules, account automation, payouts, risk monitoring and the dashboards traders expect.2 min read
- BlogHow IB commissions work: the structures brokers actually usePer-lot rebates, spread share, CPA and multi-tier plans: how brokers pay introducing brokers, and what the system behind it must get right.2 min read
- BlogHow to choose a liquidity provider for a new brokerageEight things to check before signing with a liquidity provider, from regulation and market depth to rejections, connectivity and reporting.2 min read
- BlogThe six layers of a brokerageA trading screen is the visible tenth of a brokerage. Here is what sits underneath it, from the website down to compliance.2 min read
- BlogWhat a forex CRM actually doesIt shares a name with sales software, but a broker's CRM handles money, identity and partners. A plain-words tour.2 min read
- BlogPAMM, MAMM and copy trading, in plain wordsThree ways for one person's trades to reach many accounts. They sound alike and work very differently.2 min read
- BlogA technology checklist for a new brokerageTwelve questions to settle before launch day. Most are cheaper to answer early than to fix with clients watching.2 min read