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XTB revenues increased by over $160m from 2021 to 2022. How did they manage to do that when other firms were shrinking?

Discord is very popular among prop firm traders. But can brokers add it as an option. Also we look at WhatsApp channels and marketing lines.

Prime of prime providers are expanding away from the retail broker space. But who are they targeting and what do those people need?

We look at fake CFD regulators in Nauru and the Comoros. Also we have a podcast with Dianah Igati, Regional Head of Compliance at Pepperstone.

How much does an FCA license cost and would you be a able to start a broker in the UK and make money easily? We reveal all in this article.

1x CFDs may help to boost a broker’s loss ratio. Also we look at Deriv synthetic indices and ask how you can hedge the exposure that they create.

Five facts from the Swissquote annual report. Also we do a podcast with FPFX CEO and Co-Founder Justin Hertzberg.

Capital.com have probably been told by the FCA to stop providing some services. Also we look at ASIC and the surge in popularity of US options trading.

There are more and and more FX/CFD brokers in Brazil. So what is it like to start a broker in Brazil and how can you make the business work?

MT4 and MT5 have been taken off the play store. MT4 demos are done. And are props breaking trade reporting rules? Also Startrader and a new liquidity provider.

We speak to CMO Alfonso Cardalda about the company’s rebrand, marketing strategies, and his own background.

FPFX ends Funded Engineer

5 facts from IG Group’s latest financial results

We look at changes to the Labuan Money Broker license and then examine a MetaQuotes warning to a prop firm.

Trade data can help you manage risk and trade flows. Also we look at IC Markets shutting out UK clients.

It’s all in the stock brokerage business

And we speak to Chariton Christou about how AI can improve your dealing desk

Also we look at AI articles and the future of marketing

We look at the mystery of multibrand brokers and also look at two new hires at IG and Capital.com

XM’s masseuse, Thai expo shut down and the outlook for crypto

And we take a return trip to the Turkish Gold Bazaar

Should you sponsor a Premier League team or get FCA regulated?

Also we learn that Capital.com owns another URL

We speak to Heloise Greeff about how she became a popular investor and what it’s like to be one

Sosnoff’s success may pose a longer term risk to IG Group

Also we look at what has been going on in the world of cryptocurrency

Thai police raid forex event

Is your broker actually worth anything?

Some tips and tricks for the iFX Expo

Some CFD providers are gonna have to hope things get worse

Did brokers get scammed by a fake regulator in the Comoros Islands?

Poland is becoming more expensive and other countries are off-limits

chop chop

Also we look at Plus500, Robinhood, Eurotrader and Doo Prime

Just order online

New podcast + more retail at AGMs?

It’s the spirt of friendly competition

Roll out the prop shops

¡Ay, caramba!

Premier league

CFD providers have averaged 16% employee growth since mid-2021

Swimming in a sea of Tier-1 PB liquidity

Plus an emergency crypto podcast

Korean stock pumps

Can brokers IPO?

Also we look at ThinkMarkets, Revolut and have a new podcast

The never ending ads, the horror…

It’s all going down with the Khalijis

Copy trading and Saxo Bank

And IG Group buys the Small Exchange

It’s going to be delightful

Diversification pays off

Also we look at Webull’s fine and options trading

Mystery in the Caribbean

Lots of Google searching is afoot

It’s an SEO-friendly, clickbait-y Monday morning

Grifters in hoodies

Plus500 and does NAGA read CFDs Weekly?

Are there alternatives to St Vincent and the Grenadines?

Or how to include software investment as revenue

Why didn’t Saxo SPAC? And Microsoft + the LSE

We take a lighthearted start to 2023 and look at compliance problems

Capital.com removes share dealing and a loophole on ESMA leverage restrictions

Also more hires at Capital.com from IG Group

Will Capital.com run out of people to hire from IG?

The end of crypto and a discussion about prop shops

Also Webull hired another T212 exec and we look at Plus500 shares

Also we look at XTB, Wise and Telegram usernames

MetaQuotes are going after brokers using TradingView

Plus crypto and M&A

Also we look at copy trading

Also we look at Public’s proposed takeover of BUX

Deriv is in Vanuatu

So much choice, so many similarities

Bad vibes

Lots of money, little fanfare

Also we look at eToro’s Gatsby acquisition and FTX PR in CNBC

Or anything?

Plus we look at some start-up shenanigans

Islamic CFD accounts can create problems for brokers

The company continues to have a low valuation despite solid performance

Unregulated entities are finding it much harder to access MT4 and MT5

Or why Robert Tchenguiz is a bad loser

The crypto exchange is hiring lots of people in Cyprus

The saga continues

Also Trading 212 is coming back and equities can be a regulatory arbitrage

Also eToro probably won’t SPAC

Lost in a world of Saxo Bank white labels

Living in a world of infinite leverage

With valuations falling, the company may struggle to hold on to its IPO valuation

And is probably going to ban payment for order flow

There seems to be no point if you can go offshore

The battle for Hong Kong index swaps

Instagram influencers aren’t a great way to do business

And a brief review of Peter Cruddas’s new book

The difference between milk and beef

And why the same market maker might give you a different price to a competitor