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AvaFutures has been targeting Spain, reflecting the country’s heavy restrictions on offering CFDs to retail clients. Is that the future for brokers?

Gary Stevenson’s claims point to a wider set of stereotypes about what it means to be a trader. But do traders even exist?

Exness is getting huge amounts of traffic from India. We look at how Exness is so big in India and the methods they used to achieve that.

The FCA’s recent ‘Dear CEO’ letter got some negative feedback from industry execs. But does the regulator really want to kill CFDs?

European regulators will probably ban event contracts, allowing US firms to dominate another market. Also we look at the Axi stockbroker deal.

XTB continues to see huge numbers of new clients but with a decreasing ARPU. The firm is going big on investment products to market itself.

What does K Pop company HYBE tell us about broker marketing. And what do they do that is similar to the Exness Team Pro campaign.

We visited the island in the Pacific, met the regulator and the ex-finance minister, saw a tribal dance, and got drunk at the French ambassador’s house.

Payments and banking are probably the biggest pain points for CFD brokers today. So is the industry really about marketing or sales any more – or just making sure you can transfer funds?

DMM used to make porn but now does CFDs. XM is huge. Plus500 is growing. And more. We look at what’s going on with CFDs in Japan.

The CFD industry has grown massively and is active globally. So is there no growth left for the sector or is there actually plenty of left on the table?

Funded trader companies are shutting shop because they can’t sell enough challenges to cover their liabilities. We explain how it all works here.

Crypto won’t die. But is it making brokers money. And is it worth adding physical crypto as a product?

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.

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.

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?