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The US has become a popular hub for financial gaming – even if CFDs are still prohibited.

IG’s only realistic merger option is with a large retail-facing firm that fills the gaps in its product offering.

IQ Option says it saved $180k using AI to market in Saudi Arabia. But how did it get around legal blocks?

Comoros licenses have long been disputed. Now there is a battle between the central government and fake local authorities.

There are already four established prediction markets operating offshore. We take a look at what they are doing.

Category 5 licenses have become a simple way for CFD brokers to enter the UAE. They may be on the way out.

Making commission-free stocks work for CFD brokers is becoming increasingly difficult.

Forex bridge providers are branching out into other products. What’s going to happen as a result?

The A-book carries credit risk that can blow up a firm. Will that happen in 2026?

Pepperstone’s history shows why it’s hard to go public for CFD brokers, but it’s great to be an owner of one.

AI is pushing forex brokers to spam Reddit with fake comments. It will end up killing Reddit as an information source if it continues.

FCA changes to professional client classifications could mean more UK traders can get access to high leverage.

Lots of brokers reported record volumes and best days ever. And yet revenues don’t really reflect that. So what happened in 2025?

America killed finance firms’ ability to onboard customers globally. Now stablecoins are helping to bring it back.

Quadcode got an amazing deal by selling its QCEX operations to Polymarket earlier this year – we explain why.

CFI and Equiti are big in MENA. We take a look at how they do marketing to make that happen.

People like the event contracts branding and UX. So can you just take that and rewrap old binary options in the event contract packaging?

Eddy Beef got a lot of media attention for his story about the UK. Except the whole thing was fake and a way for him to boost his profile.

It takes about 12 minutes to sign up for OnlyFans as a creator, with only one legal document to sign and no risk warnings.

ESMA, ASIC, and FCA CFD leverage caps have forced brokers offshore. Mauritius and the Seychelles are the big beneficiaries.

The class action lawsuit against IC Markets in Australia is a sign of how anti-risk regulators have become and what chancers some retail clients are.

Larry Fink says he believes in Tokenisation. We think he just sees a new method of marketing BlackRock products via regulatory arbitrage.

Capital.com has about 200 clients with over $1m in the Middle East. But can you only get those customers or do you need a lot of small fry to find them.

By setting extremely high per contract liquidation fees, a futures broker could earn over 75% of a client’s deposit by autoliquidating them.

Perpetual futures are a lot like CFDs. With some firms, it seems like they are actually just CFDs. So can brokers do that and why would they?

New finfluencer regulations in Malaysia may make it much harder for forex and CFD brokers to do business in Malaysia. But is it really game over?

We talk to ex-IG execs Mike Logue and Andy Francos about their new start up Obsero.ai, how AI is changing marketing for brokers, and what they can do to stay ahead.

Pocket Option is spending lots of money to create fake IBs on Telegram and YouTube. Here’s how they do it.

In 2023, Spain put in place severe restrictions on CFD marketing. Brokers have taken a number of steps in response to the ban.

eToro probably makes more money from CFDs than any other single product. So why is the firm so scared of saying that publicly?

Plus500 made over $50m from futures, may have more than $1bn in stock trading deposits, and is still looking to expand.

XTB had record trading volume and active client numbers but made less in profit than it did last year. So how did that happen?

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Can other brokers fill the Exness-shaped gap in India? Why are forex brokers targeting India? And is Polymarket just an offshore binaries broker?

Plus500 will likely recoup its US investment in futures this year. Indian options growth may slow. And the US isn’t looking so bad at the moment?

The goal of Google and other AI platforms is to reduce click through rates. Broker affiliates rely on these. So are they going to die as a result?

Crypto, props, the UK, competition from Dubai, and the ever present paradox that is the online trading industry.

Brokers like Hugo’s Way and KOT4X are taking US clients offshore. Most people think this is dangerous – but nothing bad has happened to them.

MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 brokers were inaccessible for Chinese traders at the end of May. What happened?

Why is BaFin restricting turbos? More importantly, why do they keep doing stuff that will hurt Trade Republic – a German tech success story?

We look at how much it costs to start a broker in 2025, why people are doing it and what the big problems they face are.

iFOREX wants to hold an IPO in London later this year. The broker’s activity is a lot more representative of the CFD industry than eToro.

The 8.5% interest offer from IG Group is an interesting way of getting new clients. But how does it work and why did the company do it?

The assumptions of mean reversion strategies means that brokers can be like a tail risk hedge by warehousing their flow.

Facebook is being spammed with fake forex trading Telegram advertisers. So how does it work and who are they working with?

Some brokers have probably had their best day of business ever in April. But is that bad or good for the long-term?

Global demand for speculative financial products continues to grow but European regulators seem determined to push clients offshore.

Mehta Equities gives Plus500 access to what has become the largest market in the world for options trading.

A recent market maker debacle on Binance is arguably a sign of the weakness of the CLOB. So will we see a change in how crypto exchanges operate?

The UAE may want money, control – or they think crypto is a means of exchange that will work in a more divided world.

NAGA was the first broker to launch a Telegram Mini App. It may not be the last.

We review Freedom to Think by Plus500 Founder Alon Gonen and ask our readers – are you ready to be a free thinker?

Lots of executives with no experience in online trading end up doing a great job. So what makes a good hire for CFD brokers?

Companies like Trading 212 and XTB have seen huge revenue growth by mass marketing investment products. Will it still work going forward?

NAGA cost CAPEX $15m. The way things are going, it could end up being worth a lot more.

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

We look at four facts from the IG Group H1 results, including crypto products, options trading, and the recent Freetrade acquisition.

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?

Crypto.com plans on adding CFDs. Bybit already has them. Others could do the same. Should regular FX/CFD brokers be worried?

Brokers can find it hard to access certain markets due to regulatory restrictions. So how do you work around those pesky regulators?

Exness and XM are smashing North Africa. But so too are other players in the region – most notably Olymptrade and ExpertOption.

BDSwiss was onboarding lots of clients from Europe offshore. Then it couldn’t. Now the broker is struggling and not paying withdrawals.

Easier payments mean the potential for losing business. Hard payments mean a bigger risk of reputation risk. So what do you do?

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

Robinhood made over $2m in one week from events contracts. But what are events contracts, how do they work, and can brokers use them?

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.

If you were to start a broker today, it seems like it would be best to start an offshore broker for EMs and then do prop for Europe and the UK.

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.

Adventures in Las Vegas on sea. We speak to the ATFX MENA crew, hang out with Century Financial, and take a tour of the Dubai Forex Expo.

If IC Markets leaves it’s another sign brokers don’t need a CySEC license anymore. It also shows other firms that they can divest from Cyprus if pushed to do so.

Trading 212 continues to offer interest on uninvested cash that’s above the BoE rate. So how is it doing that and why? We reveal all.

MetaTrader 4 and 5 have been the incumbent trading platforms for two decades now. There are signs that could be changing.

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.

Prop trading firms don’t make as much money as brokers do. Will that mean changes? Also we look at UK options brokers and goings on in ASEAN.

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?

We travel to Sydney and speak to CMC Markets, Moomoo, TRAction Fintech, 26 Degrees, and Blueberry Funded in a busy day in Australia.

The newly formed company will use the Naga brand name, they’re looking for a license in Chile, and may add options trading down the line.

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.

ESMA could make the CFD industry work better by stopping passporting, meaning states capture more tax revenue and can hold companies in the sector accountable.

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?

Asia is the growth market for CFD brokers today. So what marketing strategies are forex brokers using to target clients in Asia (and lots of the rest of the world?)

Getting people to trade more is what all brokers want to do. In this short how to guide we look at ways that brokers can achieve that.

Revolut has a new partnership with CMC Markets. We look at what happens if they go on to launch a CFD product and whether they’ll conquer the market.

The CFD industry plays an outsized role in the local economy, employing a huge number of people but also bringing a lot of cash relative to Cyprus’s GDP.

FTMO and the Funding Pips both appear to be getting brokerage licences. Alpha Capital already has one. We look at why funded trader firms are doing this.

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

Personal branding is one part of a wider change in the media landscape. The question is whether this actually achieves anything or not from a business perspective.

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.

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.