Bojan Jovic
Head of Commercial, TradeCore
Bojan Jovic heads commercial at TradeCore, the company behind BrokerIQ, which has built CRM and back-office software for FX and CFD brokerages since 2013. More than 100 live brokerages run their client operations on its platform. He writes about how brokerages structure those operations, and about the difference between a CRM adapted to trading and one built for it.
Articles by Bojan Jovic
How Much Does It Cost to Start a Forex Brokerage? The Costs by Category
What it costs to start a forex brokerage, category by category: regulatory capital, legal and compliance, trading platform, liquidity, CRM and back office, payments, KYC, marketing and people — and how to keep start-up costs down.
Read articleForex Brokerage Business Model: A-Book, B-Book and Hybrid Explained
How forex brokers make money: spreads, commissions, swaps and B-book P&L, the A-book, B-book and hybrid models compared, where IBs fit, and what goes into a forex brokerage business plan.
Read articleForex Broker Licence: Jurisdictions Compared (FCA, CySEC, ASIC, DFSA, ADGM and Offshore)
Forex broker licence jurisdictions compared from the regulators' own rulebooks: market reach, retail leverage, negative balance protection, minimum capital and published fees for the FCA, CySEC, ASIC, DFSA, ADGM, FSCA, FSA Seychelles and VFSC.
Read articleHow Do Prop Firms Make Money? Challenge Fees, Payouts and Funded Accounts
How prop firms make money: challenge fees and add-ons, why pricing and pass rates must agree, what payouts cost, simulated vs live funded accounts, scaling plans and the costs that sink firms.
Read articleA Forex Broker Marketing Plan: Acquisition, Attribution and Retention
How to build a forex broker marketing plan: target markets, acquisition channels, attribution you can trust, turning signups into funded clients, keeping traders, and measuring every campaign as P&L.
Read articleIB Commission Structures: How Forex IB Commissions, Tiers and Payouts Work
How forex brokers pay introducing brokers: per-lot rebates, spread and commission shares, CPA and prop commissions, multi-level IB networks, matrix pricing, tiers and payout schedules.
Read articleProp Firm Challenge Rules Explained: Targets, Drawdown, Daily Loss and Consistency
How prop firm challenge rules work: profit targets, the daily loss limit, static vs trailing drawdown, consistency rules, the other rules firms add, and what happens when a trader breaks one.
Read articleHow to Start a Forex Brokerage: A Step-by-Step Guide
The eight steps to start a forex brokerage, from business plan and licence to liquidity, CRM, payments, compliance and go-live — with what TradeCore runs at each step.
Read articleHow to Start a Prop Firm: A Step-by-Step Guide
The eight steps to start a prop firm, from evaluation model and capital to platform, challenge engine, payouts and go-live — with what TradeCore runs at each step.
Read articleBrokerIQ Is Now Free: A New Starting Point for Brokerage Technology
BrokerIQ is now available on a free plan: a working version of every module, unlimited clients, no time limit and no card to sign up.
Read articleForex CRM: The Complete Guide for FX/CFD Brokers
What a forex CRM (broker CRM) is, what belongs inside one, how it differs from a back office and a trading platform, how brokerages deploy and migrate, and what it costs, with TradeCore's BrokerIQ as the worked example.
Read articleHow to Choose the Best Forex CRM Software in 2026: 10 Questions to Ask
How to choose the best forex CRM software for an FX/CFD brokerage: 10 questions to put to every vendor on trading platforms, payments, KYC, IB, prop trading, automation, migration and pricing, with TradeCore's answers.
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