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Guides for FX/CFD brokers and prop firms from the team behind TradeCore. New to the category? Start with the complete forex CRM guide. For step-by-step walkthroughs of the back office, see the video tutorials.
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How to Choose the Best Forex CRM Software in 2026: 10 Questions to Ask
The ten questions that separate a broker operating system from a legacy broker CRM or a generic CRM: trading platforms, payments, KYC, IB, prop trading, automation, migration and published pricing, each answered by TradeCore.
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Forex 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.
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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.
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Forex 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.
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Forex 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.
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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.
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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: IB Commission Structures: How Forex IB Commissions, Tiers and Payouts Work
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.
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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.
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