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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 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 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.
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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.
Read: A Forex Broker Marketing Plan: Acquisition, Attribution and Retention
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: Prop Firm Challenge Rules Explained: Targets, Drawdown, Daily Loss and Consistency
How 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.
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How 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: How to Start a Prop Firm: A Step-by-Step Guide
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: BrokerIQ Is Now Free: A New Starting Point for Brokerage Technology