Introduction: The Execution Decision That Defines Your Brokerage Every forex broker eventually faces the same question: what do we do with client orders? The answer determines your revenue model, your risk profile, your LP relationships, your technology stack, and — if you get it wrong — whether you’re still in business after the next flash […]
Introduction: Why Your Forex Broker License Choice Matters We get asked about forex broker license options more than almost anything else at YourFintech. “Should I go CySEC or offshore?” “Is an FCA forex broker license worth it?” “What about Vanuatu?” And honestly, most of the time the question is backwards. People pick a jurisdiction first, […]
Here’s something that still surprises us at YourFintech: brokers will spend months choosing a trading platform, weeks negotiating payment processor fees, and maybe an afternoon picking their liquidity providers. Then they wonder why execution quality is inconsistent. Liquidity providers are the pricing infrastructure. Everything else — the slick UI, the client portal, the marketing — […]
The forex market moves $9.6 trillion daily. That number from the Bank for International Settlements still catches us off guard sometimes — it’s roughly 25 times the daily volume of all global stock markets combined. At YourFintech, we’ve spent years helping brokers navigate this enormous flow, and one thing has become abundantly clear: the infrastructure […]
Understanding the Forex Broker Risk Management Landscape Between 80 and 100 proprietary trading firms collapsed in 2024, and forex broker risk management – or the lack of it – wasn’t the simple explanation everyone expected. At YourFintech, we spent three weeks analyzing these failures, expecting to find the usual suspects: inadequate capital, poor technology, inexperienced […]
Mastering Risk Management for Sustainable Profit Every broker’s primary goal is to maximize revenue while maintaining a sustainable risk framework. Yet, despite the abundance of experience in the market, many brokers still overlook the fundamentals of proper risk management. Understanding how to manage exposure, structure a brokerage efficiently, and select the right operational model – […]
The Strategic Value of Consistency Rules in Prop Trading Evaluations You’re a promising trader with a killer strategy, stellar technical analysis skills, and the confidence to take on the financial markets. You’ve just landed an interview with the best prop firm, but there’s one thing standing between you and that desired funded account: consistency rules […]
Two Metrics Every Prop Firm Must Master What separates thriving prop trading firms from those that crumble under market pressure? It’s not just about recruiting the best prop traders or having the most advanced trading tools. The real secret lies in two critical financial metrics that most proprietary trading firms either ignore or misunderstand entirely. […]
Trader Segmentation & Risk Triggers – A Quick Breakdown Do you really know what’s driving your brokerage’s revenue and what’s threatening it? Are your most active traders actually your biggest risk exposure? Every day, brokers face a fundamental challenge: distinguishing between traders who generate sustainable revenue and those who pose hidden threats to their operations. […]
