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Dark pool trading was once the preserve of institutional desks, but a new wave of AI tools is promising self-directed investors a look into non-displayed liquidity and where the big money sits. This article explains what dark pools actually are, why retail traders face an even bigger information gap in FX than in equities, and what AI-driven intelligence platforms like IUX24 can and cannot reveal about institutional positioning.
The Bloomberg Terminal has long been the reference standard for institutional market intelligence, but its $25,000-plus price tag puts it out of reach for most independent professionals. This article looks at seven platforms challenging that dominance in 2026, from AI-native tools like IUX24 to established names such as TradingView, Koyfin and AlphaSense, and asks how close they really come to replacing the Terminal.
SoFi's SoFiUSD is the first stablecoin issued by a US national bank. But do holders actually have the protection they think?
LiquidityFinder's Sam Low sits down with Maria Pittashi, General Manager of Cyprus-based broker technology firm PLUGIT, to discuss its modular YOONIT platform, the Dynamic Margin tool brokers ask for by name, fixed-fee versus volume-based pricing, the hidden cost of manual KYC, and the AI features coming next.
Risk and dealing analytics provider BrokerPilot helps multi-asset brokers spot toxic flow before it eats into their P&L. Chief Revenue Officer Sergey Berezhnoy talks to Sam Low about catching toxic patterns across MT4, MT5 and cTrader, why new brokers get targeted from day one, and where AI fits into the dealing room without replacing the human dealer.
Brent Xu left Wall Street for blockchain in Ethereum's earliest days. Now his Franklin Templeton and Galaxy Digital backed platform Dora is bringing fractionalised bond trading to retail brokers. He speaks to Sam Low.
The Lowdown - newsletter. Something significant is happening in financial markets right now. Prediction markets are the new shiny object, and they are definitely now an institutional asset class. In the same way that brokers scrambled to add crypto to their offering a few years ago, the smartest operators in our space are already asking how they access prediction markets.
Kalshi is the largest CFTC-regulated prediction markets and event contracts exchange. In this exclusive interview, LiquidityFinder's Sam Low speaks with Andy Ross, Head of Institutional Business, about institutional access, block trading, market making, capital efficiency and the landmark launch of the first regulated perpetual futures on a US exchange, and what it all means for liquidity providers, brokers and institutional FX professionals.
As tokenisation and digital assets move from niche curiosity to mainstream expectation, banks and financial institutions face an uncomfortable truth: their legacy core banking systems were never built for this. From order execution and pre-funding to custody, portfolio management and gas fees, Olaf Ransome explores the key infrastructure challenges FIs must navigate and asks whether to re-use, buy or build their way to a solution that actually scales.
Candlestick charts dominate trading screens worldwide — but they are not always the sharpest tool available. This guide explores five proven alternatives: Heikin-Ashi, Renko, Point and Figure, Range Bars and Kagi. Learn how each works, what it reveals that candles can obscure, and how to integrate any of them into your existing workflow without disruption.
LSEG's DiSH promises atomic settlement and 24/7 PvP and DvP capability using tokenised commercial bank deposits. But when the balances move and the banks don't, who actually owns what? Olaf Ransome examines the mechanics - and the risks.
n in-depth review of TMGM (TradeMax Global Markets), the ASIC-regulated ECN broker offering raw spreads from 0.0 pips, MT4 and MT5, copy trading via HUBx and ZuluTrade, and 24/7 multilingual support across four regulated jurisdictions. Find out if TMGM belongs on your shortlist.
LiquidityFinder's Sam Low sits down with Nathan Sage, founder and CEO of Sage Capital Management, to trace his journey from FX fund manager to running a Bitcoin fund doing $1BN a day in 2016 — and how that experience of pain built one of the most connected prime brokerages in the digital assets market today.
Klarna is partnering with Coinbase, raising stablecoin-denominated funding and launching KlarnaUSD. We break down the treasury logic, merchant incentives and agentic AI payments angle — and what other CFOs should take from it.
A comprehensive interactive guide to 50+ global financial regulators - including FCA, ASIC, CFTC, MAS and ESMA - rated across five dimensions: risk management, licence value, investor protection and more. Updated 2026.
Gold at record highs, oil as a meme stock, and crypto exchanges eyeing your clients. Watch our expert panel - Gold-i, Your Bourse, Tapaas and Devexperts - discuss broker risk management, , AI trading and the MetaTrader debate.
Over a long tapas lunch in Shoreditch, London, Sam Low sits down with Peter Brooks and Jess Reed from ADMISI eFX, the dedicated electronic FX desk operating inside one of the world's largest agricultural commodities companies. What emerges is a compelling case for why this largely unknown operation deserves serious attention from brokers, payments firms, corporate treasuries, and digital asset companies alike.
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ATFX Connect released its Q3 2026 edition of Institutional Edge, examining key market developments expected to influence institutional trading activity in the months ahead.
Spotware has launched My cTrader, a new section in cTrader Mobile 5.9 that consolidates account management, funding, platform products and support. The update lets traders customise their profile and app interface, with Product Manager Sergey Borisov saying it gives traders one organised personal space.
Bank-backed FX aggregation service FXSpotStream reported average daily volume (ADV) of USD 160.049 billion for June 2026, a 55.95% increase on June 2025 and a 7.87% rise on the previous month.
XS.com has appointed Maria Pesca Santos as Regional Director for Latin America, bringing over 15 years of experience in regional operations and multi-market execution. The move reinforces the broker's strategy of combining global standards with experienced local leadership across its regulated markets.
Your Bourse brought the FXDA community together in Limassol for an evening of industry panels, practical brokerage insights, networking, community prizes, and new connections.
Integral has added Lloyds as a liquidity provider to its institutional FX network, giving clients access to Lloyds' pricing across key currency products. The move strengthens pricing depth and execution quality, with both firms citing the value of the integration for corporate and institutional trading workflows.
FlexTrade Systems has integrated EDX Markets into its FlexDigitalAssets EMS, giving institutional and hedge fund clients access to EDX's trading venue and central clearinghouse within a unified workflow. The integration delivers EDX's CLOB directly into FlexTrade's Order Blotter, supporting click trading, API workflows and FlexAlgoWheel automation.
Tapaas's cross-broker network now spots toxic traders as they move between platforms, flagging thousands of matches in real time. Free to every risk team.
How A-book, B-book, and hybrid CFD execution models shape broker risk, revenue, and regulation, and why real-time exposure monitoring is now non-negotiable.
Interactive Brokers has launched access to select Korean equities via Nextrade, South Korea's first Alternative Trading System, alongside its existing KRX offering. IB SmartRouting now routes orders across both venues for best pricing, giving clients extended trading hours and greater flexibility in Korean markets.