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      The View from the Engine Room: How Broker Behaviour Is Evolving in 2026

      The View from the Engine Room: How Broker Behaviour Is Evolving in 2026

      LFEC Webinar Series

      The View from the Engine Room

      Part II · March 2026

      How are brokers really managing risk in one of the most volatile markets in recent memory? Gold at record highs, oil behaving like a meme stock, Trump moving markets with a single post, and crypto exchanges quietly building the audience numbers that traditional brokers can only dream of.

      LiquidityFinder founder Sam Low brings together four of the most operationally experienced voices in broker technology for an unfiltered discussion on what is actually happening inside the engine room.

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      Panellists

      Tom Higgins

      Chief Executive Officer

      Gold-i

      Elina Pedersen

      Chief Executive Officer

      Your Bourse

      Jon Squires

      Chief Executive Officer

      Tapaas

      Borislav Alendarov

      Trading Operations

      Devexperts

      Topics Covered

      1How brokers are coping with extreme volatility in gold and WTI oil

      2Why some liquidity providers failed during the January gold spike — and what brokers should do about it

      3The A-book vs B-book debate: what the data actually shows

      4Latency arbitrage, toxic trader detection and the AI arms race

      5Is the MetaTrader-only era over for serious brokers?

      6Prediction markets: genuine opportunity or binary options redux?

      7The crypto exchange threat: real, present and better funded than most brokers realise

      8What broker CEOs and risk managers should be doing differently right now

      Video Chapters

      00:00Introduction & panel welcomes

      00:40Panellist introductions

      04:03Do brokers make full use of their trade data?

      10:05Managing volatility: gold, oil and the new meme stock

      20:33A-book vs B-book: are brokers shifting strategy?

      24:25Latency arbitrage and toxic trader detection

      27:51AI in trading: arms race or overhyped?

      40:13Is the MetaTrader-only era over?

      48:43Prediction markets and 24/7 trading

      54:53The crypto exchange threat to traditional brokers

      57:22Tom's take: why brokers should be worried

      1:00:21What should broker CEOs do differently in 2026?

      To see Part I of this series, click here.

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