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The View from the Engine Room: How Broker Behaviour Is Evolving in 2026
Published on Mar 29, 2026
Updated on Jun 20, 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
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Borislav Alendarov
Trading Operations
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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