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      Access institutional insights, expert interviews, company spotlights and deep-dive analysis on market structures.

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      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.

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      Image for: The Lowdown Ep.7: From FX Fund Manager to Trading $1BN/Day in Bitcoin | Nathan Sage's Crypto Origin Story

      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.

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      Image for: The View from the Engine Room: How Broker Behaviour Is Evolving in 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.

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      Explore live spread and quote benchmarks powered by the Tradefora Composite Index (TCI), an independent dataset aggregated from multiple FX and CFD brokers. View average, minimum and maximum spreads by instrument and timeframe, plus composite bid/ask quote data updated continuously at millisecond precision.

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      Image for: Rethinking Broker Risk and Revenue in the Age of AI Trading

      In Part 6 of his A-Book STP series, Youssef Bouz from GCC Brokers looks at how the rise of algorithmic and AI-assisted trading is forcing brokers to rethink risk models, revenue strategy, and long-term sustainability, and why trader longevity, not short-term extraction, is the real measure of a resilient execution business.

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      Image for: Fusion Capital and the DEX Liquidity Revolution

      Fusion Capital is a specialist crypto liquidity provider offering brokers over 350 crypto CFD pairs with bespoke pricing, pure A-book execution, and access to decentralised exchange liquidity through Hyperliquid. In this broker profile, LiquidityFinder's Sam Low speaks with Head of Product Jasper Cooney about how Fusion's in-house trading bots monetise flow across centralised and decentralised venues, why crypto exchanges handle toxic flow differently to FX, and how brokers can now offer clients pre-IPO perpetual futures through their existing MT5 infrastructure.

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      Image for: Healthy Algorithmic Trading vs Structural Abuse: Where the Line Is

      In Part 5 of his A-Book STP series, Youssef Bouz from GCC Brokers provides a guide to distinguishing healthy algorithmic trading from latency arbitrage and structural abuse — and why behavior, not profitability, is the real risk indicator.

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      Image for: Perpetual Overnight Treasuries (PORTS):A New Proposal to Bring High-Quality Liquid Assets On-Chain

      Olaf Ransome’s latest article on liquidity management explores PORTS (Perpetual Overnight Rate Treasury Securities) and how they could expand the supply of on-chain high-quality liquid assets (HQLA) for treasury and cash management. He explains why long cash balances create risk, how stablecoins and tokenised money market funds need safe short-duration assets, and what PORTS could mean for reverse repo, liquidity management and wholesale banking.

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      Image for: The A-Book Comfort Lie: Risk Never Left the Building

      Think A-book is safer? This guest insight from Anya Aratovskaya breaks down the hidden risks for FX/CFD brokers: leverage mismatches, margin shocks, collateral traps, tech outages and flow quality.

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      Image for: From B-Book to A-Book: Rethinking Broker Risk, Revenue & Valuation in the Age of AI Trading

      Watch the LiquidityFinder webinar replay on A-Book vs B-Book execution models for retail FX/CFD and crypto brokers. Hear Lars Holst (GCEX), Rob Brown (MAS Markets), Jeremy Kinstlinger (Afterprime), Youssef Bouz (GCC Brokers), Victor Ivanchenko (cBridge/Spotware) and Sam Low (LiquidityFinder) discuss AI-driven trading, liquidity stress, regulatory scrutiny, risk transfer, LP/PB relationships, balance-sheet volatility and brokerage valuation over the next 3–5 years.

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      Image for: The Forex & FX Trading Landscape in India

      A comprehensive look at SEBI regulations, permitted currency pairs, broker options, and what the institutional landscape looks like.

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      Image for: Talking B2B Liquidity and Crypto With Andrey Stoychev, CEO of VS Capital

      In this conversation with Andrey Stoychev, CEO of VS Capital, we discuss why broker crypto often fails in real markets and how VS Capital has built award winning crypto liquidity that holds up under pressure. It breaks down multi-source pricing across exchanges, market makers and OTC desks, access to stronger exchange tiers, dedicated CFD redistribution streams, and a risk managed layer designed to plug gaps and keep top of book depth stable through volatility and weekends. Ideal reading for brokers and liquidity teams comparing crypto CFD liquidity providers and trying to understand the true all in cost, execution quality, and the role of regulated brokers versus unregulated perpetual futures venues.

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      Image for: Stablecoins and the “Pint Test”: What S&P’s USDT Rating Tells Us About Real-World Risk

      S&P Global Ratings gave Tether (USDT) the weakest Stablecoin Stability Assessment. Olaf Ransome breaks down what drives stablecoin risk—asset backing, custody/correspondent chains, transparency and reporting.

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      Image for: How Tier 1 Providers Shape Institutional Forex Liquidity

      At the top of the FX liquidity hierarchy sit Tier 1 banks, the institutions that set interbank rates and define the depth of the global forex market. This article explains how they operate, how their pricing flows down to retail brokers, and what it means for execution quality at every level.

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      Image for: A Comprehensive Guide to Trading on Decentralized Exchanges

      Decentralized exchanges (DEXs) allow peer-to-peer trading without intermediaries. This guide covers how AMMs work, how to connect a wallet, understand liquidity pools, manage slippage, and trade safely across Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Solana.

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      Image for: How Sika's New FX Platform Simplifies Emerging Market FX Order Matching

      Discover how SIKA’s CCP-based FX platform streamlines EM FX order matching and settlement, reduces credit risk and prepares banks and brokers for stablecoin rails.

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      Image for: Tokenised Money Market Funds

      Why buy-side and sell-side firms are turning to tokenised collateral for efficient liquidity management.

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      Image for: Competing in a Spoiled Market: The Reality of Running a True A-Book Brokerage in an Industry Built on Illusions

      GCC Brokers’ Youssef Bouz exposes how unrealistic leverage, bonuses and rebates distort the FX/CFD market – and why true A-Book, transparent brokerage is the only sustainable model.

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      XS.com has appointed Omar Alaa as MENA Marketing Director. Alaa brings experience in digital acquisition, paid media, and regional brand development, and will oversee campaign execution and audience engagement across the Middle East and North Africa.

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      MEXC has launched Combo, a new prediction markets feature enabling users to combine up to 20 event predictions across sports and crypto into a single order. The exchange says it is the first centralised platform to offer multi-event combination trading globally.

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      Swap rates are one of the most frequently mismanaged aspects of MetaTrader platform operations. Set them incorrectly and you expose your brokerage to unnecessary costs, client complaints and compliance risk. This guide explains how swaps are calculated on MT4 and MT5, the most common mistakes brokers make when updating rates, best practices for staying aligned with interbank rates, and how automated swap management tools eliminate the manual workload entirely.

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      Devexperts has added a Risk Reward drawing tool to its DXcharts financial charting library. The tool displays potential profit and loss for long and short positions, enabling traders to visualise trade outcomes and place orders directly from the chart.

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      Sky Links Capital has launched a Gold AM/PM Fixing service alongside expanded gold options and perpetual weekend trading, giving clients access to LBMA benchmark pricing and a broader suite of instruments to manage gold exposure and execute hedging strategies.

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      MAS Markets has appointed Matt Porter as Head of Operations, its second senior hire within a month. Porter will oversee operational performance, client onboarding, and service delivery as the firm expands its global institutional client base.

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