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Long-form writing on the disciplines we run for clients: licensing jurisdictions, MetaTrader administration, bridge configuration, dealing-desk policy and the journey from licence to live.
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Every founder we work with travels the same five-stage path — licence, banking, platform, infrastructure, operations. Here is what each stage costs in time, capital and patience.
Both bridges can run a serious brokerage. The decision is rarely about features — it's about how each platform fails under stress. Here's what we have learned operating both.
Specification changes are where every broker gets their fingers burnt at least once. Here is the four-eye procedure we run for every client change — written so a regulator can read it.
MT4 still wins on certain client demographics; MT5 wins on instrument breadth and modern API. We map four operating-model questions onto the choice — pick the one where your gotchas don't bite you.
If you can't tell us which LP fails over to which, when, and who signs off — you don't have a DR plan. You have a wishlist. This is how we structure DR for the brokers we run.
If you are pre-launch and don't yet have prime credit, your routing options are tighter than the marketing decks suggest. Here is how we sequence LP onboarding for new brokers.
Most decision frameworks compare PAMM and MAM from the broker's seat. Try it from the manager's. The answer changes — and so does what your investor portal needs to do.
Vendors love the term. Few earn it. Here is what we actually mean when we tell a client we run their operation "to FCA standards" — and what it costs to deliver it.
The licence is the cheap part. The integration tax is what kills the budget. Here is how we estimate true total-cost-of-ownership for a typical broker tech stack.
Outsourced dealing is not a substitute for in-house expertise; it is a substitute for *junior* in-house expertise. Here is the team-shape question we ask before we sign on as a desk.
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