Latest Publications
How to Choose a Forex Broker for Your IB Business: The 40-Point Checklist
A repeatable 40-point due-diligence framework for IBs choosing a forex broker to partner with, ordered by what actually determines your earnings.
Best Forex Brokers for High-Volume Scalping Audiences
How to evaluate a forex broker's execution model, costs, and scalping policy before recommending it to a high-frequency trading audience.
Best Forex Brokers for Long-Term Position-Trading Audiences
Position traders hold for weeks or months, so swap costs, negative-balance protection, and regulatory stability matter more than tight scalping spreads. Here is how to vet a broker for this audience.
A-Book vs B-Book Brokers: How Their Model Affects Your Commissions
A-Book and B-Book execution models change how a forex broker earns revenue — and that difference shapes your commission structure, its durability, and the conflicts of interest you should check for before sending traffic.
Building a Relationship With Your Affiliate Manager (and Why It Pays Off)
How to build a professional, productive relationship with your broker's affiliate manager, and why that relationship shapes your tier, response times, and access to custom deals.
When and How to Fire a Broker Partner Without Losing Your Traders
A practical framework for deciding when a broker partnership has gone bad, and a step-by-step exit process that protects your commissions, your data, and your traders.
Custom Deals, CPA Bumps, and Exclusives: What's Actually Negotiable
A breakdown of which parts of an IB agreement brokers will genuinely move — CPA rates, volume tiers, payout terms, exclusivity — and which are fixed by regulation.
Leveraging Volume: Renegotiating Better Terms as You Grow
A practical guide to knowing when your trading volume justifies asking a broker for a better tier, and how to build the case and run the conversation.
How to Negotiate Your First IB Deal (Even With Zero Track Record)
A practical playbook for landing your first introducing-broker deal when you have no volume history yet: what to ask for, what leverage you already hold, and how to structure terms that grow with you.
The Data to Bring to the Table When You Ask for a Higher Tier
A practical checklist of the volume, deposit, and retention data that actually moves an affiliate manager to approve a higher IB commission tier.
How to Research a Broker's Reputation in 30 Minutes
A fast, repeatable 30-minute screen for verifying a broker's license, fund-safety mechanics, complaint history, and corporate identity before you partner with them.
The Complete IB Due-Diligence Checklist for Any Financial Partner
A repeatable due-diligence process any IB can run on a broker, exchange, or prop firm before promoting it: regulation, funds, deal terms, payout history, and reputation.