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Tracked Prop Firm Crypto Payouts Doubled to $115M in Q1 2026

Top 10 tracked payouts rose 109% year-over-year but edged down 0.1% from Q4 2025, with FundedNext CFDs and MyFunded Futures accounting for 71% of Q1 2026 volume while six smaller firms declined, a ...

Social Media Investors Are Rising, and So Are the Risks

The latest research from the FINRA Investor Education Foundation provides a timely and data-rich view of one of the most significant shifts in retail investing: the growing influence of social medi...

How the Top Brokers Actually Do Marketing

Interview with Nick Twidale, ATFX: "We prioritize pricing continuity and reliable liquidity."

Finance Magnates Intelligence spoke with Nick Twidale, the Chief Market Analyst at ATFX, to understand better how current tensions in the Middle East influence operations of ATFX Connect. Twidale h...

Top 5 Retail CFD Brokers Control the Same Volume Share as Four Years Ago, but Three of Five Names Are New

Finance Magnates Intelligence analysis of 52 brokers shows total monthly trading volume rose
173% between Q4 2021 and Q4 2025, yet the five largest brokers by volume held a
near-ide...

Featured Country: France 2026

France remains a key pillar of European stability, combining strong state influence with advanced financial markets and strict regulation, creating a complex but robust environment for investors an...

Achraf Drid

Achraf Drid, Branch Director of XTB MENA, outlines the firm's stance on its Gulf expansion following regional turbulence in early 2026, addressing risk management during the UAE market closure,...

XTB at PLN 2.15 Billion: Revenue Rose 9x in Six Years While Profitability per Client Fell 76%

Finance Magnates Intelligence
analysis of XTB Group's 2019-2025 consolidated results reveals a broker in
mid-transformation, from a high-margin CFD operator to a mass-market investment
platform whe...

The Behavioural Science Behind Prediction Markets

When looking back at 2025, it is hard to deny that one of the hottest trends was prediction markets. Few other developments captured the attention of investors, except perhaps gold trading. Certain...

Europe Accounts for 44% of Global FX/CFD Broker Search Interest in February 2026

Global online interest in FX/CFD brokers fell in February, down from a cyclical high of in January, as macro-driven search demand normalized across all major regions. Year-over-year growth of 33.5...

Fintech's Gender Problem: Women Outperform, Yet Remain Locked Out

The $400 billion industry disrupts finance on every front - except the one that matters most to half its potential workforce. FMIntelligence data shows female founders are more capital-efficie...

Featured Broker: Plus500. Beyond CFDs and Into Its Next Growth Cycle

Despite strong paper results, eToro’s stock performance has hit record lows while its competitor Plus500 has reached record highs, leading to an investigation into why the market favors one over th...

Gulf Conflict Reprices Dubai's Risk-Adjusted Appeal for CFD Industry

Six weeks after we questioned whether Cyprus was losing brokers to Dubai's appeal, missiles provided an unexpected answer. FMIntel assigns a 45% probability that Dubai's disruption outlasts a...

Retail CFD Is Closing In on US Stock Markets. It Gets There by 2028

Retail traders now generate over $1.3 trillion in daily CFD volume, equivalent to 14% of the entire global FX market, up from just 2.7% five years ago. FMIntel new metric, the Retail Intensity Rati...

Featured Broker: eToro in 2025

eToro reported strong annual results, expanded its buyback programme, and saw its shares surge, marking 2025 as a year of significant growth and prompting a closer look at the company’s evolution a...

Does High Internet Traffic Translate to High CFD Trading Volumes? The Answer is Clear

Finance Magnates Intelligence conducted an analysis of 47 retail forex and CFD brokers, revealing a visible disconnect between organic web traffic and actual trading volumes, challenging convention...

IC Markets

IC Markets: Operational Intelligence Report (2026) An analysis of IC Markets' growth to $1.76 trillion in monthly trading volume. This dossier examines the 2026 leadership reshuffle, the 60.6%...

MT5 Captures 58% of CFD Volume as Platform User Base Shifts Regionally

MetaTrader 5 captured the majority of CFD trading volume throughout 2025, though the broader platform user landscape tells a more complex story about competitive dynamics, according to Finance...

Arkadiusz Jóźwiak

A conversation with Arkadiusz Jóźwiak, Market Analyst and Editor-in-Chief at Comparic.pl, on why the days of CFD-only brokers may be numbered, what today's investors really want, and whether the...