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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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: 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%...
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...
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...
As India transitions from a high barrier "grey zone" to a regulated financial powerhouse, global FX and CFD leaders are shifting their strategy. This in-depth analysis explores the landmark...
The retail brokerage landscape in Q4 2025 has moved beyond simple growth into a phase of structural mutation. Market incumbents are facing a "Velocity Gap" where high-tech ecosystems like...
APAC still led broker website traffic at the end of 2025, but Europe steadily narrowed the gap, pointing to a more balanced regional distribution of trading interest.
Forex trading collapsed from 58% to 14% market share between 2020-2025 while CFDs surged to 86%, and mobile platforms now dominate with 65% of all trades.
Five firms crossed the trillion-dollar threshold in Q4 2025 as the retail trading industry underwent a fundamental shift toward mobile platforms and alternative assets. Moreover, Middle Easter...
The CFD
industry finished 2025 strongly, with rising retail activity and active
accounts driven by higher trading volumes, growing interest in metals, and
shifting participation trends, pointing to...
Did Cyprus's financial regulator just hand the CFD industry another reason to the
dissatisfaction that is reportedly being heard more loudly on the streets of
Limassol?
Formula 1’s growing global popularity has reignited interest from various industries, with CFD brokers and crypto firms returning to the sport. A new wave of sponsorship deals is emerging between b...
Identifying where to attract new clients is a major challenge for CFD brokers. Using Finance Magnates’ annual “Heat Map,” this piece highlights global shifts in retail interest in FX/CFD products a...