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- Why spreads widen around major economic releasesLiquidity providers pull back before big data. Here is what that does to the price you actually get, and how to plan for it.
- What a regulator warning list entry actually meansWarning lists are one of the strongest public signals available to retail traders. Learn what they contain, and what they do not.
- How brokers make money, and why it matters when you compareSpreads, commissions, financing, FX conversion and payment for order flow: the revenue lines behind the price you see.
- XTB begins rolling out overnight US share trading and a Hungarian TBSZ accountXTB is opening weekday round-the-clock access to selected US shares in stages and has added a five-year tax-advantaged account for Hungarian savers.
- FINMA tightens online identity checks for Swiss banks and brokersSwitzerland's regulator has revised its rules for video and online identification, adding liveness checks for e-ID and e-signature onboarding from 1 November 2026.
- Negative balance protection: who gets it and who does notRetail clients in some regions cannot lose more than they deposit. In others, that protection is a feature of the account, not a rule.
- Saxo and Chartered Investment cut onboarding for managed certificates to five daysA new module on Chartered's platform, connected to Saxo's brokerage systems, is meant to let asset managers launch actively managed certificates in about a week.
- Trading 212 Group accounts show 2025 revenue up 70% to £345.8mFiled accounts for the retail broker show revenue and profit growing strongly in 2025, with most income coming from the UK entity.
- Investor compensation schemes: what they cover and what they do notCompensation funds protect against broker failure, not bad trades. A short guide to reading the fine print.
- Why fractional shares change small-account investingBuying a slice of an expensive share removes a barrier for beginners, but costs and order types still matter.
- How to read a broker's order execution policyThe execution policy tells you how orders are routed, whether the broker trades against you and how slippage is handled.
- US payrolls rise by just 29,000 in September as unemployment ticks up to 4.2%The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a small gain in nonfarm payrolls and downward revisions to July and August. Average hourly earnings were up 3.0% from a year earlier.