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The short version
Brokers pay us when traders we introduce open and trade an account with them. That is our entire business model, it is why our education is free, and it means we are not a neutral party when we recommend a broker. Read anything we say about a broker with that in mind.
1. How we are paid
Burj Trades operates as a Forex affiliate marketing business. When you follow one of our links or mention us to a partner broker and go on to open an account, that broker pays us a commission. Depending on the agreement, commission may be a one-off payment for a funded account, a share of the spread or commission you generate when you trade, or a combination of the two. We do not receive a share of your profits and we do not earn more when you lose.
Broker links on this site may carry a tracking parameter or set a cookie so the broker can attribute your sign-up to us. That tracking is the broker’s, operated under its own privacy and cookie policies. See our Privacy Policy, section 5.
2. What this means for you
It means we have a commercial interest in you opening an account. We would rather name that plainly than let you discover it later.
So: treat our broker suggestions as a starting point for your own research, not as the end of it. Verify a broker’s licence directly with the regulator it claims to be authorised by. Read its fee schedule and withdrawal terms. Test a small withdrawal early. None of that is cynicism about us — it is what you should do with any introduction from anyone who is paid to make it.
3. What it does not change
Under a standard affiliate arrangement, going through us does not change your trading conditions: the broker pays us out of its own revenue, and your spreads, commissions and account terms are what that broker offers anyone. If a particular partner’s arrangement ever worked differently, we would tell you before you signed up.
It also does not give us any role in your account. We hold no access, no trading rights and no ability to move your money, before or after an introduction.
4. How we choose who to work with
We will not promote a broker we have no active relationship with, and we do not accept every approach. Before we introduce traders to a broker we look at its regulatory standing, the transparency of its trading conditions and fees, the reliability and speed of its withdrawals, the quality of its client support, and whether its marketing requirements are ones we can comply with honestly.
Commission rates are not the deciding factor, and we would rather lose the revenue than send traders somewhere we would not open an account ourselves.
5. Why the education is free
Because this is how we are funded. We do not sell courses, mentorships, signals, indicators or subscriptions, and there is no paid tier behind the free material. If that ever changes, this page will say so before it does.
6. Education, not advice
An introduction to a broker is not investment advice, and neither is anything we publish. We do not provide portfolio management, personal recommendations or guarantees of trading profit, and affiliate activity does not constitute any of those things. See our Terms of Use and Risk Disclosure.
7. Current partners
[LIST OF CURRENT BROKER PARTNERS, OR A STATEMENT THAT PARTNERS ARE DISCLOSED ON REQUEST]
Name only brokers with an active, verifiable commercial relationship, and keep this list current. Do not list a broker you are not actually partnered with.
8. Questions
If you want to know exactly what we are paid in relation to a specific broker, ask and we will tell you: info@burjtrades.com.