Why Retail Prop Firms Can’t Scale Without Dedicated Risk Management.
In 2026 risk management stopped being only about fraud detection — it became the engine for business and data intelligence, surfacing hidden data and optimizing the model for traders and operators alike.
Akash Thakrar7 min read
Online Trading Expo Hong Kong 2026
Co-founder Markus Sichler joined the “Future of Prop Trading” panel — regulation, funding models, and what actually makes an ideal funded trader — in front of a packed room of APAC operators.
Why Trading Businesses Are Outgrowing Fragmented Infrastructure.
Disconnected CRMs, payouts, and risk systems compound into a silent operational tax. A field-level look at what consolidation actually looks like for prop firms and brokers running at scale.
Leonard Breitkopf8 min read
Why Prop Firms Need an Operating System, Not Just a CRM.
CRM-centric prop firms hit a ceiling. Why a true operating system — rule engines, payouts, risk, support — is the only way to scale beyond manual operations without losing control.
Martin Yi7 min read
How AI Agents Can Reduce Support Workload for Trading Businesses.
Practical AI agents — not chatbot theatre. Where they slot into ticketing, KYC, payouts, and trader operations, and how to deploy them without replacing operator judgment.
Milos Mosovsky9 min read
SaaS Plus a Dedicated Tech Team: The Best of Both Worlds.
Why trading companies should not build everything from zero, and why pure SaaS rarely fits. The hybrid model — platform plus a dedicated engineering team — and how to structure it.
Stasys Brilis6 min read
What Modern Risk Infrastructure Should Look Like for Prop Firms.
Drawdown logic, time-of-day rules, overnight exposure, suspicious-activity detection. Why manual risk review does not scale — and how AI should support risk teams without replacing them.
Leonard Breitkopf10 min read
How Loyalty Programs Can Improve Trader Engagement and Retention.
Trader retention is a function of infrastructure, not just incentives. How structured loyalty programs, evaluation paths, and payout cadence shape long-term trader behavior.
Marcel Rauscher5 min read
Quant Technology Group appoints Stasys Brilis as Chief Business Officer.
Brilis joins to strengthen operations, partnerships, and global scale across the group’s trading-technology portfolio.
QTG Press3 min read
QuantSentry is generally available — AI-native risk infrastructure for prop firms of every size.
A next-generation risk engine that detects coordinated trading abuse, enforces rules in real time, and protects firm capital as account volume scales from hundreds to tens of thousands.
Product · QuantSentry5 min read
iFX EXPO Dubai 2026
We exhibited at iFX EXPO Dubai 2026 with two booths — QTG at #140 and YourPropFirm at #91 — showcasing our proprietary trading technology, risk management infrastructure, and migration tooling for prop firms and brokers moving onto the platform.
World of Trading 2025
World of Trading is Germany’s largest trade fair for active traders, held at Forum Messe Frankfurt and featured by Börse Frankfurt. We attended on 7–8 November 2025 to meet operators and partners across the DACH region, take the pulse of the European retail-trading scene, and continue conversations on prop-firm infrastructure, risk and payments.
Quant Wars & Crypto Moves: The Prop Trading Shake-Up.
Markus Sichler moderates an iFX EXPO Asia panel on APAC growth, algo trading, crypto, payments, fraud and how prop firms stay competitive — with the full session embedded.
Markus Sichler8 min read
Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025
Hong Kong FinTech Week 2025 ran 3–7 November, with the main conference and official exhibition at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) on 3–4 November. We exhibited at Booth 5E-WSU07 — continuing the conversations from iFX EXPO Asia the week before.
iFX EXPO Asia · Hong Kong 2025
We came to Hong Kong to exhibit at Booth 82 — and co-founder Markus Sichler took the stage to moderate “Quant Wars & Crypto Moves: The Prop Trading Shake-Up,” bringing together industry leaders on where prop trading heads next. Three days of live demos, operator conversations, and a packed Speaker Hall.
Forex Expo Dubai 2025
MEA operators are not exploring — they are buying. Three days of back-to-back conversations on payouts, KYC, and what the next 12 months of regional risk looks like. We live-demoed 22 payment rails across 6 regions and originated five new payout partnerships at the booth.
Quant Technology Group acquires Monevis technology assets, expanding AI and risk capabilities.
“The acquisition of the Monevis technology will fuel Quant Technology’s growth across our risk products,” expanding the group’s AI and risk surface.
QTG Press5 min read
Quant Technology appoints Quentin Ducrocq Chief Financial Officer.
Ducrocq joins as CFO to lead financial strategy and operations as the group scales its platform and services businesses.
QTG Press3 min read
Quant Technology Group names Marcel Rauscher Chief Sales Officer.
Rauscher is appointed CSO of YourPropFirm.com, effective July 15, 2025, to drive commercial growth across the prop-firm platform.
QTG Press3 min read
How Prop Firms Really Make Money — an Inside Look at Risk, Data and What Lasts.
On the FundedTrading podcast, Markus Sichler breaks down how prop firms actually make money, where the real risks hide, what separates the traders who last, and where the industry is heading.
Markus Sichler7 min read
Prop Trading’s Next Phase: Building Sustainability Beyond the Hype.
Markus Sichler reflects on the iFX EXPO Dubai panel — aligning trader and firm interests, maturing past the hype, and building prop-firm brands that last beyond a price war.
Markus Sichler6 min read
iFX EXPO Dubai 2025
We opened the year in Dubai with back-to-back operator meetings — and co-founder Markus Sichler joined the panel “Prop Trading’s Next Phase: Building Sustainability Beyond the Hype.” MEA demand is real and immediate: payouts, KYC, and regional risk dominated every conversation on the floor.
YourPropFirm partners with Devexperts to bring DXtrade into its multi-platform lineup.
The partnership adds DXtrade alongside Match-Trader — giving prop firms platform choice, operational resilience, and a trading environment their traders already know.
QTG Press2 min read
Forex Expo Dubai 2024
Our first Forex Expo Dubai as an exhibitor. Two days of introductions and demos — and the start of MEA relationships that carried straight into the year ahead.
iFX EXPO Asia · Bangkok 2024
Bangkok gave us our clearest early signal that APAC was a priority market. Three days of conversations with regional brokers and prop firms set the tone for our Asia roadmap.
iFX EXPO Cyprus 2024
Our first iFX EXPO in Cyprus. The Limassol floor is where the industry gathers — and it became the launchpad for the partnerships and product conversations that defined the rest of our year.