
Beyond the Spread: How to Audit Your Forex Broker’s Revenue Model
Most traders only look at the spread, but hidden costs like swap markups and asymmetric slippage can quietly kill your edge. Here is how to audit your broker's true revenue model.

Fatima Al-Rashidi is an Institutional Trading Analyst at FXNX with over 10 years of experience in sovereign wealth fund management. Raised in Kuwait City and educated at the University of Toronto (Finance & Economics), she has managed currency exposure for some of the Gulf's largest institutional portfolios. Fatima specializes in oil-correlated currencies, GCC markets, and institutional-grade analysis. Her writing provides rare insight into how major institutional players approach the forex market.

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