Skale builds its onboarding workflows around named regulators: the FCA, the FSCA, ASIC, CySEC, the UAE's SCA, Mauritius's FSC, MiFID and GDPR requirements, and the FSAs of Malaysia and Seychelles, with regulatory reporting built into the product. That is a specific answer to a specific problem: a firm holding licenses in more than one jurisdiction, each with its own onboarding rules, document checks and reporting formats. SGHK's Broker CRM was not built to manage that kind of multi-license complexity. It was built for a firm running one brand under one license, with a trading platform, KYC and a dealing desk already working together, and it says so plainly rather than pretending otherwise.
What Skale offers
Skale connects to MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader with cTrader SSO, TradeLocker, CMC Markets, DXtrade, X Open Hub, Match-Trader, and names seven more platforms beyond that on its own site. Its strongest feature is the regulatory layer: onboarding flows built around the FCA, FSCA, ASIC, CySEC, the UAE's SCA, Mauritius's FSC, MiFID and GDPR, and the FSAs of Malaysia and Seychelles, with reporting capability that supports the paperwork those regulators expect. It claims 250 or more pre-integrated payment processors, a multi-layered IB and affiliate commission structure, customizable onboarding flows, automated assignment rules, transactional communications, business intelligence insights, and white-label CRM customization. Skale runs separate product pages for a forex CRM and a prop-firm CRM, so it covers both broker and prop-firm operating models rather than one or the other.
What ships with the SGHK Broker CRM
The Broker CRM covers a client portal, an ops desk and admin control, KYC tools built in, and deposits and withdrawals that settle exactly once. An IB and affiliate program is included, and balances stay in sync with the trading platform in real time. Every eTrader account opened through the CRM comes with both a trader password and a read-only investor password automatically. Where Skale asks a firm to configure workflows around a list of named regulators, the Broker CRM assumes a firm running under one license and keeps its KYC/AML tooling built in for that model, while still connecting any KYC provider by API when a firm wants a specific vendor.
eTrader, bundled with the Broker CRM, brings its own dealing desk into the platform itself rather than as a CRM add-on: A-book, B-book and hybrid routing, split routing by percentage with a coverage multiplier, exposure limits, and toxic flow scoring on client trading behavior. None of that sits behind a separate module purchase. The price feed carries about 580 instruments with years of history, MAM, PAMM and copytrading are native to the platform, and clients trade from native apps for iPhone, Android and Mac or a full trading terminal in any browser, one account across all of them.
SGHK Broker CRM vs Skale at a glance
| Area | Skale | SGHK Broker CRM |
|---|---|---|
| Regulatory workflows | Built around named regulators: FCA, FSCA, ASIC, CySEC, SCA, Mauritius FSC, MiFID/GDPR, Malaysia and Seychelles FSAs | KYC/AML tooling built in for a single-license operating model |
| Platform connections | MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, TradeLocker, CMC Markets, DXtrade, X Open Hub, Match-Trader, plus 7 more | eTrader bundled, plus MetaTrader 4, MetaTrader 5, cTrader, DXtrade, NinjaTrader, Match-Trader, TradeLocker |
| Payments | 250+ pre-integrated payment processors claimed | Any PSP by API; exactly-once settlement on deposits and withdrawals |
| Dealing desk | Not part of Skale's own CRM product | Built into eTrader: A-book, B-book, hybrid and split routing, exposure limits, toxic flow scoring |
| Money management | Not part of Skale's own CRM product | MAM, PAMM and copytrading native to eTrader |
| Firm types covered | Separate forex CRM and prop-firm CRM products | Broker CRM and a separate Prop Firm CRM |
Where Skale is the stronger fit
A firm holding licenses across more than one region, filing different reports to different regulators, and onboarding clients under different rule sets depending on where they sign up, is exactly who Skale built its workflow layer for. Its 250+ payment processor claim and its platform list, MetaTrader, cTrader, TradeLocker, CMC Markets, DXtrade, X Open Hub and Match-Trader among them, give a multi-jurisdiction operator flexibility on both fronts at once.
eTrader's honest trade-offs
eTrader does not carry the multi-jurisdiction onboarding logic Skale built, and a firm operating under several regulators at once would need to build that layer itself or keep it in a separate compliance tool. eTrader is also the newest platform in this comparison, with a smaller third-party library of indicators and robots than platforms Skale connects to, like MetaTrader and cTrader. Robots on eTrader are written in Tide, its own language, so anything built elsewhere gets rewritten rather than imported, and non-coders build automated strategies from blocks in eTrader AI instead.
Which one to pick
A firm juggling licenses in several jurisdictions, with onboarding and reporting that has to flex by region, gets more from Skale's workflow layer than from a simpler system built around one brand. A firm running a single license that wants a dealing desk, price feed, MAM, PAMM and copytrading built into the platform itself, not sourced as separate modules, gets more from SGHK's Broker CRM and eTrader. Read how client categorization works inside a CRM and what to check on platform security before comparing either vendor's compliance claims against your own regulatory obligations.
Pricing for eTrader and the Broker CRM is quoted for your firm on a call: book a demo.
"A CRM built for one license running well beats a CRM built for five licenses running badly. We designed the Broker CRM for the firm that wants its dealing desk and its platform in one place, not a workflow builder for every regulator at once."
— The SGHK Team
Key Takeaways
- Skale builds onboarding workflows around named regulators including the FCA, ASIC and CySEC, for firms holding more than one license.
- SGHK's Broker CRM is built for a single-brand, single-license operating model, with eTrader's dealing desk built into the platform.
- Skale's platform list and 250+ claimed payment processors suit a multi-jurisdiction firm; the Broker CRM connects any PSP or KYC vendor by API instead.
- eTrader's MAM, PAMM, copytrading and dealing desk are native to the platform, not separate CRM modules.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Skale support firms with only one license?
Yes, but its main advantage, the regulatory workflow layer built around several named regulators, matters most to firms operating under more than one license at once.
Does the SGHK Broker CRM handle multi-jurisdiction onboarding?
Not as a dedicated feature. It has KYC/AML tooling built in and connects any KYC provider by API, but it does not ship workflow templates built around specific named regulators the way Skale does.
Does Skale include a dealing desk like eTrader's?
Skale's own CRM product does not include a dealing desk. eTrader's dealing desk, with A-book, B-book, hybrid and split routing, is built into the trading platform itself and ships with the Broker CRM.
Can a firm run eTrader through Skale instead of the SGHK Broker CRM?
Skale's named platform list does not include eTrader. A firm wanting eTrader connects it through SGHK's own Broker CRM or Prop Firm CRM, which are built around it from the start.
About SGHK
SGHK is a FinTech company that designs and builds its own software for the trading industry: the eTrader trading platform, Launch your Broker and Launch your Prop Firm. Every product is written, hosted and supported in-house and licensed to trading firms, with the CRMs branded to them, all hosted by us in the cloud, managed by each firm and built to scale across clustered servers as our clients grow. Everything is encrypted, and each firm is the only one with access to its data and its clients' data.