A 50-point checklist covering every milestone you must complete before going live — technology, compliance, liquidity, payments, risk and marketing. Use this to know exactly when you are launch-ready.
The technology and platform setup (CTATech side) takes 7–14 business days. Regulatory and legal items typically take the longest — 60–180 days depending on jurisdiction. The total timeline from start to live is usually 3–6 months for a well-prepared team.
Your regulatory licence and compliant client onboarding flow. You can launch a perfect trading platform, but without a valid licence and KYC/AML process in place you are operating illegally and risk enforcement action. Compliance always comes first.
Technically yes, but it is very inadvisable. You would need bank transfer instructions and manual reconciliation. However, launching with at least one PSP (card or crypto) dramatically improves conversion. Most brokers launch with crypto as a fallback while awaiting card processing approval.
At minimum: end-to-end user acceptance testing (full cycle from registration to trade to withdrawal), load testing to ensure the platform handles your target concurrent user count, and a compliance dry run verifying that KYC, AML screening and breach reporting all function correctly.
Most jurisdictions require a registered office address in the licence jurisdiction, but not necessarily a full staffed office. Virtual office services are accepted in VFSC, FSA Seychelles and some other jurisdictions. Check with your legal partner for your specific licence application.
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