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How forex cashback works

Cashback services like CB-Dogs exist because of a standard part of how brokers acquire clients: they pay an advertising (referral) fee — commonly called an Introducing Broker (IB) commission — to partners who introduce clients, and return part of it to us. We pass most of that fee back to you as cashback: the same model used by cashback and points sites in other industries. Here's exactly how the money flows, so you know what you're getting and why.

Open or link an account

Open a new account through our broker link, or link an eligible existing account to your CB-Dogs profile.

Trade as usual

Keep trading your normal strategy. Every closed lot on an eligible account accrues cashback automatically.

Receive USDT

Request a withdrawal any time above the minimum. We send USDT to your TRC20 wallet address.

The money flow in numbers

Illustrative example

A worked example for one standard lot (100,000 units) of EUR/USD. The spread and the advertising (IB) fee below are hypothetical round numbers chosen to show the mechanism — they are not XM's actual figures or our actual contract terms.

  1. 1

    You pay the spread

    $16.00

    Hypothetical spread of 1.6 pips × $10 per pip on one standard lot. You pay this whether or not you use a cashback service.

  2. 2

    The broker pays an advertising (IB) fee

    $10.00

    Hypothetical advertising fee the broker pays its introducing partner for that lot, from its marketing budget.

  3. 3

    Your cashback

    $6.00

    60% of the advertising fee is passed back to you (our current payout ratio, rounded down to $0.10).

  4. 4

    CB-Dogs keeps

    $4.00

    Covers running the service. If you were referred, the referrer's reward (10% of the fee = $1.00) is paid from this share — your cashback is not reduced.

Your effective spread cost

$10.00

$16.00 − $6.00 cashback = $10.00 (about 38% lower).

Actual rebates per lot for each account type are shown on the broker pages. Real spreads vary by instrument, account type and market conditions.

What is an Introducing Broker (IB) advertising fee?

Brokers set aside part of their marketing budget as an advertising (referral) fee — commonly called an Introducing Broker (IB) commission — paid to partners who introduce clients, for every lot those clients trade. This is a standard, regulated part of how brokers acquire customers, not a special arrangement made just for you.

Our role

CB-Dogs acts as an introducing partner (IB) for the brokers we list. When you open an account through our link, or link an existing eligible account, your trading activity is tracked under our IB account with the broker. The broker pays us a per-lot advertising (referral) fee for introducing you, and we pay you a share of it back in USDT.

Does it cost you anything?

No. Your spreads, commissions and execution are identical to opening an account directly with the broker. The rebate comes out of the advertising fee the broker was already going to pay an introducing partner — we simply pass most of it on to you instead of keeping all of it.

How trades are tracked

The broker reports closed-lot volume for accounts under our IB code on a regular reporting cycle. We calculate your cashback from that report and credit it to your CB-Dogs balance. Phase 1 of this service is run manually — see "Payouts" below.

Payouts

Right now, rebate calculation and payout requests are handled manually while we build out an automated dashboard. You can request a withdrawal of your accrued balance in USDT (TRC20) once you're above the minimum withdrawal amount.

Why rates are marked provisional

The rebate rates shown on this site are provisional: they are our current planning figures ahead of finalizing our IB agreements with each broker. We will update this site the moment confirmed rates are in place, and we will never reduce a rate retroactively for volume you've already traded.

Honest limitations

Cashback is not free money without conditions. Before you sign up, you should know:

  • Some broker bonuses or loyalty programs may not apply to accounts linked to a partner like us. If a bonus matters to you, check the broker's current terms or ask us first.
  • Your cashback depends on the broker actually paying us. We calculate cashback from the advertising (referral) fee we receive; if a broker withholds, delays or reverses that fee (for example for bonus abuse or trades that break its rules), the matching cashback can be delayed or reversed too.
  • There is a confirmation period. Commission is confirmed by the broker first, then paid to us, then credited to you with a short hold — typically 3–4 weeks from trade to withdrawable balance.
  • Existing accounts that are not under our partner code cannot earn cashback — you may need to open an additional account through our link.
  • Cashback reduces your trading costs; it does not change the risk of trading. Most retail traders lose money trading leveraged products.

How we choose brokers

  • We don't list brokers with known, unresolved problems paying out client withdrawals. If that changes for a broker we list, we will tell you and stop recommending it.
  • We show each broker's regulatory information on its page so you can check it yourself.
  • We only add brokers whose advertising (referral) fee we can track and verify, so the cashback we show can actually be paid.
  • We don't name or criticise specific brokers we have chosen not to list — we simply explain our criteria.