METHODOLOGY & RESOURCES

Read the rules behind the ranking.

Use the board with confidence: understand what counts as evidence, how a label is earned, and where comparison can go wrong.

SOURCE POLICY

First party, or it does not score.

Firm websites, official help centers, program terms, and primary policy documents can support a scored claim. Affiliate posts, review roundups, and social summaries can suggest what to investigate, but cannot become evidence.

EXTRACTION

AI finds structure. People approve meaning.

Automated research can discover pages and propose structured facts. Material claims stay in review until their citation, context, and interpretation pass a human check.

CLASSIFICATION

Rules-based, not vibes-based.

“Trader-forward,” “Balanced,” and “Rule-heavy” are PropRank assessments. Each label must disclose the rules that drove it and the weighting model used.

FRESHNESS

Policy changes trigger review.

A source change should move affected facts back into the audit queue. Stale evidence remains visible as stale; it does not quietly masquerade as current.

PLAIN-ENGLISH GLOSSARY

Terms that deserve a closer read

Drawdown: A loss threshold whose calculation and behavior vary by program; the exact mechanism matters more than the label.
Consistency rule: A condition that can limit how much one day or trade contributes toward a target or payout eligibility.
Activation fee: A charge that may apply after an evaluation is passed. PropRank separates it from the advertised evaluation price.
Payout cadence: How often a trader may request withdrawals, including any eligibility period, buffer, cap, or minimum.
Funded exposure: The permitted account allocation or number of funded accounts—not necessarily cash held in a trader-owned brokerage account.
Source freshness: The time since an official page was checked and whether its extracted claim has since been re-verified.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Use PropRank as research—not a shortcut

Does a high rank mean I should buy an evaluation?

No. A rank summarizes selected rules under a chosen model. It is not personalized financial advice and cannot capture your trading behavior, risk tolerance, or changing program terms.

Why are some firms unranked?

PropRank withholds scores when source coverage, freshness, extraction confidence, or human verification is incomplete.

Can firms pay for a better score?

No. Commercial relationships, if any, must remain separate from the evidence and ranking model. Promo placement is not a scoring input.

What if an official page contradicts another official page?

The conflict should be shown, dated, and escalated for clarification. PropRank should not silently pick the more favorable claim.