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How we earn, and the rules we hold ourselves to

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2. No affiliate links to red-zone firms. Ever.
3. No paid ratings. A firm cannot pay to enter the rating, to change its score or zone, or to remove a page. The order inside each zone is set by the score alone.
4. Same rules for everyone. A firm that pays us a commission is scored by the same methodology as a firm that does not. If we change the methodology, we publish the change and re-score every firm.
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The author's own ties

The founder previously worked at a real-capital prop firm, as a trader, risk manager and head of office. He is not employed by or invested in any firm in our rating. Affiliate commissions, where we have them, are listed above. Every firm is scored by the same methodology.

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• Found an error? Write to hello@tradingisajob.com with a link to the page and a source. We aim to reply within 5 working days.
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• Every correction is dated. Changes to scores and zones are logged in the firm's "Last changes" block.

We do not remove accurate, sourced information because a firm asks us to.