How We Review Prop Firms

Every firm’s TP Score is the average of all approved trader reviews on that firm. Scores are recomputed automatically as new reviews are approved — there is no manual override and no tier-based boost. Firms with fewer than a handful of reviews display their raw average without any weighting.

Reviews are submitted by traders who have used the firm. Each review covers overall experience, platform quality, support, rules clarity, and payout reliability. Reviewers are invited to upload proof of purchase to mark a review as “verified purchase.”

Every review is manually moderated before it appears publicly. We reject reviews that are duplicates, obvious spam, targeted harassment, or that violate the content guidelines (defamation, personal attacks, off-topic rants). We do not reject reviews because they are negative — a firm’s partner status has no bearing on whether a negative review is approved.

If a firm disputes a specific review, they can respond publicly. The review stays up unless it violates the guidelines above.

For firms that pay out in stablecoins via public blockchains, we track payouts directly on-chain. The Payout Tracker aggregates verified wallet transfers from firm wallets and displays total volume, payout counts, and recency — independent of anything the firm reports to us.

This means a firm cannot inflate its payout numbers on TradingPilot. If transfers aren’t happening on-chain, they won’t show up on our leaderboard.

Monthly rankings on Trader Favorites are driven entirely by community upvotes. One authenticated trader, one vote per firm per month. Firms cannot pay to rank higher on Trader Favorites.

General firm listing order on /firms uses weighted-random sorting based on subscription tier — this is disclosed and is how we fund the platform. It does not affect TP Scores, review content, payout data, or Trader Favorites rankings.

Challenge prices, profit splits, drawdown rules, and phase targets are sourced from each firm’s public website. We run an automated scraping pipeline that detects changes and queues them for review. High-confidence price-only updates are auto-approved; structural changes (new rules, new challenge types) are reviewed by a human before going live.

If you spot a discrepancy between a firm’s site and our listing, let us know at /contact — we’ll fix it and re-run a scrape to catch the drift.

TradingPilot has commercial partnerships with some firms listed on the platform. Partnerships fund the platform via subscription tiers (listing boost on /firms, featured placements on deals) and via affiliate commissions on promotional codes shown in Hot Deals.

Partnerships do not influence:

• TP Scores (computed from reviews, not editorial)
• Review approval or rejection
• Trader Favorites rankings
• Payout Tracker data (on-chain, not self-reported)
• Blog content or editorial recommendations

Blog posts and firm listings display a visible publish date and, when applicable, a last-updated date. Substantive updates (rule changes, price changes, factual corrections) trigger a fresh updated-at timestamp. Minor copy edits do not.

Spot an error? Email us through /contact — corrections are published as soon as they’re verified.

TradingPilot provides comparison data, community reviews, and tools to help traders choose a prop firm. Nothing on the platform — including blog posts, rankings, or calculator output — is personal financial advice. Prop trading carries risk of losing challenge fees and, in live-funded accounts, may involve additional risk depending on the firm’s structure. Always read a firm’s own terms before purchasing a challenge.