PropFirmGrade is an independent review desk for proprietary trading firms. We read the contract a buyer actually signs, check it against what the firm advertises, and publish one evidence-backed letter per firm.
Every firm on this site carries a letter, and every letter is Preliminary. Preliminary means the grade is based on the firm’s contracts, published rules and prices, all read firsthand from the firm’s own documents, and does not yet include a payout test. Payout reliability and support are unscored everywhere, because we have not yet completed a purchase-to-payout desk test or a support test at any firm we cover. We would rather show you what a letter is built from than let it imply more than it covers.
36 firms are in the catalogue today. 36 of these grades are preliminary: the letters can move as verification of the records completes.
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Who we are
PropFirmGrade is run by a small team, and every review carries a byline from the team members who stand behind it. These are the people who read, check and grade the firms on this site.
- Jovana Gjorgievska, project lead. She reviews every firm and ratifies each grade.
- Andrej Gjorgievski, collaborating author. He fact-checks every review.
- Krishi Chowdhary, external grading expert. He ratified the six-factor rubric every grade is scored against.
No grade is published until a team member has ratified it. The software that gathers the evidence can propose a score, but it cannot approve one.
How we pay for this
Firms cannot pay for a grade, buy placement, or see a review before it publishes. Where a reader uses a discount code from this site we may earn a commission from the firm, at no cost to the reader. Commissions are agreed before any partnership exists, they never touch the scoring rubric, and a downgrade is published for a partner on the same terms as for anyone else.
When desk testing begins, every challenge we grade will be bought with our own money. None has been bought yet, and no page here claims otherwise.
Where the grading method lives
The full grading method is set out under how we grade: the six factors, their weights and what moves each one. Grades come from the firm’s own binding documents and its published surfaces. Each claim carries an evidence tier that says what stands behind it, and the tiers are explained below. The method itself is versioned, so any change to how we grade is dated and published rather than made quietly.
- Verified 0 records
- Seen on an account bought with our own money, with the artefact on file. Reserved for a completed desk test.
- Reported 191 records
- Published by the firm in its own terms, help centre or pricing page, and re-read on every release.
- Claimed 0 records
- Asserted in marketing with no contractual source behind it. Recorded, never used to lift a grade.
- Refused 0 records
- We asked and the firm would not answer. Silence is a fact about a firm, so we publish it.
Corrections and right of reply
Every critical contract finding is put to the firm before we publish, and we quote its reply in the firm’s own words, leaving out only what does not answer a finding and marking the place where we cut. A firm that answers some points and not others has the unanswered ones listed by clause in the review. If we get something wrong, write to corrections@propfirmgrade.com and we correct it, log it, and date the correction on the review itself.
Contact
Corrections: corrections@propfirmgrade.com
Data and research requests: data@propfirmgrade.com
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