1. Who we are
MyPropGenius is an independent prop firm review and comparison site. We set out to answer one question for traders before they pay a challenge fee: what does this firm actually say about its own rules, costs and company, and where does it leave gaps?
Much of the prop-firm comparison market earns commissions from the firms it lists, and that can make honest negative coverage rare. We earn commissions from some firms too — they are named in Section 5 — so we hold ourselves to rules that are checkable: every fact in a review is tied to a page on the firm's own website, every Transparency Index score links to its evidence, and the same rules apply whether or not a firm pays us.
MyPropGenius is operated by VKDP LTD, a private limited company registered in England and Wales (company number 16197794).
MyPropGenius is not owned by any prop firm. We do not accept payment for reviews, rankings or scores.
Reviews and data are published by the MyPropGenius editorial team, which sets the rules on this page, decides disputed points and signs off what is published. You can reach the team at hello@mypropgenius.com.
2. What we cover
We cover prop firms that sell evaluations or funded accounts to retail traders — active ones, and ones that have closed, paused or gone offline. As of this update:
(checked against each firm's own pages)
The closed and inactive firms page lists a firm only when it has said it closed, paused or was sold, when an official record shows it, or when its website has stopped working on the date we checked. Each entry says which and links the source. We keep these entries so traders searching for a firm's name later can see what happened.
We add firms when we can read enough of their own website to describe them accurately. Some firms block automated reading or publish little; where that limits what we can say, the review says so.
3. Why we exist
Prop firms set their own rules, change them, and sometimes close. The information a trader needs — the full cost, the rules that end accounts, who owns the firm, how refunds and payouts work — is usually on the firm's own pages, but spread across pricing tables, help articles and terms. We gather it in one place, quote it, and say plainly when a firm's pages leave something out or contradict each other.
We rate firms on how much they disclose, not on how much we like them. A firm can score well with strict rules if it states them clearly; a firm with generous offers can score poorly if its rules, costs or ownership are hard to find.
4. Methodology
The process below is the same for every firm, including the firms we have commercial relationships with.
The rating scale
Every MyPropGenius rating is the firm's Transparency Index score divided by 20 and rounded down to one decimal place: a firm scoring 71/100 is rated 3.5/5. Rounding down keeps every rating inside its Index band. The Index scores each firm on nine published markers (payout proof, pricing clarity, refund policy, rule clarity, rule stability and track record, hidden-rule disclosure, ownership disclosure, regulatory clarity and affiliate disclosure); the methodology sets out how each is scored, and every score on the Index page links to its evidence. A firm that has not yet been scored is shown as Not yet rated. Where several markers rest on pages we could not read, the rating is labelled provisional and is not published in search-engine rating markup.
| Rating | Transparency Index | Band |
|---|---|---|
| 4.0 – 5.0 | 80–100 | Excellent |
| 3.0 – 3.9 | 60–79 | Good |
| 2.0 – 2.9 | 40–59 | Mixed |
| Below 2.0 | 0–39 | Poor |
Our scoring is strict: no firm currently reaches Excellent, and the methodology explains why.
What a review covers
Each review covers the firm's programmes and prices, profit split and payout rules, drawdown and trading rules, restrictions (countries, news, weekends, automation), platforms and markets, company and legal details, pros and cons, who the firm suits, an FAQ and a verdict — as far as the firm's own pages allow. Reviews run from a few hundred to a little over two thousand words, depending on how much the firm publishes. A "Verified Facts" table at the top of each review comes from our firm data, with links to the pages each value was taken from.
Our sources
- The firm's own website and help centre — pricing, rules, FAQs, terms, refund and legal pages. This is the only source for facts about a firm in our reviews and firm data.
- The Internet Archive — the earliest archived copy of the firm's homepage, used only for how long the site has existed (Transparency Index).
- UK Companies House — used only to check a company or person the firm's own pages name.
- For closed and inactive firms — the firm's own closure notice (on its site or channels, or quoted word for word in trade press), official records, or our own dated check that its website no longer works.
We do not use Trustpilot, Reddit, forums, social-media comments, YouTube or other review and comparison sites as sources for facts or scores. They cannot be checked or repeated, they are open to manipulation by firms, affiliates and rivals, and they measure sentiment rather than what a firm discloses. Readers may find them useful; we simply don't base our ratings on them.
The review process
We save copies of the firm's own pages — pricing, rules, help centre, terms — and record the date. Where a site blocks automated reading, we say so and use only what we could read.
The review is written from those pages only. Every factual statement is recorded with the page URL and the firm's exact wording. Where the firm's pages disagree with each other, the review says so.
A separate check, run independently of the writing step, compares every statement and data value against the saved pages and the quoted wording. Anything unsupported is corrected or removed, the fixes are checked again, and the editorial team decides any point the check leaves open.
The review is published with the date its sources were read. Automated checks confirm that ratings, structured data and links match our data before every release.
We re-check firms when we learn of a rule change, a closure or an error, and each review and Index entry shows the date it was last checked.
Firm status
- Active — the firm's website is selling evaluations or funded accounts.
- Suspended — the firm has said it has paused operations.
- Shut down — the firm has said it closed, wound down or was sold, or an official record shows it.
- Inactive — the firm's website was offline when we checked and we found no closure statement from the firm. This is not a finding of wrongdoing.
5. Commercial relationships
The disclosure, in plain language
MyPropGenius has affiliate relationships with seven firms: FTMO, The5%ers, FunderPro, City Traders Imperium, BrightFunded, Think Capital and Funding Pips. When you buy through our link (or use our code, where one is shown), we may earn a commission. Reviews of these firms say so next to the link.
These relationships do not change scores or reviews. The Transparency Index applies the same published rules to every firm, every score links to its evidence, and you can check the evidence for our partners in the same way as for any other firm. We do not accept payment for higher rankings, more favourable reviews, the removal of negative content, or removal from the closed and inactive list.
Two specific commitments
If a firm is on our closed and inactive list, we do not carry affiliate links for it.
We do not accept paid editorial: no sponsored reviews, no content supplied by a firm's marketing team presented as our own assessment, and no arrangement that requires us to remove published criticism.
6. What we will not do
These rules apply to everything we publish, regardless of commercial pressure.
- We will not accept payment for higher rankings or placement. Ratings come from the Transparency Index, not from commercial terms.
- We will not remove or soften accurate findings about partner firms.
- We will not accept paid editorial or sponsored content presented as independent review.
- We will not take a firm off the closed and inactive list for commercial reasons — only when it is trading again or the evidence changes.
- We will not state as fact what a firm's own pages do not support. If a firm's rules are vague, missing or contradictory, the review says so.
- We will not hide affiliate links. Partner firms are named above, and their reviews carry an affiliate note.
7. Corrections and contact
If you spot a factual error, we want to know — especially if you can point to the page on the firm's own website that shows it. We check every correction against the firm's pages and update the review and its date when the change is confirmed. The same channel handles new firm suggestions, rule-change tips and press enquiries.
- Corrections and submissions: email hello@mypropgenius.com. Confirmed corrections are listed in our corrections log
- Firm closures or relaunches: send us the firm's own notice and we will re-check its status
- Press and partnership enquiries: email partners@mypropgenius.com
Prop firm representatives can use the same channel to flag a factual issue; a link to the relevant page on your own website is the fastest way to get a score or statement corrected. We do not remove accurate findings on request.