Rating Methodology

Trust Score (0–100)

Base trust score of each firm:

• Trustpilot — current Trustpilot rating (0–5). Firms without a rating get neutral 3.0.
• Risk Score — penalty points for risk signals: Bank of Russia warning list, hidden team, short domain history, reputation flags.
• Range clamped to 0–100. Example: Trustpilot 4.5 and Risk 5 → 50 + 22.5 − 5 = 68.

Payout Verification

Three levels of payout confirmation:

1. On-chain verification — payouts tracked via public blockchain transactions from known firm payout wallets (USDT via Rise etc.). Sources: propfirmpayouts.io, Propr transparency, our own transaction archive since Dec 2023. Transactions cannot be faked.
2. Trader confirmations — verified reviews and payout proofs submitted by traders (crowdsourced).
3. Firm claims — marketing numbers ("$100M+ paid"). We never publish them as fact without source attribution.

Absence of confirmations does not mean a firm does not pay — it means no independent confirmation exists yet. "—" honestly reflects missing data.

CIS availability (cis_access)

A firm is marked "CIS-friendly" when it accepts clients from Russia (the core CIS audience), based on official help pages and stop-lists. If Russia is on a stop-list, the firm is marked "restricted". Lists may differ between divisions of the same firm (e.g. FundedNext CFD vs Futures). "?" means no public confirmation.

Bank of Russia (CBR) warning list

We cross-check firm domains weekly against the public CBR list of companies "with signs of illegal activity" (cbr.ru). Listing is a risk signal, not a ban.

Data sources

• Official firm websites and help centers (terms, stop-lists, fees)
• Trustpilot (rating, review count, suspended status)
• propfirmpayouts.io, Propr — on-chain payout trackers
• PropFirmMap — cross-check (safety grade, score)
• Bank of Russia warning list, domain whois data

Independence

Rankings are not for sale: positions never depend on affiliate programs. Links to firm websites may be affiliate (marked rel="sponsored") — this does not affect scores. We do not charge for inclusion and do not remove firms for money.