Methodology
Official rules first. Independent evidence second. Aggregators are used for discovery and cross-checking, never as the sole authority.
1. Official rules
Help centers, terms, program pages and payout rules control objective program facts whenever available.
2. Evidence cross-check
Trader reports, press coverage and independent directories are used to validate context, complaints and operating maturity.
3. Separate confidence
Directory coverage is not presented as deep rule verification. Missing fields remain missing rather than being guessed.
Data Confidence Score
The score measures evidence depth and maturity. It is not a best-firm verdict, payout guarantee, or recommendation to purchase.
FC Payout Evidence Score
This score measures the strength and continuity of blockchain-verified payout evidence only. It does not measure payout approval rate, solvency, overall trustworthiness, trader treatment or future payout probability. A company can show strong payout activity while still having strict rules, complaints or other risk signals.
Source attribution: Payout Junction ↗. FundedChecker stores periodic snapshots and adds its own trend/anomaly analysis without reproducing Payout Junction's ranking or design.
FundedChecker Review Score
This is our editorial research rating, not a guarantee, financial recommendation, payout prediction or substitute for reading the exact program rules. We keep it separate from third-party scores and from FC Payout Evidence.
Cross-source research
Where available, FundedChecker cross-checks official company pages with sources such as PropFirmAudit, PropFirmMatch, PropFirmDiscount, PropFirmVergleich, PropDataLab and Payout Junction. We use these sources for discovery, review context, pricing/rule cross-checks and payout evidence; we do not copy their rankings or affiliate verdicts as our own.