How we make money

Our money, in plain sight

Most trading sites hide how they earn, because how they earn shapes what they tell you. We'd rather show you. This page sets out how Prop Firm Novice makes money, and the lines we won't cross to do it.

Why we're telling you this

Almost every "prop firm education" site in existence is paid by the firms it teaches you about, whether through affiliate commissions or outright ownership. That's not automatically wrong, but it's almost never disclosed, and it quietly bends the advice. A site that earns a commission when you buy an evaluation has a reason never to tell you not to buy one.

Our whole reason to exist is being the site that can say the thing the others can't. That only works if you can trust that our education isn't quietly steering you toward whoever pays us. So here's exactly how the money works.

How we earn

We're building this in stages, and we'll keep this page updated as things change. Our intended sources of income, in order:

We don't take payment from any firm to write about them favourably, to change our educational content, or to bury criticism. If that ever changes, this page changes first.

Our independence pledge

  • Money can affect which true things we choose to write about. It will never affect whether something is true, or what we recommend for your situation.
  • We only ever link a firm whose rules we've actually read and understood, using the same framework we teach you.
  • Any recommendation is matched to what fits you, never to what pays us the most.
  • When the honest answer is "this may not be the right choice, or any evaluation may not be," we'll say so, commission or not.

What we will and won't do

We will

  • Clearly label affiliate and sponsored links wherever they appear
  • Recommend based on fit for your goals, style and risk
  • Tell you when a personal account may beat an evaluation
  • Keep our tools free and ad-free
  • Keep our education firm-neutral and verifiable
  • Update this page whenever our model changes

We won't

  • Rank firms by how much they pay us
  • Publish "top firm" lists driven by commission
  • Take payment to change or soften our content
  • Put ads or paywalls on the calculators or simulator
  • Hide criticism of a practice because a firm pays us
  • Pretend a link isn't an affiliate link

What this means when you see a link

If you click an affiliate link and sign up, the firm may pay us a share, at no extra cost to you. We're grateful when that happens, because it funds the free education here. But the link is there because we believe the thing it points to is a reasonable fit for the reader we wrote the page for, not because it pays the most. If a better-fitting option pays us nothing, we'll still point you to it.

Hold us to it

Independence is a claim that only means something if it's kept. If you ever feel our content is steering you toward a firm for the wrong reasons, tell us, and we'll take it seriously. This page is a promise you're entitled to hold us to.

This page describes our approach to monetisation and sits alongside our Editorial Standards & Disclaimer. Prop Firm Novice provides general educational content only, not financial advice. Last updated: July 2026.

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