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Rigor: Independent Checks Before You Commit Money

Before you pick an exchange, a broker, a fund or a course, you should know what is behind the name and what nobody could confirm. Rigor is our set of sourced checks. Every figure has a link and a date, and every gap is shown as a gap.

Verified figures, not advice. Rigor shows what is behind a name and what we could not confirm. It does not tell you what to buy, where to trade or whether a price will rise. Each check is a snapshot with its date.

Start from what you are about to do

Where to trade crypto

CheckWhat we look atCoversOpen
Exchange Rigor Report
Regulation, proof of reserves, security record, compliance record, costs
100 exchanges
Open
Exchanges: wider check
MiCA, reserves, incidents and regulator actions found, no score
50 more exchanges
Open
Hardware wallets
Secure element, open-source firmware, audits, disclosed weaknesses
18 devices
Open

Where to buy stocks and ETFs

CheckWhat we look atCoversOpen
Broker Rigor ranking
Regulation, client protection, record and costs
20 brokers
Open

What is it worth: read the value

CheckWhat we look atCoversOpen
Stock valuation
Market cap, enterprise value and multiples against competitors
25 companies
Open
ETF value
Price against NAV, holdings and costs
30 funds
Open
Commodities
Contract, producers, stocks and costs, fund exposure, 5-year drawdown
15 markets
Open
Crypto: price versus proof
Market value beside the evidence behind it
12 assets
Open

Who to pay

CheckWhat we look atCoversOpen
Prop firm challenges
Rules, terms and fine print
10 firms
Open
Trading course check
Red-flag scorecard, official cases and loss statistics
16 checks
Open

What to test before you believe it

CheckWhat we look atCoversOpen
Pattern Reality Check
Popular trading patterns tested on crypto history
25 patterns, 29 coins
Open

The five rules behind every check

  1. Every figure has a source and a date. The link is next to the number, so you can check it yourself.
  2. "Not verified" is an answer. When we cannot confirm something from a primary source, we say so. We never fill a gap with an estimate.
  3. Our own calculations are labelled. A figure we worked out is marked "computed" and the method is shown.
  4. No sponsors, no affiliate links. Nobody pays to be listed or to rank higher.
  5. Right of reply. A company that disagrees can send a statement and we publish it. How corrections work.

What changed lately

New: what is market cap, and what is proof of reserves2026-10-15. Two reference pages. Market cap with real figures for companies and 12 crypto assets, including fully diluted value. Proof of reserves expla…NewNew: P/E ratio explained with 25 real companies2026-10-15. A reference page on the P/E ratio: the formula, a worked example, the P/E of the 25 largest companies, and three cases where one-off gains m…NewEdition 1: the Rigor hub opens2026-10-14. All sourced checks now sit under one front door, with a single method and a change log. Edition 1 is the first numbered edition of every che…EditionNew: commodities, 15 markets2026-10-14. Fifteen commodities with contract terms, producers, stocks and costs, how to get exposure, and a five-year chart of the fall from the high. …New

All editions and changes. Prefer a feed reader? RSS feed of changes. We aim for a new edition of each check every quarter; the next is planned for January 2027.

Quote us

You may quote our figures if you link to the page they come from. A suggested citation:

Trading Education Platform System, "Exchange Rigor Report", Edition 1, October 2026. https://tradingeducationplatform.com/exchanges/

Downloadable data files will follow once we have confirmed the licence of every source behind them. If you need a figure now, write to us.

Questions people ask

What is Rigor?

It is the name for our sourced checks: ranking exchanges and brokers, comparing wallets and funds, reading the value of stocks and commodities, and checking prop firms and courses. All use the same five rules.

Is a high Rigor ranking a recommendation?

No. It says how much we could verify and what the record shows, not whether a product suits you. Use it as a first filter and read the sources.

Who pays for this?

Nobody sponsors a ranking and there are no affiliate links. The publisher is an individual; see the About page.

How often are the checks updated?

We aim for a new edition every quarter, and we correct errors as soon as they are reported. The change log lists what changed.

How do I report a mistake?

Use the corrections page. We acknowledge in 3 working days and fix within 10.