Separate fact, assumption and opinion
A sourced provider rule is a fact at a stated check date. A chart interpretation is an opinion. A backtest depends on assumptions. Pages label these differently.
HOW WICKATLAS WORKS
Trust needs visible methods.
WickAtlas is an educational publisher. It does not provide trading signals, personalised advice, execution or custody. Its job is to make definitions, sources and uncertainty inspectable.
Preserve the eligible sample
Research counts qualifying losses, non-events and ambiguous examples. Attractive charts are illustrations, never the complete evidence.
Include friction
Strategy studies state spread, commission, financing, slippage and execution timing. Gross results are not presented as spendable returns.
Use unseen data
Rules and parameter choices belong to a design sample. Claims require a separate confirmation sample and, where practical, demo forward testing.
Disclose commercial influence
Affiliate relationships appear before commercial links. Commission is not a ranking input, and non-affiliate alternatives remain eligible for coverage.
Version and correct
Material rule changes, source conflicts and corrections receive dates. Current prop-firm terms control when a page and provider disagree.
CONTENT TYPEMINIMUM STANDARDCLAIM BOUNDARY
Indicator
Formula, inputs, regime, failure mode, MT5 implementation and test.
No predictive claim from a visual example.
Pattern
Measurable geometry, timestamp, confirmation, invalidation and all outcomes.
No hindsight-selected success rate.
Strategy
Full rules, costs, sample, drawdown, unseen data and version history.
No profitability promise or live instruction.
Analysis
Author, timestamp, data source, scenarios, risks, conflicts and outcome review.
No one-sided “buy now” post.
Prop firm
Programme-level official sources, legal entity, simulated status and checked date.
No generic “best” badge or regulatory shorthand.
Descriptive before ranked
Launch profiles compare rules that can be checked: targets, loss limits, drawdown calculation, restrictions, platforms, reward terms, legal entities and simulation disclosures. WickAtlas has not purchased and completed every programme, so profiles are labelled desk research and do not receive stars.
Each programme is treated separately. A firm's one-step and two-step products can have materially different drawdown and trading restrictions.
What happens when a page is wrong
Material errors are corrected in place with the original publication date, correction date and a plain description of the change. Provider rule changes are version updates rather than silent errors when the original source was accurate at publication.