Three Firms End Prop Firm Match Affiliate Ties Amid Tracking Claims

Three proprietary-trading firms ended affiliate ties with Prop Firm Match amid Trader Kane’s allegation that controls on the comparison site triggered affiliate redirects, while Topstep separately said it would drop a paid listing.

Kane posted his allegation Thursday, Oct. 29, saying that clicking a firm profile or “copy code” control sent the original browser tab through an affiliate URL as the intended page opened in a new tab. He used My Funded Futures as an example and said he had not checked every listing.

Archived versions of Prop Firm Match’s JavaScript preserve the code in two states. At 9:32 p.m. ET Friday, Oct. 23 (Oct. 24, 01:32 UTC), a saved version contained the redirect routine. In a later capture at 8:23 p.m. ET Thursday, Oct. 29 (Oct. 30, 00:23 UTC), the relevant function returned false. The captures do not establish how many users were affected or whether any commissions resulted.

Prop Firm Match’s terms disclose that it may earn commissions when users buy prop-firm challenges or services through its affiliate links or codes.

Apex Trader Funding said it had ended its affiliate relationship immediately and disabled associated tracking codes after reviewing referral tracking and its Affiliate Marketing Agreement. It did not disclose what its review found. Goat Funded Trader also announced an immediate termination and said it had disabled associated codes after reviewing referral practices; it did not identify a specific breach. Tradeify said its review found that Prop Firm Match had violated its affiliate terms. Tradeify also said Prop Firm Match would no longer sponsor the Premier Trading League.

Topstep’s decision was separate from the affiliate terminations. Founder and CEO Michael Patak said Topstep had no affiliate code with Prop Firm Match and was dropping a listing that he said cost $10,000 per month. Patak said Topstep’s highest rank on the platform had been sixth. Prop Firm Match’s published policy says listings cannot be purchased and commercial agreements do not determine rankings; its public statements did not explain how Patak’s claimed payment fit that policy.

On Thursday night, Prop Firm Match said it was reviewing the questions and promised a fuller response within a day.