“Our goal is to raise the standard of education across the entire prop trading space,” Kathy Lien said to FinanceMagnates.com as she refreshed PropTraderEdge.com, an online hub aimed at helping funded traders navigate markets, risk and psychology.
The site focuses on trader education, risk awareness, and emotional discipline, combining long-form analysis with short video features designed for modern audiences. It also showcases verified trader interviews and prop firm payout updates. Still, the question remains whether the project will be able to compete with other prop-review platforms?
PropTraderEdge Wants to Address Credibility Concerns in Prop Trading
Prop trading, where individuals trade a firm’s capital for profit splits, has expanded rapidly since the pandemic, but concerns about transparency and payout reliability continue to circulate. Lien said the relaunch is intended to help raise trust and provide grounded examples of trading success.
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“The prop space still struggles with credibility... We go straight to the source by sharing real trader success stories verified by prop firms,” Lien told FinaceMagnates.com. She noted that many traders who entered the markets after COVID-19 “often lack a deep understanding of what drives markets” and have limited experience navigating volatile conditions.
She added that PropTraderEdge.com had been operating for some time now, but it had not been regularly updated. It has now been relaunched to provide retail traders with key information and education on the prop trading market.
Drawing on Two Decades of Market Experience
Lien, who co-founded BKForex and previously led FX strategy and research teams at FXCM, GFT Markets, and JPMorgan, said her 25 years in the industry shaped the new platform’s direction.
“The popularity of DailyFX.com and the strong engagement we see from our live Market Outlooks show that traders, new and experienced, still crave guidance on market drivers and risks,” she said, comparing the new venture to her earlier work building forex research portals.
PropTraderEdge, she explained, differs by balancing macroeconomic awareness with the psychological and behavioral aspects of trading that often determine long-term success. “Our goal is to raise the standard of education across the entire prop trading space,” Lien said.
In an earlier interview with FinanceMagnates.com, Kathy Lien said that “prop trading is about more than just profits; it’s about discipline, resilience, and the ability to adapt.” You can find the full interview below.
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Expanding With Industry Shifts
As the prop trading ecosystem matures, more brokers are entering the market, often integrating prop-style offerings into their trading platforms. Lien expects this trend to continue as traders demand “better spreads, better tools, and better pricing” along with faster and verified payouts.
One of the most recent firms to join, in September, was Kudotrade, while Axi and FTMO-owned Oanda have already been operating in the market for some time.
While acknowledging that competitor platforms such as Prop Firm Match focus on peer reviews and data, Lien positioned PropTraderEdge as an education-first outlet emphasizing practical frameworks and curated learning.
“Traders often spend hours searching for motivational stories,” Lien said. “We collect the best ones and distill them into concise highlights. No one has time for long videos anymore.”
PropTraderEdge.com's Features
What does PropTraderEdge.com offer at this stage? From a user perspective, and compared with similar platforms, not much yet. The top section of the site features a list of recommended prop firms for futures, CFDs, forex, and crypto, each with brief pros and cons, referral links, and a section with current discounts offered by selected firms.
The platform also adds three other functionalities. The “Tips” section includes short educational pieces that appear to be generated by AI. The “Stories” tab features YouTube interviews where Kathy Lien speaks with traders and industry figures in the prop trading space. Another section, “Payouts,” uses AI to summarize data published by various prop firms on how much they recently paid out to their traders.
Lien does not view the use of AI as negative. She says the platform incorporates AI in its content process but relies on it mainly for visual storytelling rather than producing trading analysis.
“AI is a tool, not a replacement for trading experience,” she said, adding that much of the site’s content and insights stem from “real market experience and verified trader data.”
PropTraderEdge operates as part of Lien’s broader work under BKTraders, with a community of over 40,000 newsletter subscribers.
