What independent audit means for a trading signal service

An independent audit requires all four of the following:

• A named auditor who is separate from the provider
• No commercial relationship between the auditor and the provider
• Review of a defined period using primary records (brokerage statements or equivalent), not a self-reported summary
• A publicly accessible attestation or report

What does not constitute an independent audit

• Testimonials from subscribers about their personal results
• Broker leaderboard positions (the broker operates the platform; it does not audit the trader's record)
• Platform-tracked copy-trading P&L without a named auditor's sign-off
• A regulatory licence for the brokerage (regulatory oversight is not signal-performance audit)

The standard in this guide

Vector Ridge's published signal history is committed on-chain: every call is SHA-256 fingerprinted and pinned to Bitcoin through OpenTimestamps as it publishes, so anyone can check the record against its hashes without trusting the operator. The 2025 WCTC results add a second layer: competition entry and exit prices are tracked by the competition organiser at worldcupchampionships.com, independent of the provider.