GTIXT — Retail Funded Prop Benchmark
Public benchmark specification covering scope boundary, methodology, integrity model, governance framework, and API reference.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
GTIXT is the public benchmark for the retail-funded prop market. It converts fragmented public information into a deterministic, auditable reference used to compare funded-prop firms, read sector stress, and anchor public review decisions.
This whitepaper specifies the current public GTIXT model: scope boundary, five-pillar methodology, cryptographic integrity model, evidence-based extraction, versioning policy, and governance framework. It is the reference text for how GTIXT measures the funded-prop economy without mixing in unrelated institutional trading firms.
5-Pillar Framework
Transparency, Payout Reliability, Risk Model, Legal Compliance, Reputation & Support
Cryptographic Integrity
SHA-256 snapshots, immutable pointers, public verification, audit trails
Scope Governance
No commercial influence, deterministic scoring, explicit public boundary, versioned methodology
Public API
RESTful data access, snapshot browser, evidence queries, scope verification
Market Context & Problem Statement
The Prop Trading Landscape
Funded-prop firms have grown from a niche category into a visible global retail market. Programs now span multiple jurisdictions, thousands of traders, and increasingly complex payout and rule structures. Yet the public market still remains:
- Non-standardized — no shared definitions of risk, transparency, or compliance
- Non-benchmarked — no neutral reference point for comparison
- Non-auditable — evidence is fragmented, contradictory, or proprietary
- Narrative-driven — public judgments often outrun evidence and timing discipline
Public Benchmark Gap
Traders, reviewers, allocators, and regulators still lack a consistent, measurable public view of structural quality. Decisions are often made on reputation, anecdote, or partial public evidence. This reduces trust and makes sector stress harder to read before it becomes consensus.
GTIXT as Solution
GTIXT provides the missing public reference layer: a neutral, auditable benchmark that measures structural quality, not trading performance or returns. It serves as the public state layer for the funded-prop economy.
GTIXT Objectives & Scope
Core Objectives
🎯 Standardization
Establish a common measurement framework for structural quality across the industry.
⚖️ Neutrality
Measure facts, not opinions. No commercial influence, no paid positioning.
📋 Auditability
Every input, score, and decision is traceable and reproducible.
🔐 Integrity
Data is cryptographically verified and published as immutable snapshots.
👁️ Transparency
All rules, inputs, and evidence are public and machine-readable.
📊 Public Reference
Built to be cited publicly: simple, versioned, governed, and auditable.
Scope & Inclusion Criteria
GTIXT measures proprietary trading firms that offer funded trading programs or challenge-style evaluations. Inclusion requires:
- Sufficient public documentation to compute a score
- Verifiable website, regulatory filings, or regulatory presence
- Active operations within the past 12 months
- Ability to maintain auditability and reproducibility
Out of Scope
GTIXT does not measure:
- Trader performance or returns
- Profitability or financial stability
- Market impact or systemic risk
- Institutional market makers, quant funds, or hedge funds
- Subjective quality or culture
- Future success or investment potential
Architecture & Data Pipeline
System Architecture
GTIXT operates as a multi-stage deterministic pipeline:
Ingest public data from firm websites, regulatory databases, and public disclosures
Extract, normalize, and store evidence with timestamps and source URIs
Apply deterministic rules to compute 5-pillar scores and final index
Enforce data quality, NA policy, and consistency thresholds
Create immutable JSON snapshot, compute SHA-256, sign pointer
Evidence Model
Every data point includes:
Methodology: 5-Pillar Framework
GTIXT v1.1 scores firms on five pillars, each weighted and normalized. The final index ranges 0–100.
Scoring Formula
GTIXT Score = (T × 0.27) + (P × 0.27) + (R × 0.21) + (L × 0.15) + (S × 0.10)Where T = Transparency, P = Payout Reliability, R = Risk Model, L = Legal Compliance, S = Reputation & Support
Pillar 1: Transparency (27%)
Public disclosure of rules, pricing, and operational structure. Metrics include rule availability, fee documentation, withdrawal policy clarity, and compliance certifications.
Pillar 2: Payout Reliability (27%)
Track record and reliability of profit payouts. Metrics include historical payout rate, withdrawal success rate, payment speed, and evidence of consistency.
Pillar 3: Risk Model (21%)
Quality and transparency of risk controls. Metrics include documented risk limits, VaR disclosures, position sizing rules, and equity protection mechanisms.
Pillar 4: Legal Compliance (15%)
Regulatory registration, compliance history, and legal standing. Metrics include regulatory licensing, sanctions history, dispute records, and jurisdiction tier.
Pillar 5: Reputation & Support (10%)
Community reputation, customer support quality, and public trust posture. Metrics include support availability, review aggregates, dispute memory, and media presence.
NA Policy & Determinism
Missing data (NA) is handled deterministically: metrics without sufficient evidence default to a neutral baseline rather than a penalty. This prevents data gaps from unfairly penalizing firms with incomplete public records.
Deterministic Scoring: Given identical inputs, the algorithm always produces identical outputs. No manual adjustments, overrides, or subjective interpretations are permitted.
Versioning & Backward Compatibility
Methodology changes follow semantic versioning:
- Major versions (v1 → v2): Breaking changes to pillar definitions or weights
- Minor versions (v1.0 → v1.1): New metrics or enhanced data sources (backward compatible)
- Reproducibility: All past snapshots include version metadata, allowing historical score recomputation
Integrity Model & Verification
Snapshot Lifecycle
Each GTIXT release is an immutable JSON snapshot with cryptographic proof:
Snapshot Created
All ranked firms + metadata serialized to JSON
Hash Computed
SHA-256 hash of entire snapshot
Pointer Created
Metadata object with version, timestamp, hash, object path
Published
Snapshot + pointer released to public storage
Verified
Any party can download, hash, and verify integrity
Pointer Format
{
"object": "2026-02-01/snapshot.json",
"sha256": "a3f2e1c9d7b4e6f1a2c3d4e5f6g7h8i9j0k1l2m3n4o5p6q7r8s9t0u1v2w3x4y5z6",
"created_at": "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z",
"version": "1.1",
"count": 847,
"schema": "snapshot_v1"
}Public Verification
Any user can verify snapshot integrity with standard tools:
# Download latest pointer
curl /snapshots/universe_v0.1_public/universe_v0.1_public/_public/latest.json -o latest.json
# Download latest snapshot
OBJECT=$(cat latest.json | jq -r '.object')
curl /snapshots/universe_v0.1_public/$OBJECT -o snapshot.json
# Verify hash
sha256sum snapshot.json
# Output: a3f2e1c9... snapshot.json
# Compare with published pointer
cat latest.json | jq -r '.sha256'
# Output: "a3f2e1c9..."Audit Trail
Every firm record includes:
- Historical scores across all versions
- Evidence trail with timestamps and sources
- Update changelog (when data changed and why)
- Confidence metadata and NA indicators
Multi-Level Hashing & Cryptographic Verification (v1.1+)
GTIXT v1.1 introduces institutional-grade cryptographic verification across multiple hierarchy levels:
- Evidence Level: SHA-256 hash of individual evidence items with source URI, timestamp, and transformation chain
- Firm Level: Merkle tree hash aggregating all evidence hashes for a firm, enabling proof of data integrity without downloading entire dataset
- Pillar Level: Intermediate hashes combining all firm data for each scoring pillar
- Dataset Level: Final SHA-256 hash of complete snapshot with all firms, pillars, and metadata
- Signature Verification: ECDSA-secp256k1 cryptographic signatures on all hash levels for non-repudiation and tamper detection
Institutional users can independently verify multi-level integrity using the /api/provenance/verify endpoint with complete transparency into transformation procedures and validation flags.
Governance Framework
Neutrality Charter
GTIXT operates under an explicit neutrality commitment:
⚖️ No Commercial Influence
GTIXT does not accept payments, sponsorships, or incentives from evaluated firms or related parties.
⚙️ No Discretionary Overrides
Scores are deterministic. Identical inputs always produce identical outputs. No manual adjustments permitted.
📋 Deterministic Methodology
All rules are explicit, versioned, and publicly documented. Changes require formal versioning and notice.
👁️ Full Transparency
Scoring rules, data sources, and evidence are public and machine-readable. No proprietary black boxes.
Governance Structure
Governance is enforced through structural separation:
Data Layer (Agent A, B)
Crawl and normalize public evidence. No scoring authority.
Scoring Layer
Apply deterministic methodology. No override capability.
Integrity Layer (Agent C)
Enforce data quality gates. Approve/reject for publication.
Publication Layer
Release immutable snapshots. No modification after publication.
Methodology Evolution
Major versions (v1 → v2): Require 90-day notice, community consultation, and new methodology period.
Minor versions (v1.0 → v1.1): New metrics or data sources, backward compatible, applied prospectively.
All changes are documented in a public changelog and preserved for historical reconstruction.
API & Data Access
REST API Overview
The GTIXT API is public, unauthenticated, and rate-limited. Base URL: https://gtixt.com/api
Institutional Endpoints (v1.1+)
Advanced institutional endpoints provide multi-level hashing, provenance tracking, and cryptographic verification for audit and compliance use cases.
⚠️ Security Note: Cryptographic verification requires ECDSA-secp256k1 signature validation. See Integrity Framework for public keys and verification procedures.
Data Models
All responses are JSON. Key schemas:
Firm Object
{
"id": "firm-001",
"name": "ExampleProp Inc.",
"score": 82,
"confidence": 0.87,
"pillars": {
"transparency": 85,
"payout_reliability": 78,
"risk_model": 81,
"legal_compliance": 88,
"reputation_support": 75
},
"version": "1.1",
"updated_at": "2026-02-01T00:00:00Z",
"evidence": [...]
}Public Data Objects
All snapshots are published through the public snapshot distribution layer with no authentication required:
- Object path format:
snapshots/<release>/<file> - HTTPS accessible:
/snapshots/snapshots/ - Format: JSON + gzip
- Retention: Permanent (all historical snapshots available)
Roadmap v1–v3
The GTIXT roadmap reflects controlled methodological evolution, not feature marketing.
Foundation & Credibility (Q4 2025 - Q1 2026)
- 5-pillar framework with explicit weights
- Deterministic scoring engine
- NA-neutral policy and fallback hierarchy
- Public evidence trails and timestamps
- SHA-256 snapshot integrity
- Public REST API
Refinement & Intelligence (Q1-Q2 2026)
- Agent C integrity gate with quality thresholds
- Enhanced NA policy and edge case handling
- Improved evidence extraction from legal docs
- Risk model scoring enhancements
- Expanded jurisdiction coverage
- Multi-level hashing and cryptographic verification
- Institutional provenance endpoints (/api/provenance/*)
- ECDSA-secp256k1 signature verification
- Backward compatible with v1.0 data
Risk Intelligence Layer (Q2-Q3 2026)
- New pillar: Institutional Readiness Index
- Risk projection models (stress testing)
- Market intelligence agents (compliance monitoring)
- Legal compliance signals (regulatory tracking)
- Advanced NLP for rule extraction
- Breaking changes to pillar structure
Projection & Standardization (2027)
- Stress scenario simulations
- Forward-looking risk signals
- Governance intelligence and benchmark committees
- Institutional data contracts
- Integration with regulatory reporting standards
Appendices
Appendix A: Glossary
Appendix B: JSON Specification
Complete JSON schemas for Snapshot, Firm, Evidence, and Pointer objects are available at:
https://gtixt.com/spec/gpti_score_v1.json
Appendix C: Pillar Definitions & Metrics
Detailed metric definitions for all five pillars are documented at:
https://methodology.gtixt.com/v1.1/metrics
Appendix D: Evidence Examples
Sample evidence artifacts, source URIs, and captured values are available at:
https://integrity.gtixt.com/examples
Limitations & Disclaimers
Not Investment Advice: GTIXT is not a financial advisor and does not provide investment recommendations. Scores do not predict returns, profitability, or firm outcomes.
Data Availability: Scores reflect publicly available information. Missing public data may result in lower scores, not necessarily lower structural quality.
No Endorsement: GTIXT measures structural quality only and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of any firm.
Temporal Snapshot: Snapshots represent a point in time. Firms, markets, and regulations change continuously.
Downloads & Versioning
GTIXT whitepaper is available in multiple formats:
Version History
- v1.1 (February 2026) — Complete institutional whitepaper with architecture, integrity model, governance, API reference
- v1.0 (January 2026) — Initial institutional release with 5-pillar methodology
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