Terms of Service
Effective June 29, 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and CodeVault LLC, which operates ProofRanks (proofranks.com and related services, the "Service"). By creating an account, connecting a brokerage, subscribing, or otherwise using the Service, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
Please read sections 3 (not investment advice), 4 (risk acknowledgment), 11 (disclaimers), 12 (limitation of liability), 13 (indemnification), and 15 (arbitration & class action waiver) carefully. They limit our liability and affect your legal rights.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old and able to form a binding contract. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for all activity under your account.
2. What ProofRanks is — and is not
ProofRanks is an information and publishing platform. We let traders connect a real brokerage account (read-only) so their actual trading activity can be normalized, verified, and published as a track record, and we let other users browse those records and subscribe to follow them. We are not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, financial planner, fiduciary, exchange, clearing firm, or money transmitter, and we do not provide brokerage, custody, or execution services. We do not hold, manage, or have access to your funds or securities, and we cannot place trades.
3. Not investment advice; no recommendations
All content on the Service — including track records, statistics, equity curves, holdings, alerts, rankings, and any creator commentary — is provided for informational and educational purposes only and is impersonal. Nothing on the Service is, or should be construed as, investment, financial, legal, tax, or accounting advice, a recommendation, a solicitation, or an offer to buy or sell any security or instrument, and nothing is tailored to your individual circumstances. We do not endorse any trader, strategy, or transaction. You are solely responsible for your own decisions and should consult your own licensed professionals before acting.
4. Risk acknowledgment
Trading and investing involve substantial risk of loss, including the loss of your entire investment, and are not suitable for everyone. Options, margin, leverage, and short positions carry additional and potentially unlimited risk. Past performance is not indicative of, and does not guarantee, future results. Verified records reflect what happened in a particular account over a particular period and may not be representative, repeatable, or achievable by you (after fees, taxes, slippage, timing, and account differences). By using the Service you accept these risks and agree that any trading decision you make is made at your own risk.
5. Verification and data
Verified records are computed from data supplied by third parties, including brokerages and our data partner SnapTrade. While we apply integrity controls (including an append-only, tamper-evident ledger), we do not independently audit brokerages and we do not warrant that any data is accurate, complete, current, or free of error, delay, or interruption. "Verified" means the record was derived from a connected real brokerage account; it is not a guarantee of a trader's skill, honesty, or future performance. Paper or simulated accounts do not earn a verified badge.
6. Creators, subscriptions, and payments
- Creators are independent users, not our employees, agents, or partners. We do not control and are not responsible for their trading, conduct, statements, or any compensation they may receive from third parties. Creators are solely responsible for their own legal and tax compliance, including disclosing any compensation or conflicts of interest.
- Subscriptions are recurring and billed in advance through Stripe until cancelled. You authorize us and Stripe to charge your payment method on each renewal. You may cancel at any time, effective at the end of the current billing period.
- Fees and payouts. We may retain a platform fee from subscription revenue and remit the balance to creators via Stripe Connect. Except where required by law or expressly stated, payments are non-refundable. Prices and fees may change prospectively.
- You are responsible for any taxes associated with your use of the Service.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to: connect an account you are not authorized to use; submit false, manipulated, or misleading data; misrepresent a paper account as real; manipulate rankings; scrape, reverse engineer, or overload the Service; infringe others' rights; use the Service for unlawful, fraudulent, or market-manipulative purposes; or provide individualized investment advice through the Service in violation of applicable law. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.
8. Your content and license
You retain ownership of content you submit (such as notes, display names, and connected-account data you choose to publish). You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, use, reproduce, display, and distribute that content as needed to operate, verify, publish, and promote the Service. You represent that you have the rights to grant this license.
9. Intellectual property
The Service, including its software, design, text, and marks, is owned by CodeVault LLC and protected by law. We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the Service for its intended purpose. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
10. Third-party services
The Service relies on and links to third parties (including SnapTrade, Stripe, brokerages, and others). We are not responsible for their acts, omissions, availability, accuracy, or terms, and your use of them is governed by their own agreements.
11. Disclaimer of warranties
THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DATA, METRIC, OR ALERT IS ACCURATE, TIMELY, OR COMPLETE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW CERTAIN DISCLAIMERS, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.
12. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CODEVAULT LLC AND ITS OWNERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST INVESTMENTS, TRADING OR INVESTMENT LOSSES, LOST DATA, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER THEORY, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100). YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE WOULD NOT PROVIDE THE SERVICE WITHOUT THESE LIMITATIONS.
13. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CodeVault LLC and its owners, officers, employees, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to your use of the Service, your content or data, your trading or investment decisions, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of any third party.
14. Termination
We may suspend or terminate your access at any time, with or without notice, including for any violation of these Terms. You may stop using the Service and close your account at any time. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including 3–6 and 8–17) will survive.
15. Dispute resolution; arbitration; class action waiver
Please contact us first at [email protected] so we can try to resolve any dispute informally. If we cannot, you and CodeVault LLC agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, and not in court, except that either party may bring claims in small-claims court or seek injunctive relief for intellectual-property misuse. You and we waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class, collective, or representative action. Arbitration will be administered under the rules of a recognized arbitration provider, on an individual basis. If this waiver is found unenforceable, the remainder of this section still applies.
16. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Subject to Section 15, the state and federal courts located in New Jersey will have exclusive jurisdiction over any matter not subject to arbitration, and you consent to personal jurisdiction and venue there.
17. General
These Terms, with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Service. If any provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them. We may modify these Terms by posting an updated version with a new effective date; your continued use constitutes acceptance. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, agency, or employment relationship.
18. Contact
CodeVault LLC — [email protected] · Contact page