“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 modernaudiences. It also showcases verified trader interviews and prop firm payoutupdates. Still, the question remains whether the project will be able to compete with other prop-review platforms?PropTraderEdge Wants toAddress Credibility Concerns in Prop TradingProptrading, where individuals trade a firm’s capital for profit splits, hasexpanded rapidly since the pandemic, but concerns about transparency and payoutreliability continue to circulate. Lien said the relaunch is intended to helpraise trust and provide grounded examples of trading success.“The propspace still struggles with credibility... We go straight to the source bysharing real trader success stories verified by prop firms,” Lien toldFinaceMagnates.com. She noted that many traders who entered the markets afterCOVID-19 “often lack a deep understanding of what drives markets” and havelimited 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 ofMarket ExperienceLien, whoco-founded BKForex and previously led FX strategy and research teamsat FXCM, GFT Markets, and JPMorgan, said her 25 years in theindustry shaped the new platform’s direction.“Thepopularity of DailyFX.com and the strong engagement we see from our live MarketOutlooks show that traders, new and experienced, still crave guidance on marketdrivers and risks,” she said, comparing the new venture to her earlier workbuilding forex research portals.PropTraderEdge,she explained, differs by balancing macroeconomic awareness with the psychologicaland behavioral aspects of trading that often determine long-term success.“Our goal is to raise the standard of education across the entire prop tradingspace,” Lien said.In anearlier interview with FinanceMagnates.com, Kathy Lien saidthat “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. Therest of the article continues under the video:Expanding With IndustryShiftsAs the proptrading ecosystem matures, morebrokers are entering the market, often integrating prop-style offeringsinto their trading platforms. Lien expects this trend to continue as tradersdemand “better spreads, better tools, and better pricing” along with faster andverified payouts.One of themost recent firms to join, in September, wasKudotrade, while Axi and FTMO-owned Oanda have already been operating inthe market for some time.Whileacknowledging that competitor platforms such as PropFirm Match focus on peer reviews and data, Lien positionedPropTraderEdge as an education-first outlet emphasizing practicalframeworks and curated learning. “Tradersoften spend hours searching for motivational stories,” Lien said. “We collectthe best ones and distill them into concise highlights. No one has time forlong videos anymore.”PropTraderEdge.com's FeaturesWhat doesPropTraderEdge.com offer at this stage? From a user perspective, and comparedwith similar platforms, not much yet. The top section of the site features a listof recommended prop firms for futures, CFDs, forex, and crypto, each with briefpros and cons, referral links, and a section with current discounts offered byselected firms.Theplatform also adds three other functionalities. The “Tips” section includesshort educational pieces that appear to be generated by AI. The “Stories” tabfeatures YouTube interviews where Kathy Lien speaks with traders and industryfigures in the prop trading space. Another section, “Payouts,” uses AI tosummarize data published by various prop firms on how much they recently paidout to their traders.Lien doesnot view the use of AI as negative. She says the platform incorporates AI inits content process but relies on it mainly for visual storytelling rather thanproducing trading analysis.“AI is atool, not a replacement for trading experience,” she said, adding that much ofthe site’s content and insights stem from “real market experience and verifiedtrader data.”PropTraderEdgeoperates as part of Lien’s broader work under BKTraders, with a communityof over 40,000 newsletter subscribers. This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.