Affiliate disclosure
Last updated July 22, 2026
How this site makes money
Atlas Securities Index may earn affiliate commissions. When an affiliate partnership is active and you purchase a prep course through one of our links, the provider may pay us a commission at no extra cost to you. In line with FTC guidance, every page that contains affiliate links carries a clear disclosure near the top, before the first commercial link, not just in the footer.
Current relationships
As of the last update above, Atlas Securities Index has no active affiliate partnerships. Provider links on this site are plain, untracked links (or disabled placeholders where a provider's official site hasn't been verified yet). This section will be updated to name every partner program before any tracked link goes live.
How commissions are kept away from scores
Rankings and ratings are produced by the published CHART methodology (a fixed rubric of twenty scored data points per provider). The overall rating is computed arithmetically from those scores; there is no editorial override, and commission rates are not an input. A provider with no affiliate program is scored with the exact same rubric as one that pays a commission.
How affiliate links are marked
Commercial links use the rel="nofollow sponsored" attributes so search engines treat them as paid placements, and outbound provider links open in a new tab. Editorial citations (regulators, research sources) are never tagged as sponsored.
Independence
Atlas Securities Index is not owned by, invested in, or otherwise financially tied to any securities exam prep provider. If that ever changes, the relationship will be disclosed here and beside every mention of that provider, following the same standard our sister site applies. We are likewise not affiliated with FINRA, NASAA, or any regulator.
Questions
See about & editorial standards for who runs this site and how the research works, or get in touch with a correction or a question about these relationships.