Partner Program Terms

Version 2026-11-11 · Last updated: November 11, 2026

The short version

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• We pick partners. We approve applications at our discretion and can remove any partner at any time.
• You earn a recurring share of what we actually collect from subscribers who sign up with your code or link: 15%, 20% or 25% by audience size. Taxes, refunds, chargebacks, fees and discounts don't count.
• +5% at 100. Any month that ends with 100 or more verified, active, paying subscribers earns 5 points more. If you drop below 100, we'll email you (and show it in the extension's Partner section) so you can get back above 100. Still below 100 at the next monthly payout check? You lose the +5% bonus until you're back at 100.
• Your audience saves 10% with your code for as long as they stay subscribed.
• Payouts are monthly by PayPal or Stripe, after a 30-day hold, once you have at least $50. You need to give us a tax form first, and your taxes are yours.
• Unpaid balances expire only if you earn no commission of any kind for 6 months in a row, or if we end your participation for cause. Any commission resets the clock, including renewals from subscribers you referred earlier.
• Promote honestly. Disclose that it's an affiliate link (#ad) every time. No income or "guaranteed pass" claims, no spam, no ads on our brand name, no self-referrals.
• You run your community. You're responsible for your group, your competitions and any prizes you offer.
• Your prop firm codes are your responsibility. If you show prop-firm affiliate codes in your groups, you must follow each firm's affiliate terms and disclose them. We may remove any code.
• Either of us can end this at any time. Fraud or a breach forfeits unpaid commission.

These Partner Program Terms (the "Partner Terms") are an agreement between you and Hotkey Trader ("Hotkey Trader", "we", "us"). They cover the Hotkey Trader Partner Program (the "Program"). By applying to the Program, ticking "I agree to the Partner Program Terms", or taking part in the Program, you agree to these Partner Terms. Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy also apply to your use of Hotkey Trader. If you don't agree, don't apply or take part.

1. Joining the Program

• You must be at least 18 and able to enter a binding agreement. If you apply for a business or channel, you confirm you may accept these terms for it.
• We approve or decline applications at our sole discretion, and we don't have to give a reason. We may remove any partner from the Program at any time.
• The information you give us, including your channels, links and audience size, must be true and kept up to date. We may ask you to verify it.
• The Program isn't available where it is prohibited by law.

2. Commission

What you earn on. You earn a recurring commission on Net Revenue from Referred Customers, for as long as they stay subscribed and you remain in the Program.

• A "Referred Customer" is a new customer whose purchase is attributed to you under section 4.
• "Net Revenue" is the amount we actually collect from a Referred Customer for a Hotkey Trader subscription or one-time license. It excludes:
  • sales tax, VAT and other taxes;
  • refunds and chargebacks;
  • failed or unpaid payments;
  • payment processing and platform fees;
  • discounts and credits, including your audience discount.

Rates. We set your tier when we approve you, based on your verified audience (followers or members on your main platform):

Tier	Verified audience	Commission on Net Revenue
Starter	Under 5,000	15%
Creator	5,000 to 49,999	20%
Pro Creator	50,000 or more	25%

• Bonus. Your rate goes up by 5 percentage points (for example, 20% becomes 25%) for any calendar month that ends with 100 or more verified, active, paying Referred Customers. We count at the end of each month, when we calculate that month's commission. An "active paying" Referred Customer has a paid subscription, not fully refunded, that covers that moment. Trials, one-time purchases and cancelled subscriptions don't count.
• Dropping below 100. If you have the bonus and fall below 100 verified, active, paying Referred Customers, we'll warn you by email (and in the Partner section of the extension) so you can get back above 100. You keep the bonus until the next monthly payout check. If you're still below 100 at that check, you lose the bonus and are paid at your base tier from then on, until a month ends with 100 or more again; the bonus then resumes from that month.
• Verification. We may verify your audience size and your count of active paying subscribers at any time, using our own records and reasonable checks of your channels. Our records decide attribution and counts.
• Rate changes. We may change rates, tiers or the bonus with 30 days' notice by email. Changes aren't retroactive: commission already earned keeps the rate it was earned at.
• Commission stops on payments we collect after your participation ends.

3. Your audience discount code

• Your partner code gives your audience 10% off their subscription for as long as they stay subscribed. If they cancel and come back later without the code, the discount doesn't carry over.
• You choose the code name, subject to our approval. We won't approve names that:
  • use someone else's trademark or brand;
  • are offensive;
  • are misleading, for example by suggesting it's an official Hotkey Trader, broker or prop-firm offer.
• We may revoke or rename a code at any time, for example if it is misused, leaked to coupon sites, or causes a conflict.
• Codes can't be combined with other offers unless we say so.

4. Attribution

• A sale is attributed to the last valid partner code or partner link used at checkout. If a customer uses another partner's code or link later, the later one wins.
• We decide attribution from our records and our payment processor's records.
• These don't count and earn no commission:
  • your own purchases, or purchases through accounts you control;
  • purchases by members of your household or family arranged to earn you commission (self-dealing);
  • sign-ups you paid or rewarded people to make (incentivized or fake sign-ups);
  • cookie stuffing, forced clicks or hidden links;
  • traffic from spam;
  • bought or bot traffic.

5. Payouts

• Hold. Commission on a payment becomes payable 30 days after we collect it. This leaves time for refunds and chargebacks.
• Schedule. We pay once a month. A payout is made only when your payable balance is at least US $50. Smaller balances roll over to the next month.
• Expiry. Any unpaid balance expires and is no longer owed:
  • if you earn no commission of any kind for 6 consecutive months. Any commission you earn counts, whether it comes from a new Referred Customer's first payment or a renewal from a Referred Customer you brought in earlier ("any paid counts"). Commission on a payment that is later fully refunded or charged back doesn't count. The 6 months restart each time you earn commission;
  • if we end your participation for cause (see section 11).
• Method. We pay through PayPal or Stripe. You must give us accurate payout details. We aren't responsible for payments sent to details you gave us that were wrong.
• Tax forms. Before your first payout you must give us a completed IRS Form W-9 (US partners) or the tax form that applies to you (for example a W-8BEN). We hold payouts until we have it.
• Taxes. You are an independent contractor and are responsible for your own taxes on commissions. We may report payments to tax authorities where the law requires it.
• Withholding and clawback. We may withhold or reverse commission on payments that are later refunded or charged back, or that we reasonably believe are fraudulent or break these terms. We may take it back from future payouts.
• Review. Payouts are made at our discretion and may be delayed while we review for fraud or abuse.

6. How you may promote Hotkey Trader

• Disclose every time. Follow the FTC Endorsement Guides and similar rules where you are. Put a clear, easy-to-see disclosure in every promotion, such as "#ad", "sponsored" or "affiliate link: I earn a commission". Say it out loud in videos and streams.
• No misleading claims. Don't promise or suggest profits, income or results. Don't claim the product helps anyone "pass" a prop-firm evaluation or guarantees a payout. Describe features accurately, and don't imply we're affiliated with Tradovate, NinjaTrader, any broker or any prop firm.
• No brand bidding. Don't run paid search ads on, or bid on, "Hotkey Trader", "hotkeytrading", hotkeytrading.com or misspellings of them. Don't register domains, handles or pages that include our name.
• No spam. No unsolicited messages, unsolicited DMs or mass messaging. That covers email, Discord, social platforms and comment sections.
• Don't pose as us. Don't claim to be Hotkey Trader, its support team or staff.
• Follow the rules. Comply with the rules of every platform you use (for example YouTube, Twitch, Kick, Discord and X) and with all applicable laws, including advertising, consumer-protection, privacy and anti-spam laws.

Prop firm codes you show in Hotkey Trader

• As a partner you may list prop-firm affiliate codes and links in your groups and competitions, and pick one to show in place of our offer on those pages. They're labelled as your codes, with a disclosure that you may earn a commission.
• You are solely responsible for complying with each prop firm's affiliate or partner terms, including any rule that limits where its codes or links may appear or that requires the firm's written approval before they appear in software. You're also responsible for clear disclosure under the FTC Endorsement Guides and similar laws, and for the accuracy of what you list.
• We don't check, endorse or guarantee any prop firm or code you list, and we aren't a party to your arrangement with any firm. Any commission from a firm is between you and that firm.
• We may review, hide or remove any code, link or offer at any time, for any reason, without notice. Firms not on our list need our approval before they show.
• Section 15 (Indemnity) covers claims arising from codes, links and offers you list.

7. Using our brand

• We give you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use our name, logo and product screenshots only to promote Hotkey Trader under these terms.
• Don't alter, distort or recolor our logo, and don't combine it with other marks.
• We may ask you to change or remove content that mentions us, and you agree to do so promptly.
• We own all rights in Hotkey Trader and its brand. Nothing else is licensed to you.

8. Your branding in Hotkey Trader

• As a partner you can add your logo, links and names to Hotkey Trader, including group and competition names and join codes.
• You give us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to host, resize, display and share that material in Hotkey Trader and on our site while you are a partner, and for a reasonable time after you leave so we can remove it.
• You confirm you own or have the right to use everything you upload or link to.
• Your material must not be offensive, illegal, misleading, or infringe anyone's rights.
• We may refuse, change or remove partner material at any time.

9. Your groups and competitions

• You are responsible for your community and how it is run, including the conduct of you, your leaders and your moderators.
• Prizes are yours, not ours. If you offer prizes, you:
  • provide them, pay for them and deliver them;
  • write and publish the prize rules;
  • make sure the competition is legal where your members are, including rules on contests, sweepstakes and gambling.
  We don't provide, fund or guarantee any prize.
• You and your members must follow our Terms of Use. Don't present a competition as trading advice or as a way to earn money.

10. Independent contractors

You and we are independent contractors. These terms don't create a partnership, joint venture, agency, franchise or employment relationship. You can't make promises, sign anything or create obligations on our behalf.

11. Ending participation

• Either of us can end your participation at any time, for any reason, by email.
• For cause. We may end it immediately if you breach these terms, commit fraud, or act in a way that we reasonably believe harms us, our users or our brand. If we do, all of your unpaid commission is forfeited.
• When it ends, you must:
  • stop using your partner code and links;
  • stop using our name, logo and screenshots;
  • remove or update promotions you control so they no longer present you as a partner.
  We may deactivate your code and remove your branding.
• Commission already earned. Earned, valid commission that isn't forfeited is paid on the normal schedule (hold, then monthly) if your balance reaches the US $50 minimum. A balance below $50 when your participation ends expires.
• Sections 5 (withholding and clawback), 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 survive the end of your participation.

12. Confidentiality

Keep non-public information we share with you confidential, and use it only for the Program. That includes your individual commission arrangement, reports, sales and subscriber statistics, and unreleased features. This doesn't cover information that is public through no fault of yours, or that the law requires you to disclose.

13. No warranties

The Program, tracking and reports are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind. That includes merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We don't promise any level of sales or earnings, or that tracking will be uninterrupted or error-free. We may change, pause or end the Program at any time.

14. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we aren't liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue or data, arising from the Program or these terms. Our total liability for any claim related to the Program is limited to the commission we paid you in the 3 months before the claim arose.

15. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, fines and costs, including reasonable legal fees, arising from:

• your content, promotions, groups, competitions and prizes, and any prop-firm codes, links or offers you list;
• your conduct;
• your breach of these terms or of any law or platform rule;
• any claim by your audience or members, or by any third party, about any of these.

16. General

• Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Tennessee, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Tennessee, and you consent to their jurisdiction.
• Changes. We may update these terms. We'll change the "Last updated" date and email you about material changes. If you keep taking part after the changes take effect, you accept them. If you don't agree, you may leave the Program. Rate changes follow the 30-day notice in section 2.
• Entire agreement. These terms, together with our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement about the Program. They replace earlier discussions about it. The rate we confirm to you in writing at approval is part of this agreement.
• Severability. If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect.
• No waiver. If we don't enforce a term right away, we still keep the right to enforce it.
• Assignment. You may not transfer your participation or these terms without our written consent.

17. Contact

Questions about the Program or these terms: support@hotkeytrading.com.