Reader Supported, Never Pay-to-Play

Thank You for Supporting Independent Education

Voluntary support helps preserve an educational platform that does not monetize a visitor’s choice of broker, platform, tool, educator, prop firm, or other third-party resource.

Why Audience Support Matters

Independence is strongest when the audience—not the reviewed provider—supports the work.

Sun Tzu Trading permanently rejects affiliate links, referral codes, paid placements, sponsored rankings, commission-based recommendations, and compensation tied to a visitor’s selection of an external resource.

Voluntary reader support offers a different model: people who value independent education may help sustain the platform without gaining control over what is included, how it is described, where it appears, or what conclusions are reached.

Permanent Governing Boundary

The Supporter Independence Covenant

Voluntary support does not purchase access, influence, endorsement, inclusion, favorable coverage, placement, ranking, search priority, or editorial consideration.

Support can never influence

  • Directory inclusion or removal
  • Search relevance or default ordering
  • Reviews, comparisons, ratings, or conclusions
  • War Council selection or profile language
  • Armory, Treasury, or AI resource treatment
  • Corrections, verification standards, or risk disclosures

Support does not create

  • Ownership, equity, or voting rights
  • A membership entitlement or guaranteed benefit
  • An adviser-client, fiduciary, or professional relationship
  • Access to trading signals or individualized advice
  • A charitable tax deduction or charity receipt
  • A promise that the platform will continue indefinitely

Potential Use of Support

What voluntary support may help sustain

No fixed allocation is promised unless a future published report expressly documents one.

Infrastructure

Hosting, domain services, backups, performance, and operational resilience.

Security

Cybersecurity safeguards, monitoring, recovery preparation, and technical maintenance.

Research

Source verification, directory maintenance, corrections, and independent editorial review.

Accessibility

Inclusive design, keyboard support, readable content, responsive testing, and usability improvements.

Education and Media

Articles, learning pathways, visual explanations, video production, and public-interest educational resources.

Governance and Outreach

Legal and compliance review, standards maintenance, translation, and responsible public awareness.

Support Boundaries

Clear boundaries before and after support

Not represented as a charity. Sun Tzu Trading is not presently represented as a tax-exempt charitable organization and does not represent voluntary support as a tax-deductible charitable contribution.

Independent payment processor. The support action directs visitors to a PayPal-hosted payment page. Sun Tzu Trading does not request or store complete payment-card information on this website.

Voluntary and unrestricted access. Support is optional. Educational content is not conditioned on contributing, and a contribution does not create editorial preference.

Refunds and payment questions. Payment processing, receipts, and account-level payment handling occur through PayPal. Questions about the support framework may be sent to support@suntzutrading.com.

The Long-Term Principle

Supported by the audience. Governed by editorial independence. Built for public benefit.

The reader-supported model may become a foundation for a broader independent educational-media mission. Any future Sun Tzu Media structure will require separate legal, financial, operational, and governance review before it is represented publicly as an established entity.

Thank you for helping protect an independent, affiliate-free educational standard.