Editorial methodology, evidence and verification log

What “source-checked” means

A source-checked page has had its material factual claims compared with the sources listed on that page on the visible review date. The editorial desk checks whether the source supports the wording, whether a value is time-sensitive and whether the page states an important limitation.

This label does not mean an independent smart-contract audit, a professional certification or a funded trade through every workflow. The site does not convert source review into a claim of personal experience.

Source hierarchy

Protocol documentation, governance records, contract reads and official APIs are used first for GMX mechanics. Comparison pages use the other venue's official documentation for its fees, execution and risk model. Published security reviews and established block explorers support, but do not replace, the primary record.

Search snippets, social posts and unsourced affiliate pages are not treated as authoritative evidence. When official sources disagree or a parameter cannot be confirmed, the page should describe the uncertainty rather than select the more attractive number.

Referral-code verification

On July 27, 2026, code PRO was encoded as bytes32 and checked against GMX's documented ReferralStorage contract on Arbitrum. At block 487 839 765, the code returned a registered owner whose referrer tier was 2. GMX's current tier table maps tier 2 to a 10% trader discount on eligible opening and closing position fees.

Sources: GMX referral documentation and the documented Arbitrum ReferralStorage contract on Arbiscan.

Fees and trading mechanics

Position-fee, borrowing, funding, slippage and pricing claims are checked against GMX's official documentation. Rates are dated because governance and market configuration can change. The official app confirmation panel takes precedence over examples on this site.

Reviews and comparisons

Review pages compare execution model, complete cost, account and chain design, liquidity constraints and disclosed risks. They do not use a single platform score because the result can change by market, size, fee tier, funding direction and holding period.

A venue is not ranked higher because it has a referral program. No paid placement determines inclusion or conclusions. Where no reproducible first-hand test exists, the page stays explicitly source-based.

Market-price tool

The prices page joins each active direct-trading network's listed/markets/info catalog to /prices/tickers and/tokens. Swap-only, unlisted and explicitly deprecated entries are excluded. The displayed mark price is the midpoint of minPrice and maxPrice; it is not represented as a guaranteed execution quote.

Corrections and update cadence

Material corrections update the visible review date, article schema, sitemap last-modified value and llms.txt in the same release. We do not silently retain a claim that no longer matches the cited primary source. See the contact page for the current corrections channel.

Affiliate funding and editorial limits

The site may receive a reward when an eligible trader uses the published referral code. Outbound referral links are marked as sponsored and nofollow. Compensation does not remove risk disclosures, change source selection or justify a guaranteed outcome.

The GMX Referral Codes Editorial Desk is a publishing-responsibility label. It is not a claim about named staff, professional credentials or a separate legal entity. Public operator or author details are displayed only when they can be substantiated.