The rules every sponsor agrees to before a dollar changes hands.

Any content a sponsor pays for — a newsletter placement, an underwritten report section, a featured directory listing, a workshop underwrite — carries a visible Sponsored label at the point of placement. If content is not labeled, nobody paid for it. We do not run undisclosed native advertising anywhere on GiottoO.

Sponsorship buys position on a page. It never buys a number. Decision Scores, probability estimates, volatility analytics, broker comparison criteria and editorial descriptions are produced by the same data and the same math regardless of who advertises with us. Sponsors do not see research before publication, do not edit editorial copy, and cannot pay to change a rating, a score or a criticism. Our full methodology is public at /methodology.

We accept sponsors whose products serve traders honestly: regulated options brokers, charting platforms, market data providers, research tools, tax and accounting services for traders, options education, portfolio analytics, financial newsletters, risk management platforms, and other compliant financial SaaS. Every sponsor is reviewed before their first placement runs.

We refuse, without exception: services promising profits or specific returns; pump-and-dump or market manipulation schemes; unlicensed investment advisory services; offshore unregulated brokers; gambling products; crypto scams and fraudulent token promotions; get-rich-quick programs; products marketed with misleading performance claims; fake or purchased testimonials; and signal sellers who do not meet compliance standards. The budget size does not matter. These categories do not run on GiottoO.

Sponsored placements may not imitate GiottoO system alerts, trade signals or platform notifications — an ad that pretends to be a signal is a prohibited misleading claim. We also never place advertising inside risk warnings, disclosures or educational safety content. Those surfaces exist to protect users and are not for sale.

If you believe a sponsored placement is mislabeled, misleading or violates this policy, write to legal@giottoo.com with a link or screenshot. We investigate every complaint, and placements that violate this policy are removed. Repeat violations end the sponsor relationship. See also our affiliate disclosure and advertising overview.