When it comes to online investing, the possibilities seem infinite. I remember when I was first starting, I literally googled “how to invest.” As you can imagine, I was swamped with endless options. I could invest with my money, I could invest with a bank, I could invest with a brokerage service. And, of course, every one of these services presented themselves as the answer. Whether it was Fidelity or Chase or less well-known financial institutions, they all assured me that theirs was the only way to make great money. But how could that be true? How could hundreds of options offer such different things, from such different angles, and accomplish the same thing? The answer is, of course, straight forward: they couldn’t. They were all trying to get me as a customer. That made me uncomfortable, because I wanted control of my destiny. I didn’t want institutions I’ve been wary of since the 2008 crash to be dictating where my money was going, and how. Maybe I’m a control freak, but I view it as being a conscientious investor. I started to look for trading services that would let me be in control. There were almost as many options there as there were with broad investing. I further zoomed in my parameters. I wanted a service that would: let me learn investing as I went, has easy interface that I found enjoyable, let me have control over what I was doing, and give me the potential to earn regularly. What sold me on Try2BFunded was that it offered all of the above, and something so much more. That leads me to number one of why I chose Try2BFunded. They let me use their money, not mine This, to me, was initially unbelievable. I admittedly didn’t have too much money to play with when it came to investing, so an opportunity to profit without putting up my own capital was a dream. There are some caveats: I had to spend 5-6 weeks passing the qualifying round before I could access the full amount of their money. But with the potential to get $100,000 to invest with, I can’t say I blame them. 2) The split was good. Once I’d learned that I could earn profits with Try2BFunded's money, I wanted to make sure I was getting a fair shake. Yes, it was their $100,000, but I was the one putting in the work. As usual, I did my research. I found that Try2BFunded was giving a much higher split than virtually every other prop trader. As Try2BFunded gave me 60% and kept 40%, other companies were trying to give me 30% or even 20%. Well, that made Try2BFunded the obvious choice. 3) It has a real community. As I mentioned above, trading can be a confusing endeavor. When starting out, it’s hard to know what’s what. That’s why I liked that Try2BFunded was tied to Score Priority. It’s a social site for traders and people who want to learn about stock market theory. The dream place to nerd out. A little community can go a long way.