The short answer
No, it's not a scam — it's a real product from a real company. But "not a scam" and "worth your $99/month" are different questions, and this page answers both.
The scam checklist, applied
| Red flag | Markets Pro |
|---|---|
| Anonymous team? | No — operated by Cointelegraph, a major crypto publisher, with data from The TIE, an institutional data firm. |
| Guaranteed returns? | No — the VORTECS™ score is explicitly probabilistic. (Any service guaranteeing profits IS a scam.) |
| No refunds? | No — 14-day, no-questions money-back guarantee. |
| Crypto-only payment? | No — standard card billing you can dispute. |
| Unverifiable track record? | Partly verifiable — the methodology is documented and scores are timestamped on the dashboard, so you can judge it live during the guarantee window. |
| Fake urgency? | Standard marketing promos, but no fake countdown/scarcity mechanics. |
Why people call signal services scams anyway
Usually one of three reasons, and it's worth being honest about all of them:
- They expected a money printer. A 0–100 conditions score is decision support. People who bought expecting guaranteed pumps call every tool a scam on the way out.
- They were the wrong customer. Passive holders and tiny accounts get little value — which is why our main review has a whole "who should NOT buy this" section.
- They've been burned by actual scams — anonymous Telegram groups and pump channels — and now (rationally) distrust the whole category. The checklist above is how you separate the two.
How to verify it yourself, risk-free
This is the part no actual scam can survive: subscribe, judge the VORTECS™ scores and NewsQuakes™ alerts against live markets for two weeks, and refund within 14 days if unconvinced. A scam's business model collapses under a no-questions guarantee; a real product survives it.
Run the 14-Day Test Yourself →Full refund, no questions, if it doesn't hold upFAQ
Is Cointelegraph Markets Pro a scam?
No — real company (Cointelegraph + The TIE), running since 2021, refundable within 14 days. Whether it fits your trading style is the real question.
Does the refund actually work?
Yes — 14-day, no-questions-asked money-back guarantee. Cancel inside the window for a full refund.
Do the VORTECS claims hold up?
The methodology (pattern-matching current conditions against history) is real and testable, and explicitly probabilistic. Nobody can guarantee returns — Markets Pro doesn't claim to.
What ARE the red flags in signal services?
Guaranteed returns, anonymous teams, crypto-only payments, no refunds, fake countdowns, unverifiable win screenshots. Apply that list to everything — including anything we review.