# Yield.ly methodology summary

## Qualification
- Controls default visibility and indexing
- Applies liquidity, freshness, destination, and data-quality thresholds
- Warnings surface incomplete or risky data; they are not buy/sell signals

## Ranking
- Uses qualified score dimensions
- Raw headline APY is not the sole ranking input
- Commercial sponsorship never changes qualification or ranking math

## Risk
- Observed risk summarizes measurable evidence
- Not a safety guarantee or audit substitute

Full documentation: https://yield.ly/sources
Commercial independence: https://yield.ly/commercial-independence