Trading risk disclosure

1. General warning

Prices can move against a position quickly, and capital committed to trading should not be needed for essential expenses or near-term obligations. Consider knowledge, objectives, time horizon and capacity for loss before using any function.

This disclosure describes major risks but cannot list every event. Correlated problems can occur together, such as a market fall during a service outage or provider restriction.

2. Market risk

Economic releases, company events, policy changes, sentiment and unexpected news can create large price movements. Digital-asset markets may remain active outside local business hours, leaving less time to react.

Use position limits and avoid treating an alert as a forecast. A past pattern may fail immediately when participants or conditions change.

3. Liquidity and execution risk

A quoted price does not guarantee that the desired quantity can trade there. Thin order books, market stress and venue interruptions can widen spreads or produce slippage between an indicated and completed price.

Large or urgent orders may be especially affected. Review order type, available depth and the consequence of partial execution before approval.

4. Connections and key risk

Incorrect permissions, expired credentials, provider changes or delayed synchronisation can cause missing data or failed instructions. A compromised key may expose information or allow unauthorised activity within its permission scope.

Grant the narrowest access, keep withdrawal rights disabled, rotate exposed credentials and verify status directly with the connected provider.

5. Counterparty and custody risk

Money and assets held by banks, brokers, venues, wallet providers or custodians depend on those organisations. Insolvency, operational restrictions, legal action or fraud may delay or prevent access.

Understand which entity holds each asset and which protection scheme, if any, applies. Digital assets commonly fall outside deposit or investor-compensation coverage.

6. Operational risk

Software defects, incorrect configurations, data-feed errors, connectivity problems and infrastructure failure can interrupt monitoring or produce inaccurate displays. A local device or internet failure can also prevent timely action.

Maintain independent records, verify important information against an authoritative source and do not rely on a single alert channel for a critical decision.

7. Cybersecurity and phishing risk

Attackers may steal credentials, impersonate support, copy domains or compromise an email account. Strong platform controls cannot stop a user from voluntarily giving a code to a criminal.

Enable multi-factor authentication, use unique passwords, inspect domains and reject unsolicited requests for secrets or remote access.

8. Model and automation risk

Models simplify reality and depend on historical data, assumptions and chosen parameters. They may overfit prior conditions, misread an exceptional event or react to incomplete and delayed data.

Automation scales mistakes as well as useful rules. Start conservatively, review activity, set boundaries and retain a way to pause functions.

9. Service availability

Maintenance, third-party outages, excessive demand or security events can make all or part of the service unavailable. Recovery targets are operational goals rather than guarantees.

Know how to contact the underlying provider directly and avoid strategies that require a response time you cannot reliably achieve.

10. Before you begin

Read the strategy logic, fees, payment terms and legal documents. Define the maximum amount you can lose, protect access and test settings with limited exposure before increasing it.

Review suitability after a change in income, obligations, market conditions or product behaviour. Stop if you do not understand a function or cannot tolerate the possible result.