Trading financial instruments may result in the partial or complete loss of capital. Past performance does not guarantee future returns.
This document explains TradeStat rules and practices. Its contents identify the document type and any action that applies; informational notices do not themselves constitute user consent.
Nature of the information
TradeStat provides tools for collecting, visualizing, and analyzing trading data. Information in the service—including rankings, metrics, editorial material, and strategy profiles—is supplied solely for informational and analytical purposes.
No part of the service is personalized investment advice, an offer to enter into a transaction, a guarantee of results, or a substitute for the user’s own assessment. Users make trading decisions independently and remain responsible for them.
Risk of losing capital
Trading financial instruments involves substantial risk. A position may rise or fall in value, and a user may lose part or all of the capital allocated to trading. For certain instruments and account types, losses may exceed the original deposit where broker terms and applicable law allow it.
Only funds whose loss would not critically affect essential obligations or living standards should be used for trading. Before trading, users should independently assess their financial circumstances, experience, objectives, and capacity for risk.
- Leverage accelerates both profits and losses.
- A stop order does not guarantee execution at the stated price during gaps or periods of low liquidity.
- Commissions, financing, and slippage can materially reduce the final result.
Past performance
Historical return, drawdown, win rate, profit factor, and other indicators describe only the period already observed. They neither guarantee nor predict a future result. Market conditions, liquidity, volatility, and participant behavior change over time.
A short history, a small number of trades, a selectively chosen period, or omitted costs can overstate a strategy’s durability. A verified data source may confirm the origin and integrity of the available history, but it cannot confirm future profitability.
Copying and following strategies
Following another strategy, automatically or manually, does not remove risk. A follower’s result may differ from published statistics because of execution delays, different prices, account size, risk settings, instrument availability, and technical constraints.
Strategy selection should consider not only return but also drawdown depth and duration, observation period, trade count, concentration, leverage, and whether the risk suits the user’s circumstances. Stopping a strategy after a decline does not guarantee that further loss will be avoided.
Technical and external risks
The service depends on communications networks, price feeds, broker systems, and third-party integrations. Delays, temporary outages, data discrepancies, and synchronization errors may occur. Information displayed by TradeStat should not be the sole source used for urgent management of an open position.
Markets may be affected by regulatory decisions, changes in venue rules, corporate events, and extraordinary circumstances. Some assets may become illiquid or temporarily unavailable for trading.
User responsibility
Before placing a trade, users should review the instrument specification, broker terms, fees, and applicable restrictions. Anyone without sufficient experience should consider consulting an independent qualified professional who can take their personal circumstances into account.
By continuing to use TradeStat, the user confirms that they understand these risks and do not treat service statistics, scores, or materials as a promise of returns.