Risk disclosure statement

This brief statement does not disclose all the risks and other significant aspects of Foreign Exchange Trading (FOREX). Foreign Exchange Trading is highly speculative and is only suitable for Customers who understand and are willing to assume the economic, legal, and other risks involved, and are financially able to assume losses up to or in excess of Margin or Deposits. No return is guaranteed. Future returns may differ from past returns and investors may lose some or all of their money invested. The Customer hereby certifies that the Customer understands these risks and that the Customer is willing and able financially and otherwise to assume the risks of Foreign Exchange Trading and that loss of the Customer’s entire Trading Account Balance will not result in a negative change to the Customer’s lifestyle. Opening a Trading Account to speculate or assume risk of any sort on Foreign Exchange and other products through the Over the Counter “OTC” market provided by Spectra Global LTD (hereinafter “Spectra”) on a” Spot” basis means assumptions of the following risks:

High Leverage and low Margin can result in significant losses due to small price fluctuations in the traded products. High Leverage allows the Customer to assume more risk, magnifying both losses and profits, which can result in loss up to and more than Deposits and Margin. The Customer must consider that if the trend on the market is against him/her the Customer may sustain a total loss of the initial margin funds and any additional funds deposited to maintain open positions. The Customer is responsible for all his/her risks, the financial resources he/she uses and the chosen trading strategy.

Margins are set by Spectra and may differ from other firms. Spectra will exercise discretion in setting and collecting the Margin. Spectra is authorized to convert funds in the Customer’s Trading Account for Margin into and from such foreign currency at a rate of exchange determined by set Spectra in its sole discretion based on then-prevailing money market rates. The Customer must always maintain the minimum Margin Level requirement on the Customer’s Open Positions. The Customer assumes the responsibility to monitor the Customer’s Required Margin. Spectra has the right to liquidate any or all Open Positions whenever the minimum Margin requirement is not maintained.

Foreign exchange trading can involve a high degree of volatility, which may result in substantial movements in the level of the Customer’s multi-currency exposure, possibly leading to significant losses.

The Customer acknowledges that market regulations and/or a significant imbalance of supply and demand, or a lack of liquidity may result in the temporary inability to process the orders. This may result in the Customer holding positions for longer than desired or having to liquidate due to insufficient margin, which may result in losses up to or more than deposits.

Stop Loss Orders or Stop Limit Orders, which are intended to limit losses may reduce the losses incurred by price fluctuations, however, such orders may not be able to execute under certain abnormal market conditions.

The profit and loss in any given Transaction may be affected by a currency rate that is used to convert to the Account base currency. Accounts shall be opened in USD, or any other currency which Spectra may choose to accept in its sole discretion.

The operational systems risk inherent in online trading systems apply to every trade placed. This includes disruptions to communications, IT systems, software or hardware errors or other events that delay, interrupt, or otherwise effect our systems operation. In the event such a disruption to Spectra systems does occur the Customer may suffer a financial loss or loss of opportunity and loss of expected gain. In accordance with our Terms of Business, Spectra makes no warranties and is not liable in relation to the operation of the Trading Platform or any other related service offered by Spectra except to that disruption is caused by fraud or dishonesty on the part of Spectra or its employees, agents, or representatives.

The Customer is responsible for any technical issues sustained on the Customer’s side. These issues include but are not limited to:

A. Failure of Customer’s hardware, software, or internet connection.

B. Improper operation of Customer equipment.

C. Improper settings on the Customer’s Terminal.

D. Delay of Customer Terminal updates.

E. Meta Trader Failure on Customer’s Computer.

The Customer acknowledged that now of peak load there may be some difficulties in getting telephone communication with the duty operator, especially on the fast market (for example, when key economic indicators are released).

There are several risks relating to our ability to execute an order placed (both in opening and closing a position) on the Trading Platform. These are included but not limited to:

(A) Transmission Risk

The Customer acknowledged that once a Transmission is made from the Client Terminal and enters the execution queue and begins being processed it cannot be cancelled. Any other instruction pertaining to the Transmission will be ignored until the Transmission is completed. The Customer should always verify thoroughly that the details of Volume, Product and Price Level prior to submitting any Transaction. All transactions are performed on a First-In-First-Out basis.

(B) Slippage / Gapping

There are occasions when there are larger than ordinary 'gaps' in the depth of orders on both the buy and sell side. This is usually due to a change in liquidity circumstances and effects the volatility and volume of available matching orders. This is commonly referred to as 'slippage'. It will generally occur prior to, during and after the release of fundamental news. This creates conditions where orders are difficult to execute at desired prices, as there are large 'gaps' in the buying and selling depth of a particular financial instrument. This can cause significant losses where this occurs when we are attempting to automatically close your position or where you have placed a stop loss at a particular point. The next best available price may be significantly lower than the trigger point for an automatic close of your position or your elected to place a stop loss.

(C) Delays in Execution

The risk is that an execution you place is delayed or not executed due to a delay in the transmission of data between your trading platform and Spectra's servers (see System Risk). This may result in the available price you had placed an order at no longer being available. As you will generally be accessing the Trading Platform over a third-party Internet service provider there is a risk that this may be caused by your computer not maintaining a constant connection with the Spectra servers.

The Customer understands that during peak trading hours that the Customer may experience some difficulties in contacting Spectra due to high volume. Spectra cannot be held liable for any disruptions in service due to any Force majeure.

The Customer understands that any error that is made by a Spectra employee that results in any position opened at an “untraded” price cannot be honoured and will subsequently be deleted.

We permit scalping with the following conditions:

1. Traders must hold their positions for a minimum of 2 minutes period between the opening & closing.
2. Each trade should result in a movement of at least 5 pips profit and loss. For example, if you open gold at 2392.10 you must wait at least 2 minutes before you can close, additionally, the price should have moved 50 cents, so at minimum he makes a profit of 50 cents or loses 50 cents.

In case of Bankruptcy, creditors retain priority. All transactions entered with Spectra by the Customer are not traded on an exchange. Therefore, under the regulating code of law, the Customer’s funds may not receive the same protections as funds used to guarantee exchange-traded futures or options contracts. If the company becomes insolvent, the Customer’s claim for deposits and profits may not receive priority. The customer is a general creditor and will be paid as such from any monies still available after priority claims are paid.

In case of Force Majeure, the Customer shall accept the risk of financial losses.

The customer hereby confirms that he/she is informed of the risks associated with trading in forex on a leveraged basis and has expressly accepted these risks. The customer further confirms that he/she will review the Spectra risk disclosure statement each it is amended. The customer agrees that in effecting any opening transaction it is deemed and implied that the customer has read, understood, and accepted Spectra revised risk disclosure statement as in effect at the time of such opening transaction.