Risk Disclosure

1. Purpose

This statement highlights the financial, operational, and technological risks associated with VelociBridge. It is not investment advice, a solicitation, or a guarantee of performance.

2. Trading & Market Risk

Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss and may not be suitable for all market participants.

• Futures prices can move rapidly against a position, producing losses greater than deposited funds because of contract leverage.
• Volatility, exchange trading halts, or gap events can prevent execution at desired prices.
• Contract expirations, roll dates, or mismatched contract months between leader and follower accounts can create divergent exposures.
• Historical, hypothetical, or backtested results do not guarantee future performance.

3. Technology & Connectivity

VelociBridge depends on your workstation, broker APIs, and networking infrastructure. Trades continue to route through the broker and platform accounts you control. VelociBridge does not hold customer funds or execute orders on your behalf.

• Power failures, OS updates, or hardware faults can interrupt order routing.
• Internet congestion, VPN latency, or firewall changes can delay trade replication.
• Software defects or incompatible versions may result in duplicate, partial, or missing orders.

4. Copy-Trading Limitations

Follower accounts rarely mirror leader accounts tick-for-tick.

• Different account sizes, leverage, or broker-imposed limits can alter position sizing.
• Manual interventions, discretionary exits, or symbol restrictions may block replication.
• Signal-provider actions (cancel/replace, scaling out) can be delayed or rejected on follower accounts.

5. Leverage & Margin

Leverage amplifies gains and losses.

• Rapid drawdowns can trigger margin calls or forced liquidations.
• Copying multiple strategies can stack exposures and exceed risk tolerances.
• You are responsible for monitoring free margin, buying power, and regulatory capital requirements.

6. Liquidity & Execution

Execution quality depends on market depth and broker routing.

• Thin markets may lead to wider spreads, partial fills, or slippage.
• Stop orders can be triggered at unfavorable prices during gapping markets.
• Replication timing differences may create materially different P&L versus a leader account.

7. Third-Party & Counterparty Risk

VelociBridge depends on brokers, data vendors, messaging relays, and any signal providers you connect.

• We do not control or guarantee the performance or regulatory status of those third parties.
• Broker outages, API changes, or compliance actions can interrupt trade replication without warning.
• You are responsible for selecting reputable partners and understanding their terms.

8. Regulatory Statements

VelociBridge is not a broker-dealer, Futures Commission Merchant, Introducing Broker, or investment adviser. No portion of the software constitutes trading advice or an offer to buy or sell securities or derivatives. Hypothetical or simulated performance results have inherent limitations and are prepared with the benefit of hindsight (CFTC Rule 4.41). Regulatory and tax obligations vary; consult your professional advisers.

9. Beta Program Guidance

The beta build is under active development and may contain defects.

• Limit testing to demo or paper accounts until you validate stability under your workflow.
• Maintain redundant monitoring (broker alerts, dashboards) to detect divergent positions quickly.
• Provide logs and feedback promptly so we can mitigate defects for all participants.

10. Contact & Incident Reporting

Report outages, discrepancies, or incidents immediately at [email protected]. Include timestamps, account identifiers, order IDs, and log excerpts so we can coordinate with brokers or infrastructure partners.