Risk disclosure

Last updated July 19, 2026

Trading is risky

Trading financial instruments — including equities, futures, foreign exchange, and crypto-assets — involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. You can lose some or all of the money you trade, and in some markets more than you deposit. Only trade with risk capital: money you can afford to lose without changing your standard of living. You alone are responsible for every trading decision made in your account, including the decision to automate execution of any signal.

No advice, no endorsement

Signal Trader is a neutral marketplace and an execution tool. It is not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, commodity trading advisor, or fiduciary, and nothing on this site is investment, financial, legal, or tax advice. Signal Trader does not endorse any signal or provider; a signal's presence on the marketplace means only that it satisfied the platform's time-based listing mechanics (including the 60-day minimum forward test) — it is not a recommendation, and it is no indication that the signal will be profitable. Signal Trader does not warrant the use of any signal for trading financial instruments, or for any purpose whatsoever — use at your own risk. Providers are independent third parties, not employees or agents of Signal Trader.

Hypothetical performance

Performance displays on this site blend two kinds of data: actual results (solid line), derived from anonymized, aggregated, normalized executions by real subscribers, and simulated results (dashed line), generated by the platform's simulation engine for periods when no subscriber was executing the signal. Simulated results model slippage and typical fees but are not subject to real market liquidity. The two segments are not methodologically identical and should not be read as one continuous record.

HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM. ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION, HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

Past performance

For the actual (real-execution) segments of any record: past performance is no guarantee of future results. A signal that performed well during its forward test or at any time since may perform poorly, or fail entirely, in the future.

Your results will differ

Displayed metrics are normalized per-unit figures. Your results will differ from the displayed record — and from other subscribers to the same signal — due to your position sizing, account size, broker, fees, fill prices, slippage, latency, and the moments your execution app was or was not running. Net figures apply an estimated typical fee for the asset class; your broker's actual fees may be higher or lower.

Automated execution risk

Automated execution acts without asking you first — that is its purpose, and its risk. Connectivity failures, broker outages or rejections, market gaps, halts, and volatile conditions can cause missed entries, missed exits, or fills far from the signaled price. Software defects are possible in any system, including this one. You are responsible for configuring position sizes you can tolerate, monitoring your account, and using the kill switch when in doubt. Do not automate more risk than you are prepared to absorb unattended.

Your account, your keys

Signal Trader is non-custodial: the platform never holds your funds, and at launch the execution app runs on your own machine with broker credentials that stay in your configuration. You are responsible for securing the machine, the credentials, and the broker account they unlock.