⚠ General Risk Warning
Trading and investing in financial securities involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. You may lose some or all of your invested capital. Never invest money you cannot afford to lose. Past performance of any trading strategy, algorithm, or signal is not indicative of future results.
1. Not Financial Advice
WealthSignal is a technology platform that provides automated trading tools, market signals, and portfolio analytics. Nothing on the WealthSignal platform constitutes financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, tax advice, legal advice, or any other type of professional advice.
The information, strategies, signals, and tools provided by WealthSignal are for educational and informational purposes only. They are not personalized to your individual financial situation, risk tolerance, investment objectives, or needs.
Before making any investment decisions, you should:
- Consult with a licensed and qualified financial advisor
- Conduct your own independent research and due diligence
- Consider your individual financial situation, goals, and risk tolerance
- Seek tax advice from a qualified tax professional
- Consult with a legal advisor for legal matters
2. Regulatory Status
WealthSignal does not manage your money, act in a fiduciary capacity, or exercise discretion over your accounts. All trading decisions—including those executed automatically by our platform—are made pursuant to parameters and strategies that you, the user, configure and control.
Our platform connects to your brokerage account (such as Alpaca Markets) and executes trades based on your instructions. You remain fully responsible for all trading activity in your accounts.
3. Past Performance Disclaimer
Past performance does not guarantee, predict, or imply future results.
Any performance data, backtest results, strategy returns, win rates, or other historical metrics shown on the WealthSignal platform:
- Are based on historical data and hypothetical simulations that may not reflect actual trading conditions
- Do not account for all fees, slippage, taxes, or transaction costs that reduce real-world returns
- Were generated under specific market conditions that may not recur
- Are subject to survivorship bias (strategies that failed are not shown)
- Do not guarantee that any strategy will achieve positive returns in the future
- May differ materially from actual results achieved by using the Platform
Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations and do not represent actual trading.
4. Investment Risk Factors
Investing and trading involve numerous risks. Before using WealthSignal, carefully consider the following risk categories:
General Market Volatility
Securities markets fluctuate and can decline sharply. Economic downturns, geopolitical events, or market crashes may cause significant losses.
Automated Strategy Failures
Algorithms may behave unexpectedly in novel market conditions, contain bugs, or fail to execute. Automated trading does not eliminate risk.
System & Connectivity Failures
Platform downtime, internet connectivity issues, or broker API failures may prevent trade execution at critical times.
Inability to Execute Trades
Some securities may have limited liquidity, making it difficult to enter or exit positions at desired prices.
Amplified Losses
Using margin or leveraged instruments can multiply losses beyond your initial investment. You may owe money to your broker.
Lack of Diversification
Strategies focused on a single sector, asset class, or security are more vulnerable to sector-specific downturns.
Regulatory Changes
Changes in securities laws, tax regulations, or broker rules may affect the viability of certain trading strategies.
Overfitting & Assumptions
Trading models based on historical data may be overfitted and fail to generalize to new market conditions.
5. Algorithmic Trading Specific Risks
Automated algorithmic trading carries risks beyond those associated with traditional investing:
- Speed and scale: Algorithms can execute many trades quickly. Errors can propagate rapidly and result in large losses before human intervention is possible.
- Flash crashes: Algorithmic trading can contribute to sudden, severe market dislocations that may trigger stop-losses or margin calls unexpectedly.
- Over-optimization: Strategies that appear optimal in backtesting may be overfitted to historical data and fail in live trading.
- Parameter sensitivity: Small changes in strategy parameters can result in materially different outcomes.
- Execution slippage: Actual trade execution prices may differ from modeled prices due to market impact, latency, or liquidity.
- Data dependency: Strategies depend on accurate, timely market data. Data errors or delays may cause incorrect signals and unintended trades.
6. User Acknowledgment
By using the WealthSignal platform, you acknowledge and agree that:
- You understand and accept the risks described above and in our Terms of Service
- You are solely responsible for all trading decisions and their outcomes
- You have sufficient knowledge and experience to use automated trading tools
- You are trading only with capital you can afford to lose
- You will not hold WealthSignal responsible for any trading losses incurred through use of the Platform
- You will seek independent professional advice before making significant financial decisions
7. Questions
For questions about these disclaimers, contact us at support@wealthsignal.com.