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Risk Disclosure Statement

Effective Date: July 2, 2026

THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY FUTURES CONTRACTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. YOU MAY SUSTAIN A TOTAL LOSS OF THE FUNDS YOU DEPOSIT WITH YOUR BROKER, AND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES YOU MAY LOSE MORE THAN YOUR INITIAL DEPOSIT.

This Risk Disclosure Statement is provided by VortexTick Technology Inc. and supplements — it does not replace — the risk disclosures required to be furnished to you by your futures commission merchant or broker. Read it in full before connecting the Platform to any live account. If anything in this document is unclear, do not trade until you have consulted a qualified professional.

1. Leverage Works Against You as Fast as It Works for You

Futures are traded on margin. A small movement in the underlying index or commodity produces a disproportionately large gain or loss relative to posted margin. Placing a stop-loss order does not cap your loss at the intended amount: in fast, gapping, or illiquid markets, stop orders become market orders and may be filled at prices dramatically worse than the stop price. Overnight gaps, exchange halts, limit-up/limit-down conditions, and news shocks can make exits impossible at any price you would consider acceptable.

2. Automated and Algorithmic Execution Risks

The Platform routes server-side conditional orders and automated bracket strategies. Automation introduces risks that manual trading does not:

System failure. Software defects, cloud-infrastructure outages, broker API failures, or data-feed corruption can cause orders to be placed late, placed twice, modified incorrectly, or not placed at all.
Connectivity loss. While entries are wrapped in broker-side protective brackets precisely so that a dropped connection does not leave a position unprotected, broker-side systems themselves can fail, reject, or misconfigure orders.
Model limitations. Breakout logic, volatility-fitted stops, and session filters are built from historical relationships that can and do break down without warning. A strategy that performed well in the past can lose money persistently in the future.
Risk controls are not guarantees. Drawdown lockouts, minimum risk-to-reward gates, news buffers, and slippage ceilings reduce — but never eliminate — the risk of substantial loss. They operate on data that may be delayed or wrong, and they cannot act on positions or orders they cannot see.

3. Hypothetical and Simulated Performance

Portions of the Platform display simulated fills, paper-trading results, replayed data, or hypothetical performance. The following disclosure is modeled on CFTC Rule 4.41:

HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, BECAUSE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER- OR OVER-COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

4. Proprietary Trading Firm ("Prop Firm") Accounts

Evaluation and funded-account programs impose their own drawdown limits, consistency rules, prohibited-strategy clauses, and automation policies. Configuring the Platform's guardrails to match a program's published limits does not guarantee compliance: intraday equity calculations, trailing-drawdown mechanics, and rule interpretations differ between firms and can change without notice. Forfeiture of evaluation fees or funded accounts is a real and common outcome. Verify every rule directly with your program before automating anything.

5. No Assurance of Profit; Past Performance

No trading system, risk framework, or discipline regime — however rigorous — assures profit or protects against loss. Past performance, whether real or simulated, is not indicative of future results. Any statements on the Platform describing discipline, edge, protection, or capital preservation describe design intent of software features, not outcomes.

6. Suitability

Day trading futures is speculative, requires active attention, and is appropriate only for persons who can bear the loss of their entire risk capital. Do not trade with funds required for living expenses, debt service, or other obligations. If you are uncertain whether these products are suitable for you, consult an independent, appropriately licensed financial professional; VortexTick cannot make that determination for you.

7. Acknowledgment

By using the Platform, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Risk Disclosure Statement, that you accept all risks described here and in your broker's disclosures, and that VortexTick bears no responsibility for your trading results.