Cookies, Privacy & Disclaimer

Cookies

The following explains the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that our website may place on your device.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small amount of information that’s downloaded to your computer or device when you visit certain websites. We use a number of different cookies on the website, including strictly necessary, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences. This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor.

What cookies do we use and why?

Some cookies are necessary to allow you to browse our website and use its features, also, if applicable, to access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to work.

We use functional cookies to remember choices you’ve made or information you’ve provided, such as your username, language, or the region you are in. This allows us to tailor your website experience specifically to your preferences. We are dedicated to user experience and we use many tools to help us improve our website and our platform. To this end, we may use reporting and analytics cookies to collect information about how users interact with our website or our merchants’ storefronts, and how often. These cookies only gather information for statistical purposes and only use pseudonymous cookie identifiers that do not directly identify you. The performance cookies we use include:

  • First party analytics cookies – We use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, to improve our websites, and to detect the most searched for words in search engines that lead to a webpage. These cookies are not used to target you with online marketing. We use these cookies to learn how our websites are performing and make relevant improvements to improve user browsing experience.

  • Third party analytics cookies – We also use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics providers listed below to help measure how users interact with our website content. These cookies “remember” what our users have done on previous pages and how they’ve interacted with the website. For more information on Google Analytics, visit Google’s information page. For instructions on how opt out of Google Analytics, see below.

Advertising cookies are used on parts of our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests and provide you with a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you visited our website, although these cookies can track your device’s visits to our website and other sites, they typically cannot personally identify you. Read more about how companies use cookies to conduct targeted or retargeted advertising HERE.

Finally, Social and Content cookies are placed by many social media plugins (for example the Facebook ’like’ button), and other tools meant to provide or improve the content on a website (for example services that allow the playing of video files, or that create comments sections). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the experience of browsing and interacting with our websites. Please note that some of these third party services place cookies that are also used for things like behavioural advertising, analytics, and/or market research.

How long will cookies remain on my computer or mobile device?

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. See the section below on how to control cookies for more information on removing them before they expire.

Cookies we use

We do not use cookies that identify you or collect personal data from you. Our platform base is powered by WordPress which may set cookies according to your site preferences.

Cookie Name Data Stored When does it expire? Description
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How to control cookies?

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Many of the third party advertising and other tracking services offer you the opportunity to opt out of their tracking systems. You can read more about the information they collect and how to opt out through their privacy policy links.

Complaints

If you have a complaint regarding the use of your personal data then please contact us via our CONTACT US PAGE, we will reply promptly to your concerns.

If your complaint is not resolved to your satisfaction and you wish to make a formal complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), you can contact them on 01625 545745 or 0303 1231113.

Privacy Notice

We respect your privacy and will never share your email address or personal details with any outside party. We do not generally contact our database, but in the event that you wish to opt out of receiving emails from us, please let us know. If you receive any unwanted mails from us, then please also let us know by return of that email, we will remove you from our database immediately. Any SPAM or unwanted mail generators who have utilized our company information will be prosecuted – It is clearly not acceptable practice.

We may use third-party advertising companies to provide adverts when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. You can read more about this below.

Trade-Advantage may hold some information about you. This document outlines how that information is used, who we may share that information with and how we keep it secure. This notice does not provide exhaustive detail. However, we are happy to provide any additional information or explanation needed. Any requests for this should be sent via our CONTACT US PAGE.

We keep our Privacy Notice under regular review. You can see when this Privacy Notice was last reviewed by looking to the bottom of the page where the date is applied.

HOW WE OBTAIN YOUR PERSONAL DATA

Information provided by you

You provide us with personal data in the following ways:

  • During any consultation where you may fill in new client documentation
  • Through email, over the telephone or by post
  • By making an online order, either by website or email

This may include the following information:

  • Basic details such as name, address, contact details.
  • Details of contact we have had with you such as email correspondence, telephone conversations, referrals and appointment requests and/or order confirmations.

We use this information in order to provide you with direct service, if you have an interest in our products/services. This means that the legal basis of our holding your personal data is for legitimate interest.

We retain your personal data for an unlimited period or until you tell us otherwise.

How we use your personal data

We undertake at all times to protect your personal data, including contact details, in a manner which is consistent with our duty of professional confidence and the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) concerning data protection. We will also take reasonable security measures to protect your personal data storage.

We may use your personal data where there is an overriding public interest in using the information e.g. in order to safeguard an individual, or to prevent a serious crime. Also where there is a legal requirement such as a formal court order. We may use your data for marketing purposes such as newsletters but this would be subject to you giving us your express consent.

Do you share my information with other organisations?

We will keep information about you confidential. We will only disclose your information with other third parties with your express consent with the exception of the following categories of third parties:

  • Anyone to whom we may transfer our rights and duties under any agreement we have with you
  • Any legal or crime prevention agencies and/or to satisfy any regulatory request if we have a duty to do so or if the law allows us to do so

What are your rights?

Every individual has the right to see, amend, delete or have a copy, of data held that can identify you, with some exceptions. You do not need to give a reason to see your data.

If you want to access your data you must make a subject access request in writing via our CONTACT US PAGE. Under special circumstances, some information may be withheld. We shall respond within 20 working days from the point of receiving the request and all necessary information from you. Our response will include the details of the personal data we hold on you including:

  • Sources from which we acquired the information
  • The purposes of processing the information
  • Persons or entities with whom we are sharing the information

You have the right, subject to exemptions, to ask to:

  • Have your information deleted
  • Have your information corrected or updated where it is no longer accurate
  • Ask us to stop processing information about you where we are not required to do so by law.
  • Receive a copy of your personal data, which you have provided to us, in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format and have the right to transmit that data to another controller, without hindrance from us.
  • Object at any time to the processing of personal data concerning you

We do not carry out any automated processing, which may lead to automated decision based on your personal data.

If you would like to invoke any of the above rights then please contact us via our CONTACT US PAGE

What safeguards are in place to ensure data that identifies me is secure?

We only use information that may identify you in accordance with GDPR. This requires us to process personal data only if there is a legitimate basis for doing so and that any processing must be fair and lawful.

We also ensure the information we hold is kept in secure locations, restrict access to information to authorised personnel only, protect personal and confidential information held on equipment such as laptops with encryption (which masks data so that unauthorised users cannot see or make sense of it). We ensure external data processors that support us are legally and contractually bound to operate and prove security arrangements are in place where data that could or does identify a person are processed.

How long do you hold confidential information for?

All records held by Trade-Advantage will be kept indefinitely, unless you advise us otherwise.

Disclaimer

Please read this whole page in full. If in any doubt whatsoever then you should take the advice of your Lawyer and/or Registered Financial Planner. ANYTHING and EVERYTHING at all that we say is for informational and entertainment purposes only – Do not be confused that we are making any recommendations at all – We are not.

Trade-Advantage, its owners nor its employees are registered investment advisors. We will not and cannot give any personalized investment advice. If you wish for personalized investment advice, please consult with someone who is a Certified Financial Planner. If in doubt, talk to your Lawyer, Accountant, or even an Investment Professional at your Bank.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Futures, Stock and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don’t trade with money you can’t afford to lose. Nothing in our website shall be deemed a solicitation or an offer to Buy/Sell futures and/or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on our site. Also, the past performance of any trading methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results. DAYTRADING involves high risks and YOU can LOSE a lot of money. Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain inherent limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not actually 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 talked about in our site. The placing of certain orders ( e.g. “Stop-Loss” orders, where permitted under local law, or “Stop-Limit” orders) which are intended to limit losses to certain amounts may not be effective because market conditions may make it impossible to execute such orders.

Our Futures Trading Chat Room is provided to show Live Trades in Real Time Market Situations – Nothing within is a recommendation to buy any Futures Contract, Stock or Financial Instrument. It is a chat room environment for entertainment purposes, chat is open and anyone can participate and make comments, we only ask that comments are kept to the markets in general, and be relevant to the current trading price action. Anyone following these trades with a live funded account does so at their own risk, the trades are made to show visitors how Professional Traders enter and exit the market in real time – We recommend highly that anyone trades in SIMULATION only, any trades in the Live Trade Room are for educational & entertainment purposes only. Unless SIMULATION papertrading, there is a lot of risk with any trades, whether we recommend them or not. Any Trading of Futures or Stocks is very risky, please do not trade with money you can not afford to lose. The trader or any member may have a market position at any given time without prior notice, the trader may not get filled on a position even if a call is made as to it being a valid entry, or exit. Some days there may be no trades or very few, some days there will be a lot, market waves will dictate this, not Trade-Advantage or any trader or member – We make no guarantees to trade during your visit. Everyone is freely able to give their opinions in the chat room, we are not responsible for anything that any trader or member may say, do or imply – Everything in the chat room is for entertainment purposes only – We only ask that everyone is polite and courteous with their opinion.

“PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS MAY 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 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 EFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.”

The risk of loss in trading can be substantial. You should, therefore, carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances and financial resources. You should be aware of the following points:

(1) You may sustain a total loss of the funds that you deposit with your broker to establish or maintain a position in the market, and you may incur losses beyond these amounts. If the market moves against your position, you may be called upon by your broker to deposit a substantial amount of additional margin funds, on short notice, in order to maintain your position. If you do not provide the required funds within the time required by your broker, your position may be liquidated at a loss, and you will be liable for any resulting deficit in your account.

(2) Under certain market conditions, you may find it difficult or impossible to liquidate a position. This can occur, for example, when the market reaches a daily price fluctuation limit (“limit move”).

(3) Placing contingent orders, such as “stop-loss” or “stop-limit” orders, will not necessarily limit your losses to the intended amounts, since market conditions on the exchange where the order is placed may make it impossible to execute such orders.

(4) All trading positions involve risk, and a “spread” position may not be less risky than an outright “long” or “short” position.

(5) The high degree of leverage (gearing) that is often obtainable in trading because of the small margin requirements can work against you as well as for you. Leverage (gearing) can lead to large losses as well as gains.

(6) You should consult your broker concerning the nature of the protections available to safeguard funds or property deposited for your account.

THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT, OF COURSE, DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MARKETS

Attempting to trade any Trading Instrument contained within these pages could result in losses, please remember this and make your own decisions about any trades you take. We will not be held responsible for any losses incurred from information used from our site – We provide this information for entertainment purposes only, and not for you to blindly follow. Use your own due diligence when making any decisions, especially those regarding any form of monetary investment.

No mention of any Trading Instrument, whether Stock, Equity, Commodity, Option or Future is made with a view for recommendation to our readers to BUY, SELL or HOLD. It is for information only, and it may indeed be up to date and correct information, or out of date and incorrect. Any trades made based upon mention in our pages could cause you total loss of your investment, or more. Always be aware of the risks and take professional advice.

It should not be thought that any profit or gain can be made from reading our site. You are more than welcome to read the information and make your own decisions but please do not ask us our personal views, and please do not make any decisions based upon what we say or write. If in any doubt consult a Lawyer and/or Financial Advisor – they will be best to help you decide upon any action you may like to take, and can outline the risks to you.

Information contained within the Trade-Advantage domains and/or chat rooms may not necessarily be the ideas, thoughts or personal views of Trade-Advantage. It should also be remembered there are ways of outsiders inputting information onto our domains and servers which we can not prevent, we try to remain as secure as possible but please always be careful of what you read and do your own due diligence.
We may or may not get an affiliate commission from companies or individuals recommended and/or advertised within the Trade-Advantage pages. We may also hold accounts ourselves with these companies. We may have trading positions ourselves in any of the trading instruments mentioned within our pages, you should not assume that we do or do not hold positions and you should make your own mind up regarding any positions you take yourself – If in doubt then contact a registered financial advisor – We do not offer such services. Any information contained within our pages is for entertainment purposes, our research may be out of date or inconsistent with current standard practice of anything mentioned within the pages.

Advertisements on this site are not recommendations by Trade-Advantage, and you must not assume that they are. Please use caution when using advert links from our site, indeed from any site – If in doubt, seek Professional Advice.

All sales are final and non-refundable. The chat room subscription and advanced course book series is only available currently from the Trade-Advantage online store – If in the future other retailers market our products, we will make no guarantees that they will not sell it at a different price than the Trade-Advantage online store, whether that price be higher or lower than our own Trade-Advantage online store. We reserve the right to change the price and/or discount any of our products at any time, we also reserve the right to remove and/or cancel any services at any given time.

Abusive benhaviour in the Forums or Chat Room will not be tolerated. Lifetime bans will and can be given by moderators at their discretion. We need not give reasons for any bans or restrictions of service, we are here for fun, education and as a hobby, not to get into arguments. We fully reserve the right to withdraw services at any time, without given reasoning.

By accessing Trade-Advantage.org Forums or the Live Chat Room (hereinafter “we”, “us”, “our”, “Trade-Advantage Forums”, and/or any of its paid services, you agree to be legally bound by the terms laid within this private policy and disclaimer. If you do not agree to be legally bound by all of the included terms then please do not access and/or use Trade-Advantage.com, its Forums, its Chat Room or indeed any of its services whether paid or free. We may change and/or update these at any time, and it is a requirement to ensure you have read the latest private policy and disclaimer yourself every time you visit and utilize our services as your continued usage of Trade-Advantage and/or its free/paid services confirms you agree to be legally bound by these terms.

We (may) make money to cover the costs of this site from advertising and from affiliate sales. We may earn commission from any reviewed product within our site, or from advertisements placed outside of our own site. It is even possible for us to be affiliated and receive a commission from products and services which we rate at poor, just because we did not rate it highly, it does not mean to say that others will not experience differing end results to ours. As a free resource we reserve the right to affilitize any products or services which may be on our site, or indeed outside of our site. Opinions expressed within these pages may or many not be the same as those thought by the Trade-Advantage team – Do not take anything fore-granted – Various resources are used for the content, and on occasion Blogs, Forum Posts, or letters etc may be published on this site.

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EARNINGS DISCLAIMER. We realize some of this information is duplicated, we just need to be sure you are listening.

U.S. Government Required Disclaimer – Commodity Futures Trading Commission.*Futures, options, and spot currency trading have large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets. Don’t trade with money you can’t afford to lose. This website is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on this website. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.

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, SINCE 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 PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

Always be aware of the risks.

This Cookies, Privacy and Disclaimer page could change and be updated at any time in the future. Amendments and updates will be made from time to time. The last update was made May 25 2018