QUANTLUX
AustraliaRisk disclosure
Trading financial assets and cryptocurrencies may result in substantial losses, including the entire amount invested. Price movements can be sudden and liquidity can disappear.
Trading cryptoassets and financial instruments involves the risk of partial or even complete loss of invested capital. This page presents the main risk families without unnecessary jargon, each accompanied by a specific recommendation, so that you can make an informed decision before activating any strategy.
1. Introduction and general warning
Review the tools, provider and account arrangements before trading. Understand who holds the assets, which actions are automated and which decisions require your confirmation.
Applicable requirements depend on the service and legal entity involved. Verify the provider’s identity and any required permissions before funding an account. Regulation does not remove market risk.
We prefer informed users to surprised users. Please read this page before your first deposit and come back to it when you adjust your settings. Supplement it with the described account protection measures on our website Security page and, If the question remains unanswered, please contact your personal manager before making any commitment.
Market and execution risks
The first four risk groups concern price behaviour and how your orders are actually executed.
2. Market risk
The price of a crypto asset can increase by several percent in a few minutes. A regulatory notice, a market incident or a simple reversal of sentiment is enough to cause enough movement, including in the middle of the night, to exceed the protection levels configured in your account.
Before funding an account, obtain the provider’s current minimum deposit, fee schedule and withdrawal conditions. A calculator amount is an illustration, not a confirmed account requirement.
3. Liquidity risk
The order does not always find a counterparty at the displayed price. Including lightly traded assets or during an episode of tension, executions may be partial, delayed or concluded at a less favourable price than expected: this is slippage. This delay adds to costs and reduces the bottom line of the strategy.
Practical consideration: consider assets and the most liquid pairs and regularly compare them in the history of your operations, the asking price and the actual price obtained.
4. APIs and Integrations
The platform communicates with the markets through technical interfaces, APIs. A poorly configured key, too broad an authorization, or a modification made by a third party itself can break monitoring or execution, sometimes without you being immediately notified.
Practical consideration: limit each API key to strictly required rights, disable all unnecessary withdrawal permissions, and check the health of your connection after each setting change.
5. Counterparty risk and asset custody
Execution of orders and custody of assets is based on third parties: markets, payment service providers and technical service providers. Failure, suspension or fraud, any of which can affect access to your funds, regardless of the quality of your strategies.
Identify the institution that holds the assets and the terms governing access. Consider how a service failure, insolvency or withdrawal suspension would affect your ability to recover funds.
Technical, security and automation risks
The following four families affect the systems, access to your account, and the models that drive automated trading.
6. Operational risks
Automated trading is based on a chain of components: software, servers, networks and data streams. Software failure, unplanned maintenance or disconnection can stop the analysis or execution at the wrong time, and the position can remain open longer than expected.
Practical consideration: in case of abnormal behaviour, suspend the strategy from the dashboard and report the problem to our team. Emergency reflexes are detailed about Security page.
7. Cybersecurity and phishing
Identity theft, counterfeiting and credential theft feature among the leading causes of harm suffered by individuals. A password that is reused across multiple services or an open link in a fake message can give a third party full access to your account and your settings.
Practical consideration: choose a unique password, activate two-factor authentication as soon as it is offered, and never communicate your codes, either by email or phone, even to a person posing as our associate.
8. Models and automation
Our models analyse statistical patterns in market data. They don't read the news like a human and can generate inappropriate signals when conditions change wildly. No algorithm guarantees a return: past performance is no guarantee of future performance, and a streak of positive results does not preclude a streak of losses.
Practical consideration: consider each strategy as a probabilistic tool. Track your actual results, compare them according to the described logic, and suspend him if his behaviour doesn't suit you. more suitable.
9. Service availability
Planned maintenance, updates or incidents at the supplier may temporarily make the platform unavailable. During these windows, consult your positions and changing your settings may be limited, although already existing strategies continue to be implemented according to their rules.
Practical consideration: view our maintenance announcements, plan your retreats outside the relevant periods and contact us via Contact page if access remains blocked for an abnormally long time.
10. Before you start: four essential habits
No list of risks can replace self-discipline. Before activating a strategy, adopt four simple habits that reduce most disappointments.
- Understand the strategyBefore enabling it, read its logic, affected assets and settings. If you can't explain the strategy in one sentence, it doesn't belong in your account yet.
- Define your acceptable lossSet in black and white the maximum amount you are willing to lose in your entire account. If this threshold is reached, pause everything and resume analysis time.
- Protect your accountA unique password, two-factor authentication enabled, API keys limited to what is strictly necessary: these three gestures block most unauthorised access attempts.
- Track your strategiesAutomation frees you from chart monitoring rather than responsibility for your decisions. Review your logs regularly and question your manager as soon as you miss a point.
Automated trading may simplify your relationship with the markets, but it does not make it safe or predictable. If after this reading the risk remains unclear, ask a question through us Contact page before depositing any funds.
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