Terms of Use
You agree to abide by the following Terms of Services in order to use TraderSumo.
* For security and fraud protection, upon purchase of our products and services, all users are required to identify themselves, sign, and complete a non-disclosure agreement.
Purpose
TraderSumo.com is an entertainment and education digital commerce website that provides access to entertainment and educational resources that are not to be considered at financial recommendations. TraderSumo.com publishes information that is educational in nature and designed to contribute to the overall understanding of various types of technical analysis and how we apply this information to the financial markets. We are in no way recommending the purchase, sale, or short sale of any securities, options, futures, or other financial instruments. Trading of stocks, options, futures, and currency markets may not be suitable for everyone and may involve the risk of losing part of your money, all of your money, or in the case of futures, more than all of your money. Our trades are viewable during the broadcast and profits and losses are seen during and after executions. However, we are in no way representing that similar results will be achieved by following our strategies and picks.
We do not offer our various model portfolios as trading recommendations for you to copy. These models represent our own accounts and/or opinions and are not intended for use as recommendations to buy or sell any financial product. It is your responsibility to make your own decisions as to what you want to do with your own portfolio.
We do not claim to have a special insight into the markets that prevent us from making mistakes. We do make mistakes. Observe our mistakes and utilize these lessons in your own trading programs.
We at TraderSumo.com are not Financial Advisors or Registered Analysts. We are a content provider and publisher. We are not a registered broker-dealer. By using our Services, you expressly acknowledge that you understand that our Services are for informational and educational purposes only, and that no mention of a particular security or investment strategy, by us or any third party, constitutes a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold that or any other security, or that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction or investment strategy is suitable for you or any specific person. You also acknowledge that neither we nor any third party will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, value, or suitability of any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy, or other matter. To the extent any of the information contained in our Services may be deemed to be investment advice, such information is impersonal and not tailored to the investment needs of you or any specific person. Additionally, opinions provided in one of our Services may differ from those provided in another Service.
You also acknowledge that from time to time any or all of our content providers and contributors, as well as their affiliates, may hold positions in the securities mentioned and that they may trade for their own accounts. If such a position is held at the time of publication, appropriate disclosure will be made at the time of publication.
Finally, you acknowledge that the Services use performance data believed to be reliable, but that we do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such data.
BEFORE SELLING OR BUYING ANY STOCK OR OTHER INVESTMENT YOU SHOULD CONSULT WITH A QUALIFIED BROKER OR OTHER FINANCIAL PROFESSIONAL TO VERIFY PRICING INFORMATION AND TO SOLICIT ADVICE AS TO THE APPROPRIATENESS OF A GIVEN TRANSACTION OR INVESTMENT.
Trading of stocks, options, futures, or currencies may not be suitable for everyone. Equities, Futures, Options, and Currency trading and investing have large potential for 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 Equities, Futures, Options, and Currency markets. Absolutely do not trade with money you cannot afford to lose. Though there are large potential rewards, short-term trading is very risky, especially when your accounts are fully margined. There is certainly a chance which you can lose all of your money. If you are trading futures, there is a chance that your account can go negative, and that you will end up owing money to your broker. In addition, prior to buying or selling a stock, option, currency, or futures contract, an investor will need a broker, and they must meet suitability requirements in order to trade these specific instruments.
*Options positions may have more than one leg for instance with spreads, condors, or rolled-over positions to a new month. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results. You should carefully consider whether trading is suitable for you in light of your circumstances, knowledge, and financial resources. Absolutely consult your Registered Financial Advisor and your Risk Trading Plan before ever investing or trading any financial instrument!
Options involve risk and are not suitable for all investors. Prior to buying or selling an option, investors must read a copy of the Characteristics & Risks of Standardized Options, also known as the options disclosure document (ODD). Go to http://www.optionsclearing.com/about/publications/character-risks.jsp It explains the characteristics and risks of exchange-traded options. Copies of the ODD are available from your broker, from any exchange on which options are traded, by placing an order online, or by calling 1-888-OPTIONS (1-888-678-4667), or from The Options Clearing Corporation, One North Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless TraderSumo, its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, and third-party affiliates, for any losses, costs, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) relating to or arising out of your use of or inability to use the Site or services, any user postings made by you, your violation of any terms of this Agreement or your violation of any rights of a third party, or your violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations. We reserve the right, at our own cost, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which event you agree to fully cooperate with us in asserting any available defenses.
By accepting this disclaimer you are acknowledging the risks involved in trading the stock, options, currency, and futures markets and are also acknowledging that you, the subscriber, and NOT TraderSumo.com, are solely responsible for any losses, financial or otherwise, as a result of using this service. TraderSumo.com shall under no circumstances be liable for any lost profits, lost opportunities, misstatements, or errors contained within these pages. You also agree that TraderSumo.com will not be held liable for data accuracy, server problems, or any special or consequential damages that result from the use of, or the inability to use, any or all of the materials published on our Website. You agree to hold TraderSumo.com harmless for any act resulting directly or indirectly from this site, its data, content, materials, associated pages, and documents.
Employees and Affiliates of TraderSumo.com likely have, or likely will have trades in the educational ideas posted in the trading room. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those shown. Finally, past performance is in no way indicative of future results.
If you find yourself interested in our trading styles and education material, remember that it is important to diversify your investments and not throw all of your money into one basket or technique. If you do copy any position that resembles our buys and sells, you are doing so at your own risk. We’re not recommending that anyone copy us, and believe that all investors should make their own decisions.
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold us and our affiliates harmless from any and all claims, liabilities, costs, and expenses arising in any way from your use of any services provided by TraderSumo.com.
Subscriptions, Cancellations, Refunds, and Licensing:
Purchase agreement/End User License Agreement: The purchaser or recipient of any TraderSumo.com DVD, CD ROM, software, indicator, video, book, or other product hereby agrees that they are the End User and will not rent, lease, nor otherwise resell any of the content or video, proprietary or otherwise, they have purchased or received in any manner, by any venue. Free distribution in any form is also strictly prohibited and compensatory damages will be sought from offending parties, corporate or retail individuals alike.
All sales are final for all products and services. Copyrightable media, including DVDs, CD-ROMs and other media may not be returned for a refund, but we will replace any defective media at no cost to the purchaser. Purchaser may not resale this or any TraderSumo.com product via eBay, Amazon, any other online auction site, nor any online classified forum nor any other resale venue of any kind.
There will be days that we may not be able to provide services. This could be due to internet problems, weather or other acts of nature, holidays, medical and health reasons, or travel that precludes us from being able to provide our very highly sought after service.
Subscriptions may be canceled at any time by either party, but must be at least 3 business days prior to the next billing cycle. When termination is requested by a subscriber, subscription fees are not refunded. Rather, the current subscription will run its course to the end of the current billing cycle, at which point the subscription would then become inactive and the account canceled.
The individual subscriptions that you have with us make up the whole of your membership. Nonpayment for any individual product or service that we offer can and will result in suspension or termination of your membership to all of our products and services until the open balances are resolved.
Termination/Access Restriction
We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to terminate your access to the Site and the related Services or any portion thereof at any time, without notice. To the maximum extent permitted by law, this agreement is governed by the United States of America, and you hereby consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of courts in North Carolina in all disputes arising out of or relating to the use of the Site. Use of the Site is unauthorized in any jurisdiction that does not give effect to all provisions of these Terms, including, without limitation, this section.
You agree that no joint venture, fiduciary, partnership, or employment relationship exists between you and TraderSumo as a result of this agreement or use of the Site. TraderSumo’s performance of the Services is subject to existing laws and legal processes, and nothing contained in these Terms of Use is in derogation of TraderSumo’s right and obligation to comply with governmental, court, and law enforcement requests or requirements relating to your use of the Site or information provided to or gathered by TraderSumo with respect to such use. If any part of these Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations set forth above, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the Terms of Use shall continue in effect.
Unless otherwise specified, these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy comprise the entire agreement between you and TraderSumo with respect to your use of the Site, and it supersedes all prior or contemporaneous agreements or representations, whether electronic, oral or written, between you and TraderSumo with respect to your use of the Site. A printed version of this agreement and of any notice given in electronic form shall be admissible in judicial or administrative proceedings based upon or relating to this agreement to the same extent and subject to the same conditions as other business documents and records originally generated and maintained in printed form. It is the express wish of the parties that this agreement and all related documents be written in English.
Changes to Terms
We reserve the right, in our sole and absolute discretion, to change the Terms of Use under which your use of TraderSumo.com is governed. The most current version of the Terms of Use will supersede all previous versions. We encourage you to periodically review the Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy to stay informed of our updates. The client understands and acknowledges that purchasing the services herein is subject to the following:
Your Profile Information and Account
In order to access certain Services, you may be required to provide information about yourself (such as identification or contact details) as part of the registration process for the Service or as part of your continued use of the Services. You may also have to create passwords or other forms of authentication. You agree to provide true, accurate, current, and complete information about yourself, and you may not misrepresent your profile information. You agree and understand that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any such information or passwords. Accordingly, you agree that you will be solely responsible to TraderSumo for all activities that occur under your account. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your password or of your account, you agree to notify TraderSumo immediately.
Your right to access and use the Services is personal to you and is not transferable by you to any other person or entity. You agree not to disclose your password to any third party. You are solely responsible for all activities that occur under your Account or under your Profile Information. If you become aware of any unauthorized use of your Account or Profile Information, you are responsible for notifying TraderSumo immediately.
By providing us with your e-mail address, you agree to receive all required notices electronically to that email address. It is your responsibility to update or change that e-mail address, as appropriate.
By providing us with your phone number and billing address, you agree to allow TraderSumo to contact you via that telephone number or mail regarding all billing notices and/or inquiries (including but not limited to: payment issues, billing discrepancies, declined/failed payments, and/or expired payment methods). It is your responsibility to update or change that phone number, as appropriate.
Automatic Renewal
Unless you notify TraderSumo before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel your renewal, your subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual, quarterly, or monthly subscription for such Renewal using any credit card or other payment medium we have on record for you. A subscription can be canceled at any time in the My Account and Billing section of your dashboard.
Additional Terms of Use:
We invite our subscribers to enjoy all the features this site has to offer. But we must require that each subscriber abides by certain rules so that no one’s rights are stepped on. Failure to abide by these rules can result in immediate termination of access to TraderSumo.com without refund or recourse.
1. Do not share your logon passwords and usernames. Our system is designed to detect this immediately and suspend any account where more than one person signs on using the same username and password.
2. Do not reprint, republish, re-post, or otherwise distribute or transmit content or images presented on this site. Downloading is easy, but just because you may be able to copy our content doesn’t mean you own it. Unauthorized use of or copying of our content, trademarks, and other proprietary material can subject you to civil or even criminal liability. Please don’t violate our copyright.
3. No advertising, trading of goods or services, or other commercial use is allowed in our forum and or trading rooms. No bulk email, junk mail or spam, chain letters, private messages, or repeat postings of the same message is permitted anywhere on the forum and or live trading rooms.
4. Please use your own name when posting to any of our upcoming discussion forums and trading room. Do not impersonate anyone else.
5. Treat other subscribers with courtesy and respect when posting messages to the upcoming discussion groups. No unnecessary name calling or abuse toward any subscriber or staff member is allowed.
6. Please avoid shouting (using all capital letters) in the upcoming discussion forum and trading room.
7. Do not use vulgarity, obscenity, profanity, ethnic slurs, hate speech, or sexually explicit language, or harass, abuse, or threaten other subscribers in the upcoming discussion forums and trading room. Do not libel, defame or disparage others or otherwise misrepresent interactions with others. TraderSumo.com strongly disapproves of flaming and harassment.
8. When you post content in the TraderSumo.com forum and trading room, you permit TraderSumo.com to display and distribute the content, and to use it for advertising and promotion. You grant to TraderSumo.com the complete, perpetual, but non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, distribute, sub-license, etc. the content in whole or in part, throughout the world and universe, on a royalty-free basis.
We do not try to edit or to monitor messages posted on the TraderSumo.com forum and trading rooms, but TraderSumo.com has the right to edit or remove objectionable postings. The person posting a message is solely responsible for it, not TraderSumo.com. Violators may be permanently banned from using the forum and trading rooms or even have their subscriptions terminated.
Copyright and Trademark Law:
All editorial content and graphics on this site are protected by U.S. copyright and international treaties and may not be copied or re-used without the express written permission of TraderSumo.com which reserves all rights.
Intellectual Property Rights
All right, title, interest and ownership, and intellectual property rights in and to the Site, TraderSumo trademarks, and the templates provided via the Site, including but not limited to its “look and feel” (e.g., text, graphics, images, logos, buttons, icons and the placement and layout thereof), images, video, audio, data, content, software (including HTML-based computer programs) and other media, material or information, including your Content, are and will remain the property of TraderSumo or it’s software or content suppliers. Any templates or derivatives of templates provided that you may build using the Site belong to TraderSumo. The Site is protected under the United States and international copyright, trademark, and other laws and treaties.
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, TraderSumo grants to you, during the term of this Agreement, a non-transferable, non-sublicensable, non-exclusive, revocable, limited-purpose right to access and use the Services that are subject to a valid Subscription.
You acknowledge that any ideas, suggestions, concepts, processes, or techniques which you provide to TraderSumo related to the Services, the Site, or TraderSumo or its business (“Feedback”) shall become TraderSumo’s property without any compensation or other consideration payable to you by TraderSumo, and you do so of your own free will and volition. TraderSumo may or may not, in its sole discretion, use or incorporate the Feedback in whatever form or derivative TraderSumo may decide into the Site, its software, services, documentation, business or other products, or any other future versions or derivatives of the foregoing. You hereby assign all rights on a worldwide basis in perpetuity to TraderSumo in any Feedback and, as applicable, waive any moral rights.
TraderSumo owns any test results, data information, and other output generated by your use of the Site and/or the Services during the term of this Agreement.
The following are registered trademarks, trademarks, or service marks of TraderSumo, LLC or its Affiliates: TraderSumo™. All custom graphics, icons, logos, and service names are registered trademarks, trademarks, or service marks of TraderSumo, LLC or its Affiliates. All other trademarks or service marks are the property of their respective owners. Nothing in these Terms of Use grants you any right to use any trademark, service mark, logo, and/or the name of TraderSumo, LLC or its Affiliates.
Counterfeit Trademarks: The Trademark Counterfeiting Act, 18 U.S.C. § 2320(b)(1)(A), provides penalties of up to ten years imprisonment and a $2 million fine for a defendant who intentionally “traffics in goods or services and knowingly uses a counterfeit mark on or in connection with such goods or services,” or intentionally “traffics in labels, . . . documentation, or packaging . . .knowing that a counterfeit mark has been applied thereto.” Section 2320(b)(3) provides penalties of up to twenty years imprisonment and a $5 million fine for a defendant who intentionally traffics in counterfeit drugs or certain counterfeit military goods or services.
Counterfeit Labeling: The counterfeit labeling provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 2318 prohibit trafficking in counterfeit labels designed to be affixed to movies, music, software, and literary, pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works and works of visual art as well as trafficking in counterfeit documentation or packaging for such works. Violations are punishable by up to five years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Criminal Copyright Infringement: Copyright infringement is a felony punishable by up to three years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine under 17 U.S.C. § 506(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2319 where a defendant willfully reproduces or distributes at least ten copies of one or more copyrighted works with a total retail value of more than $2,500 within a 180-day period. The maximum penalty rises to five years’ imprisonment if the defendant also acted “for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain.” Misdemeanor copyright infringement occurs where the value exceeds $1,000 or where the defendant willfully violated any of the exclusive rights “for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain.”
Pre-Release Criminal Copyright Infringement: Pre-release piracy, i.e., willful infringement “by the distribution of a work being prepared for commercial distribution, by making it available on a computer network accessible to members of the public, if such person knew or should have known that the work was intended for commercial distribution,” is a felony punishable by up to three years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine under 17 U.S.C. § 506(a)(1)(C) and 18 U.S.C. § 2319(d). The maximum penalty rises to five years’ imprisonment if the defendant also acted “for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain.
Theft of Trade Secrets: The Economic Espionage Act contains two separate provisions that criminalize the theft of trade secrets. The first provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1831, prohibits the theft of trade secrets for the benefit of a foreign government, instrumentality, or agent, and is punishable by up to 15 years imprisonment and a $5,000,000 fine. The second, 18 U.S.C. § 1832, prohibits the commercial theft of trade secrets to benefit someone other than the owner, and is punishable by up to ten years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine. The penalties are higher for defendants who are companies. The statute broadly defines the term “trade secret” to include all types of information that the owner has taken reasonable measures to keep secret and that itself has independent economic value. 18 U.S.C. § 1839(3). Federal law also provides special protections to victims in trade secret cases to ensure that the confidentiality of trade secret information is preserved during the course of criminal proceedings. Specifically, the statute expressly states that courts “shall enter such orders and take such action as may be necessary and appropriate to preserve the confidentiality of trade secrets, consistent with the requirements of the Federal Rules of Criminal and Civil Procedure, the Federal Rules of Evidence, and all other applicable laws.” 18 U.S.C. § 1835(a); see also Levine & Flowers, How Prosecutors Protect Trade Secrets, 38 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 461 (2014-2015).
Camcording: The Family Entertainment and Copyright Act criminalizes the use of camcorders and similar devices to record movies playing in public theaters. “Camcording” is a felony punishable by up to three years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine under 18 U.S.C. §2319B(a) where a defendant “knowingly uses or attempts to use an audiovisual recording device to transmit or make a copy of a motion picture. . . in a motion picture exhibition facility.”
Additional Charges: Where appropriate, prosecutors may respond to intellectual property crime with additional charges, such as Wire Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1343), Mail Fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341), Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030), and Smuggling (18 U.S.C. § 545).
Limitation of Liability:
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Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Rule 4.41
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 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 CAN NOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.