Risk Disclosure & Investment Disclaimer

This Risk Disclosure and Investment Disclaimer (“Risk Disclosure”) is incorporated into the Syncster Terms of Service. By using Syncster, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted the risks described below.

1. Purpose

Syncster is a software platform that allows users to:

Maintain a trading journal.
Analyze trading performance.
Share trading activity.
Follow other traders.
View statistics and analytics.
Connect supported brokerage accounts.
Discover publicly shared trading content.

Syncster is not a broker-dealer, registered investment adviser, exchange, clearing agency, bank, or fiduciary.

2. No Investment Advice

Nothing available through Syncster constitutes:

Investment advice.
Financial planning.
Portfolio management.
Tax advice.
Legal advice.
Accounting advice.
A recommendation to buy or sell any security.
A recommendation regarding options, futures, cryptocurrencies, or other financial products.

Content made available through Syncster is for informational and educational purposes only.

3. No Fiduciary Relationship

Using Syncster does not create:

A fiduciary relationship.
An advisory relationship.
A brokerage relationship.
An agency relationship.
A partnership.
A joint venture.

Syncster does not act in your best interest or make investment decisions on your behalf.

4. Manual Trade Execution

Syncster does not automatically place trades for users.

All investment decisions are made solely by the user.

Before placing any order, users should independently evaluate:

Risk
Position size
Market conditions
Liquidity
Volatility
Personal financial circumstances
Investment objectives

Users are solely responsible for manually submitting every order through their brokerage account.

5. Following Other Traders

Syncster allows users to follow traders and view trading activity shared through the platform.

The fact that another user:

Entered a trade,
Exited a trade,
Reported profits,
Shared a strategy, or
Maintains a strong historical record,

does not mean that copying or following similar trades will produce the same or positive results.

Differences in execution timing, account size, available buying power, market conditions, commissions, spreads, slippage, taxes, and other factors may produce materially different outcomes.

6. No Guarantee of Results

Syncster makes no representation or warranty regarding:

Profitability
Accuracy
Future performance
Win rates
Expected returns
Risk-adjusted returns
Performance consistency

Past performance does not guarantee future results.

7. Market Risk

All investing involves risk.

Security prices may rise or fall rapidly because of:

Economic events
Earnings announcements
Interest rate changes
Geopolitical developments
Government actions
Market sentiment
Liquidity conditions
Unexpected news

You may lose part or all of your investment.

8. Options Trading Risks

Options trading involves significant risk and is not suitable for all investors.

Risks include, but are not limited to:

Total loss of premium paid.
Time decay (theta).
Implied volatility changes.
Assignment risk.
Early exercise.
Gap risk.
Wide bid-ask spreads.
Liquidity limitations.
Leverage.
Complex pricing dynamics.

Certain multi-leg strategies may expose users to substantial losses that exceed initial expectations.

Users should fully understand the characteristics and risks of options before trading.

9. Leveraged Products

Products using leverage may amplify both gains and losses.

Leverage can increase volatility and may result in rapid and substantial losses.

10. Technology Risks

Technology failures may occur, including:

Internet outages.
Mobile device failures.
Software bugs.
Data synchronization delays.
Brokerage outages.
API failures.
Delayed market data.
Hardware failures.
Cloud infrastructure interruptions.

Such events may prevent timely access to information or delay user actions.

11. Brokerage Risks

Execution occurs through your brokerage—not through Syncster.

Your brokerage determines:

Whether an order is accepted.
Whether an order is rejected.
Whether sufficient buying power exists.
Whether a position can be opened or closed.
Order routing.
Execution timing.
Fill prices.

Syncster is not responsible for brokerage decisions, execution quality, or brokerage system availability.

12. Market Data

Market information displayed within Syncster may originate from third-party providers.

Market data may be:

Delayed.
Incomplete.
Subject to outages.
Corrected after publication.

Users should independently verify information before making investment decisions.

13. Performance Statistics

Performance metrics displayed by Syncster may include calculations based on imported or user-provided information.

Statistics may change because of:

Brokerage corrections.
Corporate actions.
Trade adjustments.
Data reconciliation.
Currency conversions.
Updated historical information.

Performance information should not be relied upon as the sole basis for investment decisions.

14. User-Generated Content

Users may publish:

Trade ideas.
Charts.
Performance summaries.
Educational material.
Opinions.
Market commentary.

Syncster does not endorse or verify every statement made by users.

User-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or outdated.

15. Taxes

Users are solely responsible for:

Tax reporting.
Capital gains calculations.
Wash sale rules.
Estimated tax payments.
Recordkeeping.
Compliance with applicable tax laws.

Syncster does not provide tax advice.

16. Suitability

The Service does not determine whether an investment is appropriate for you.

Before making investment decisions, users should consider:

Financial resources.
Investment objectives.
Time horizon.
Risk tolerance.
Investment experience.
Liquidity needs.

17. Regulatory Compliance

Users are responsible for complying with all laws and regulations applicable to their own trading activities.

Nothing within Syncster should be interpreted as legal authorization to engage in any regulated activity.

18. Limitation of Responsibility

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Syncster is not responsible for losses resulting from:

Investment decisions.
Missed opportunities.
Trading losses.
Execution delays.
Brokerage outages.
Market volatility.
Software defects.
Data inaccuracies.
Third-party service interruptions.
Reliance on information shared by other users.

19. User Acknowledgment

By using Syncster, you acknowledge and agree that:

You are solely responsible for your investment decisions.
You understand that investing involves risk.
You may lose some or all of your invested capital.
You will independently evaluate every investment opportunity.
You are not relying on Syncster as an investment adviser or fiduciary.
You understand that following another trader does not guarantee similar results.
You understand that Syncster does not automatically execute trades on your behalf.

20. Questions

Questions regarding this Risk Disclosure may be submitted through the contact information listed on our Contact page.