High Risk Warning

Risk Disclosure

Last updated: 2026

Trading foreign exchange (Forex), contracts for difference (CFDs), crypto, and financial derivatives on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors.

1. High Risk & Total Capital Loss Warning

Trading financial markets involves substantial risk of loss. You can lose some or all of your deposited capital. You should never trade or risk capital that you cannot afford to lose completely. Before configuring automated trading webhooks or algorithmic strategies, carefully consider your financial situation, investment objectives, and tolerance for financial loss.

2. Algorithmic & Automated Execution Risks

Automated trading systems execute orders rapidly based on software rules or incoming signals:

  • Compounding Losses: High-frequency or automated signal execution can compound losses rapidly during adverse market conditions.
  • No Guarantee of Future Results: Past performance, hypothetical backtests, or historical strategy metrics are no guarantee of future profitability. Market dynamics shift unpredictably, rendering previously profitable algorithmic rules unprofitable.
  • Simulated Performance Limitations: Backtested results do not account for live market factors such as execution slippage, broker liquidity gaps, spread widening, or latency.

3. Technical, Latency & Webhook Infrastructure Risks

Automated webhook trading relies on complex internet communications across multiple independent platforms:

  • Webhook Transmission Failures: Webhooks originating from TradingView traverse third-party networks. Signals may be delayed, dropped, or corrupted by internet congestion, Cloudflare rate limiting, or ISP throttling.
  • Slippage & Spreads: Execution prices are guaranteed by your destination broker, not Summit Strategy AI. During news releases or periods of low liquidity, spreads can widen dramatically, causing severe execution slippage or unintended stop-outs.
  • Duplicate & Misconfigured Signals: Software misconfigurations, incorrect JSON parameters, or indicator alert loops can trigger duplicate orders. You assume full responsibility for configuring signal alerts accurately.

4. Proprietary Trading Firm (Prop Firm) Risk Disclaimer

If using Summit Strategy AI to route signals to proprietary trading firm evaluation accounts (e.g., FTMO, FundedNext, MFF):

  • You are 100% responsible for enforcing risk settings (lot sizes, daily drawdown caps, trailing drawdown rules) that comply with your firm's rules.
  • Zero Liability for Failed Challenges: Summit Strategy AI is not responsible for breached challenge accounts, failed evaluation phases, lost funded accounts, or forfeited prop firm payouts under any circumstances.
  • Group Trading & Copier Restrictions: Prop firms strictly enforce rules regarding identical trade executions across multiple accounts. If multiple users execute the same public TradingView signals resulting in firm bans for "Group Copy Trading", Summit Strategy AI carries zero liability.

5. Regulatory Status Notice

Summit Strategy AI is a pure software technology vendor. We are not registered as a broker-dealer, investment advisor, or Commodity Trading Advisor with the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), or any other global financial regulator. We do not accept funds or provide individual financial advice.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions regarding this Risk Disclosure, please contact us at Support@SummitStrategy.co.uk.