Risk Disclosure

Effective Date: 25 April 2026
Version: 1.0

Important — please read in full before using the Service. Trading leveraged financial products carries substantial risk of loss, including the potential total loss of your invested capital. By using the GoldStrait Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accept the risks set out below.

1. Nature of the Underlying Trading Activity

The Software configured through GoldStrait, by default, executes trades on XAU/USD (spot gold) instruments via Contract for Difference (CFD) or spot forex contracts at a brokerage chosen by the User. These instruments are leveraged, typically with a leverage ratio between 1:20 and 1:500 depending on the broker and regulatory jurisdiction.

Leverage means: small market movements can produce disproportionately large gains or losses. A leverage of 1:100 means that a 1 % market move equals a 100 % move on your invested margin capital.

2. Mandatory Disclosure per ESMA / BaFin

Pursuant to the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), between 74 % and 89 % of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs. You should consider whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money before trading.

3. No Investment Advice — Software Only

GoldStrait provides software that executes trade rules on the User's brokerage account. Such provision of software constitutes neither investment advice within the meaning of § 1(1a)(1a) of the German Banking Act (KWG) nor portfolio management within the meaning of § 1(1a)(3) KWG / § 2(2)(7) of the German Investment Firm Act (WpIG), nor any equivalent service under U.S. law.

We do not make individualized trading recommendations. We do not assess your personal financial situation, investment goals, or risk tolerance. Whether and to what extent you use the Software is your decision alone.

4. Backtest and Simulation Results

Backtest and simulation results published on our website or in the Service are based on historical price data and modeled execution assumptions:

Variable spreads (2–8 pips for XAU/USD depending on session)
Mean slippage of 0.3 pips, with tail values up to 2 pips during news events
Standard commissions ($0.70 per 0.01 lot for gold)
Walk-forward validation: 70 % in-sample / 30 % out-of-sample, 12-month rolling windows
Monte Carlo stress tests: 1,000 randomized permutations per strategy

Real-world live execution may differ — even significantly — from backtest projections due to:

Sudden market gaps or low-liquidity events
Broker-specific spread widening
Network latency between the Service and your broker
Re-quotes, partial fills, or order rejections
Black-swan events not represented in historical data

Past performance — backtested or live — is not indicative of, and provides no guarantee of, future results.

5. Live Performance Snapshots

Where we display live trading performance from User accounts (e.g., "+ 84.9 % win rate over 449 trades, April 1–15, 2026"), such figures represent a limited time window on a small sample of accounts and are not statistically significant predictors of long-term performance. Markets, strategies, and execution conditions evolve.

6. Total Loss Risk

You may lose all of your invested capital. Possible loss scenarios include but are not limited to:

Market gap through your stop-loss level (e.g., over weekends or during major news)
Broker insolvency or fund unavailability
Software failure, network outage, or third-party API outage
Adverse market regime changes that invalidate the strategy
Operational error in your configuration (e.g., excessive risk-per-trade setting)

Only invest capital you can afford to lose without affecting your standard of living.

7. Your Control and Safeguards

You retain full control of your brokerage account at all times:

Kill-switch: one click in the dashboard halts new trades and closes open positions
Maximum daily loss: configurable per blueprint, e.g., 3 % of equity — bot stops automatically when reached
Maximum risk per trade: configurable, e.g., 0.5 % to 2 % of equity
Manual override: you may close positions, modify orders, or disconnect at any time directly via your broker
No custody: we never have access to your funds, never have withdrawal rights, and cannot move money

8. Tax Implications

Gains and losses from trading activity may be taxable in your country of residence. Tax treatment depends on jurisdiction, holding period, and individual circumstances. We do not provide tax advice. Consult a qualified tax adviser in your country.

9. Conflict of Interest Disclosure

GoldStrait Technologies, LLC and its affiliates may have commercial relationships with brokers (e.g., introducing-broker partnerships) that pay commissions on referred customers' trading volume. Such relationships are disclosed where applicable. Receiving such commissions does not influence the technical execution of your trades — the Software follows the same algorithm regardless of which broker you use.

10. Geographic Exclusions

The Service is not offered to U.S. Persons or to persons in jurisdictions subject to comprehensive U.S. or EU sanctions. See Terms of Service Section 3.2 and 3.3.

11. Acknowledgment

By using the GoldStrait Service, you confirm that:

You have read and understood this Risk Disclosure
You understand that you may lose all invested capital
You are not relying on GoldStrait for investment advice
You are using only capital you can afford to lose
You are responsible for monitoring your own account and trading activity
You meet the eligibility requirements set out in our Terms of Service, including the U.S. Person Exclusion and sanctions compliance representations

12. Contact

Questions about this disclosure: legal@goldstrait.com
GoldStrait Technologies, LLC · 1021 E Lincolnway, 10245, Cheyenne, WY 82001, Laramie County, USA