Risk Disclosure

The risks of trading and the nature of simulated performance.

Trading involves substantial risk. Simulated performance does not guarantee future results in live markets. Nothing on the NYS Markets platform is financial, investment, legal, or tax advice.

Simulated environment

All Program accounts operate in a simulated trading environment. Any balance, profit, loss, drawdown, or payout calculation displayed is hypothetical. NYS does not manage client funds, does not hold third-party money, and does not provide access to regulated financial instruments through these Programs.

Market and strategy risk

Leveraged trading strategies can produce rapid and substantial losses. Market conditions change quickly, and a strategy that performs well in simulation may not perform similarly in real trading. You are responsible for volatility, slippage, gaps, liquidity changes, halts, and execution uncertainty.

Instrument-specific risk

  • Futures: leverage magnifies both gains and losses; front-month liquidity and rollover risk apply.
  • Stocks / equities: gap risk, earnings-event risk, corporate actions, trading halts, and pre-market / after-hours liquidity constraints apply.
  • CFDs (including virtual-currency-pair CFDs, where offered): complex, extremely risky, and highly speculative, with potential for significant losses due to leverage and volatility.

No guarantee of income

Program results, “Average Payout” figures, educational content, dashboards, and payout statistics are illustrative only. They are not a promise, minimum, expected return, or entitlement, and must not be interpreted as expected future income.

This disclosure supplements the risk provisions in each product's Terms & Conditions (see §79–§80). Where they overlap, read them together.
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