This User Agreement (the "Agreement") is a binding agreement between Ramsey Quantitative Systems, Inc. ("RQSI," "us" or "we") and each of its users ("Users" or "you") who click the applicable box or link or otherwise acknowledge their acceptance of this Agreement, whether through any website(s), application(s), or any other medium through which RQSI makes this Agreement available (the "Site") and whether or not such user is issued or maintains an account with RQSI. RQSI’s Site, and RQSI’s technology, features, content, and services (collectively with the Site, the "Platform") are provided subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and your access to and use of the Platform is subject to this Agreement. It is your responsibility to review this Agreement before using or accessing the Platform.
You should not be able to access the Platform without affirmatively acknowledging your acceptance of this Agreement, and you should not employ any technology or other means that allows you to do so, but, if you do access the Platform, or portions thereof without affirmatively acknowledging your acceptance of this Agreement, then you will nonetheless be considered a User and your use of the Platform constitutes acceptance of this Agreement. Users who are bound by this Agreement may include, without limitation, traders, brokers and investors.
RQSI reserves the right to make changes, modifications, updates, and amendments ("Modifications"), at any time to the Platform or this Agreement. Any Modifications to this Agreement will be effective upon posting of an updated Agreement. Your continued access or use of the Platform after the posting of any Modifications to the Agreement will constitute your acceptance of the Modifications.
You should not use or access the Platform if you do not agree to the terms of this Agreement and/or do not wish to be bound by this Agreement. To the extent permitted under applicable law, this Agreement requires Arbitration in the event of disputes between users and RQSI or any of its affiliates and limits the availability to Users of class action lawsuits and other remedies.
The Platform allows traders to track, analyze and evaluate their trading performance, either in isolation or in comparison to other traders. While preserving the anonymity of the trader, the Platform also permits other Users to view and analyze the return and risk characteristics of the performance of other traders. Users of the Platform will access it anonymously with respect to other Users and the public, and any User may only be provided with the identification of another User at RQSI’s sole discretion, which discretion is limited only by the express terms of this Agreement.
The Platform contains information regarding RQSI, its technology and its services, which information may include financial trading information, pricing data, trade data, aggregated trade information, performance information, blogs, posts, chat rooms, user comments, publications and other material proprietary to RQSI, as well as links to third party websites. You may download, view, copy and print information, materials and any other aspect of the Site to which RQSI grants you access (i) solely for your own personal informational purposes; and (ii) provided that you do not distribute, modify or alter the materials, including any notices or disclaimers therein. You agree that you are solely responsible for any and all regulatory obligations within your specific jurisdiction or otherwise relating to you that may apply to your use of any RQSI content or services.
You agree not to upload, transmit, or distribute via the Site or any other aspect of the Platform any information which:
You further agree:
You acknowledge and agree that no aspect of the Platform is intended to provide, or should be construed as providing, any investment, financial, tax, legal or other advice of any kind. You should not consider any content on the Platform to be a substitute for investment, financial, tax, legal or other professional advice. RQSI may introduce certain Users to one or more financial institutions or other third parties who may be interested in identifying and potentially working with previously undiscovered trading talent. RQSI is registered with the CFTC as a Commodity Trading Advisor ("CTA") and is a National Futures Association ("NFA") member firm.
RQSI’s Platform is offered as a technology solution only. Users may elect to upload their portfolio, track records and financial performance information to the Platform, in which event RQSI may make such information available to other Users on an anonymous basis. RQSI will not intentionally or knowingly, without a User’s consent, disclose an individual User’s market positions or commercially exploit an individual User’s market data other than on an aggregated basis together with other User market data; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent RQSI from disclosing performance data on an anonymized basis.
You acknowledge and agree that no information, opinion or advice provided by any User or third party (such as a User’s broker) will be construed as the information, opinion or advice of RQSI or any RQSI affiliate, or any of their respective owners or agents (each individually a "Related Party" and collectively the "Related Parties"). RQSI does not generate, verify, approve, endorse, exercise editorial control over, or guaranty the accuracy or completeness of content generated by or received from Users or third parties, whether made available on the Platform or otherwise, and makes no representations or warranties of any kind with respect to any such content or any other information generated by or received from any User or third party.
When reviewing any User information, including performance data, made available on or through the Platform, you should not assume that the provider of such information is unbiased, independent or qualified to provide financial information. RQSI generally relies upon third parties to provide performance data in real-time and endeavors to use commercially reasonable efforts to monitor the reliability and competence of such third parties but cannot guarantee that such third parties’ services will not fail or will always function as intended or as advertised.
You acknowledge and agree that RQSI and the Related Parties are not liable for content or information provided by Users, their brokers or other third parties, including any User or third party generated content that is accessible through the Platform. You acknowledge and agree that you will not bring, file, or assert any claim, proceeding, cause of action, or suit against RQSI or the Related Parties relating to any such content or information, and you waive any right that you may possess to do so.
RQSI has no control over what other Users who access your information through the Platform may do with it. While RQSI will endeavor to maintain the integrity of its Platform, you should be aware that any information you may upload to the Platform or otherwise share over the Platform may be misused by third parties. You should also be aware that the rate of return and statistical information produced through the Platform may not conform to the regulatory standards required within your unique regulatory jurisdiction.
Although RQSI will endeavor to monitor the content of its Platform to identify and remove any fraudulent, misleading or otherwise wrongful or improper content, including information posted to the Platform, and may ban a user for egregious or repeat violations, you acknowledge and agree that RQSI cannot detect or remedy all such posts.
You acknowledge and agree that RQSI and the Related Parties are not obligated to (i) detect or remedy any fraudulent, misleading, or otherwise wrongful or improper post, (ii) monitor any User’s activities on any other sites, or (iii) remedy any misuse of information originally posted to RQSI on another site, and you further acknowledge and agree that you will not bring, file, or assert any claim, suit, proceeding, or cause of action relating to, or seek damages arising from, any failure on the part of RQSI or any Related Party to do so, and you waive any right that you may possess in connection with the same.
RQSI makes no representation or warranty that any content or services are appropriate for use in locations outside the United States. Those who choose to access the Platform from outside of the United States are solely responsible for compliance with local laws. RQSI may, but is under no obligation to, limit the availability and accessibility of its content and services in certain jurisdictions of its choosing. With respect to RQSI’s compliance with privacy laws, please refer to RQSI’s Privacy Policy which is incorporated into and is made a part of this Agreement.
It is possible that RQSI may encounter hardware, electronic, technological and system failures, delays or other issues from time to time, including failures relating to internet connectivity, electrical power and computer crashes.
You acknowledge and agree that you will not bring, file, or assert any claim, suit, proceeding, or cause of action relating to, and that you will not seek damages arising from, any such failures, delays or other issues, and you waive any right that you may possess to do so.