Legal Disclaimer

The information provided by QuantForge ("the Platform") is for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing on this Platform constitutes financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other form of professional advice.

You should not make any trading or investment decisions based solely on the information, signals, or analysis provided by the Platform. Always conduct your own research and consult with a qualified financial advisor before making investment decisions.

Cryptocurrency trading involves substantial risk of loss. Key risks include but are not limited to:

• Cryptocurrency markets are highly volatile and can experience rapid, significant price movements
• You can lose some or all of your invested capital
• Leverage and derivatives trading amplify both gains and losses
• Market liquidity can dry up without warning, especially during extreme events
• Exchange outages, API failures, and network congestion can prevent timely execution
• Regulatory changes can impact the legality or viability of certain trading activities

Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any returns shown in backtests, simulations, or historical data should not be interpreted as a guarantee or promise of future performance.

QuantForge is not registered as an investment advisor, broker-dealer, securities broker, or financial planner with any regulatory authority in any jurisdiction. We do not hold any financial services licenses.

The Platform is a software tool that provides market analysis and trade execution capabilities. It does not provide personalized investment recommendations. The signals, strategies, and analysis generated by the Platform are algorithmic outputs, not professional financial advice.

QuantForge uses artificial intelligence (Claude by Anthropic and local Ollama models) to generate market analysis and trading signals. Important considerations:

• AI signals are advisory inputs to a rules-based risk framework, never autonomous decision-makers
• AI can reduce position sizes based on risk assessment but can never increase positions beyond defined risk limits
• If the AI service is unavailable, raw strategy signals pass through unchanged
• AI models can make errors, hallucinate, or produce incorrect analysis
• Automated trading bots execute within predefined risk parameters but cannot account for all possible market conditions
• A five-layer risk hierarchy (per-bot, portfolio, AI, correlation, decay detection) provides safeguards but does not eliminate risk

You are ultimately responsible for all trades executed through the Platform, whether initiated manually or by automated bots.

Backtest results presented by the Platform are hypothetical and do not represent actual trading. Important limitations include:

• Hypothetical results do not account for all real-world factors including slippage variance, partial fills, and exchange-specific behavior
• Survivorship bias may affect strategy selection — you see strategies that were developed, not the ones that were abandoned
• Curve fitting and overfitting can produce strategies that perform well on historical data but fail in live markets
• Walk-forward validation and Monte Carlo simulation reduce but do not eliminate the risk of overfitting
• Market conditions change over time, and strategies that worked historically may not work in the future
• Backtests assume continuous market access and perfect data, which may not reflect real conditions

While we employ rigorous validation (5-period regime testing, walk-forward analysis, Monte Carlo confidence intervals), no validation methodology can guarantee future performance.

As a user of the Platform, you are responsible for:

• Using trade-only API permissions with no withdrawal access on your exchange
• Keeping your exchange API keys and account credentials secure
• Monitoring your trading activity and risk exposure
• Understanding the strategies and risk parameters you configure
• Ensuring compliance with regulations in your jurisdiction

We provide the software and documentation. Infrastructure failures, misconfigurations, or security breaches on your deployment are not our responsibility.

The Platform relies on data from third-party providers:

• Binance — OHLCV candles, order book data, funding rates, open interest, and trade execution
• Coinglass — Derivatives data, on-chain analytics, macro indices, and sentiment indicators
• Anthropic — AI-generated market analysis and natural language processing

This data is provided "as is." We do not guarantee its accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Data errors, gaps, or delays from third-party sources may affect strategy performance and trading decisions. You should not rely on any single data source for critical trading decisions.

Cryptocurrency regulations vary significantly across jurisdictions and are evolving rapidly. As a user of QuantForge, you are solely responsible for:

• Determining whether cryptocurrency trading is legal in your jurisdiction
• Complying with all applicable laws, regulations, and reporting requirements
• Fulfilling tax obligations related to cryptocurrency trading gains and losses
• Obtaining any licenses or registrations required for automated trading in your jurisdiction
• Ensuring your use of exchange APIs complies with their terms of service

QuantForge does not provide legal or tax advice. Consult qualified professionals in your jurisdiction for guidance on compliance matters.

QuantForge operates under the laws of the United Arab Emirates, specifically the Emirate of Dubai. This disclaimer and any disputes arising from the use of the Platform shall be governed by UAE law and subject to the jurisdiction of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) courts.

For questions about this disclaimer or any legal matters, contact us at legal@quantforge.site.