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Risk Disclosure.

LAST UPDATED · JUNE 12, 2026

This Risk Disclosure Statement is provided by Peak Signal Trading LLC (“Peak Signal,” “we,” “us”) and applies to all software, analytics, signals, backtests, research, and other content made available through peaksignaltrading.com and the Peak Signal platform (together, the “Service”). Read it in full before you subscribe — and again before you trade. It is incorporated by reference into our Terms of Service.

01. Options trading risk

Options involve substantial risk and are not suitable for all investors. Options are complex, leveraged instruments whose value can change rapidly and unpredictably. Before trading options you should understand, at minimum, the following:

  • Total loss of premium. A buyer of options may lose the entire premium paid, plus transaction costs, in a short period of time. A large percentage of purchased options expire worthless.
  • Writing risk. Sellers of options can face losses substantially greater than the premium received. Writers of uncovered calls face theoretically unlimited risk; writers of uncovered puts can lose the full strike value less premium.
  • Assignment risk. Writers of American-style options may be assigned at any time before expiration, including early assignment around dividends or expiration weeks, which can create unintended stock positions and margin obligations.
  • Liquidity risk. Some contracts trade with wide bid–ask spreads or thin open interest. You may be unable to close a position at a fair price, or at all.
  • Complexity of spreads. Multi-leg strategies involve multiple commissions, leg-execution risk, and outcomes that can differ sharply from the modeled payoff if legs are filled or closed separately.

Trade options only with risk capital — money you can afford to lose entirely without changing your standard of living.

02. Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options

Prior to buying or selling an option, every investor must receive and review a copy of Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options (the options disclosure document, or “ODD”), published by The Options Clearing Corporation, together with any supplements. Copies are available from the OCC at the link above and from your broker-dealer. Nothing in the Service substitutes for reading the ODD.

03. No advice. No brokerage.

Peak Signal is a financial technology and research company. We are not a registered broker-dealer, investment adviser, futures commission merchant, or commodity trading advisor, and we are not a member of FINRA, SIPC, or NFA. We do not execute trades, route orders, hold funds, or take custody of assets under any circumstances.

All signals, scores, screens, templates, and research delivered through the Service are impersonal and generalized. They are provided for informational and educational purposes only, are not tailored to your objectives, financial situation, or tax position, and do not constitute investment advice or a recommendation, offer, or solicitation to buy or sell any security or derivative. Before acting on anything you see on the platform, consult professionals licensed to advise you — including, where appropriate, a registered investment adviser and a qualified tax professional.

04. Hypothetical and backtested performance

Strategy Lab results, walk-forward studies, and any other backtested figures shown in the Service are hypothetical. They are computed against historical data using modeled fills, modeled slippage, and assumed contract availability. They are not the record of any actual account.

Required disclosure. HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN INHERENT LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFITS OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN. IN FACT, THERE ARE FREQUENTLY SHARP DIFFERENCES BETWEEN HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND THE ACTUAL RESULTS SUBSEQUENTLY ACHIEVED BY ANY PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM.

Backtested strategies are, by construction, designed with the benefit of hindsight: parameters are chosen after the historical outcome is known. Hypothetical results also cannot fully account for the financial risk of actual trading — including the ability to withstand losses and to adhere to a program in spite of losses — or for real-world liquidity, queue position, halts, and event gaps. Treat every backtest as a hypothesis, not a promise.

05. Past performance and testimonials

Past performance, whether actual or indicated by historical tests of strategies, is not indicative of future results. Markets change regime; strategies that performed well historically can and do stop working without warning.

Member testimonials published on this site reflect individual experiences and are not representative of the experience of all members. No testimonial should be read as a claim that you will achieve similar results. Unless expressly stated otherwise, no compensation was paid for testimonials. Trading results vary; losses can and do occur.

06. Market data and latency

Market data displayed in the Service is sourced from third-party providers believed to be reliable, but neither we nor our licensors guarantee its accuracy, completeness, or timeliness. Data may be delayed, consolidated, estimated, or — where labeled on marketing pages — illustrative. Published latency figures are internal medians measured under specific conditions; your delivery times will vary with network, device, and market load.

Signals are informational events, not instructions to trade and not executable quotes. Always verify prices, sizes, and greeks against your broker's live quotes before entering any order.

07. Short-dated options (0DTE)

Options expiring the same day (“0DTE”) or within a few sessions carry heightened risks beyond those of standard-tenor contracts: time decay is extreme and accelerates intraday; gamma is elevated, so small moves in the underlying produce outsized swings in option value; there is little or no time to adjust or repair a losing position; liquidity can thin abruptly around economic releases and the close; and positions held into the final minutes face pin and assignment uncertainty. The entire premium of a short-dated option can be lost within hours or minutes. These instruments demand strict position sizing and are not appropriate for many investors.

08. Your responsibility

You alone are responsible for your trading decisions, order entry, position management, and the risks of every trade. Peak Signal's guardrail features — sizing suggestions, drawdown ceilings, exposure alerts — are configuration tools that operate on the parameters you set. They cannot prevent losses and are not a risk-management guarantee.

Use only risk capital. If you do not fully understand a structure's maximum loss, assignment mechanics, and margin treatment, do not trade it. Questions about this statement can be sent to legal@peaksignaltrading.com or raised with the desk.

This statement supplements — and does not replace — the ODD and the risk disclosures provided by your broker.