⚠️ READ BEFORE ENABLING AUTO-EXECUTE
This disclosure applies specifically to Auto-Execute Mode (Mode A). It is in addition to the general Copy-Trade Risk Disclosure, which you must also have acknowledged.
1. What Auto-Execute Does
When Auto-Execute (Mode A) is enabled:
- Your pre-configured instructions are transmitted to your Broker automatically, in accordance with the execution parameters and rules you have established, without your per-trade approval, whenever a leader you follow publishes a signal that conforms to your configuration.
- Your instructions are transmitted through the Execution Path you have configured to the Broker Account you have connected to Bridge Trading. Your Broker, and not Bridge Trading, effects the execution of all orders.
- You will receive a notification after your instructions are transmitted, not before.
- You are not asked to confirm each individual trade.
When Approval Mode (Mode C, the default) is active:
- You receive a notification for each signal.
- You must tap Approve before any order is placed.
- Nothing executes without your explicit per-trade approval.
Switching from Mode C to Mode A changes this behavior immediately. All future signals from the leader will auto-execute until you switch back to Mode C or disconnect your broker account.
2. You Bear Full Financial Risk
- You may lose some or all of the money in your connected brokerage account.
- Bridge Trading does not guarantee any return, performance level, or protection of capital.
- Certain positions (for example, short options) can lose more than your initial deposit.
- Options trading involves complexity and time decay. Options can expire worthless.
- Past performance of any leader's signals does not guarantee future results.
- A leader's signal may be delayed, incorrect, or based on information you do not have.
- Leaders post alerts manually. A leader generally executes their own trade first, then types the alert. Time spent typing, formatting, or correcting a post happens before Bridge receives the signal and is outside Bridge Trading's control; your entry or exit may therefore lag the leader's own fill regardless of how quickly Bridge routes your order.
- Orders placed automatically may fill at prices significantly different from the signal price (slippage), particularly in fast-moving or illiquid markets.
You are solely responsible for all financial outcomes in your brokerage account.
3. Bridge Trading Is Not Your Financial Advisor
- Bridge Trading is software infrastructure that enables you to configure automated monitoring of, and response to, trade signals published by independent third-party Signal Providers, and to direct your Broker to execute corresponding orders in your Broker Account subject to your pre-configured parameters. It is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, commodity trading adviser, or commodity pool operator. It does not effect, execute, or participate in the execution of any securities transaction. Your Broker, and not Bridge Trading, effects the execution of all orders transmitted through the Service.
- Leaders on Bridge Trading are not your financial advisors. They are community members sharing their own trading activity.
- Nothing on Bridge Trading constitutes investment advice, a recommendation to buy or sell any security, or a solicitation of any investment.
- You are making your own decision to follow a specific leader and to enable auto-execute on that leader's signals. When you enable Mode A, you make a trading decision in advance: you decide to follow that Signal Provider's signals, set position sizing parameters, configure risk controls and kill switches, and authorize the mechanical transmission of instructions consistent with those parameters to your Broker. The decision to trade has been made by you at the time of configuration, not by Bridge Trading at the time of transmission. Bridge Trading's role under Mode A is purely ministerial and consists of mechanically implementing your pre-configured rules.
4. Auto-Execute Is Your Choice — You Can Turn It Off Anytime
- You can switch back to Approval Mode (Mode C) at any time from the Copy Trading tab.
- You can disconnect your broker account at any time.
- You can stop following a leader at any time.
- Switching back to Mode C takes effect immediately. Any signal that has already been published and is in progress at the moment you switch will complete normally.
- Bridge Trading provides a Kill Switch in the Copy Trading console that immediately blocks all future executions (Mode A and Mode C) for your account. Use this in an emergency.
5. Options-Specific Risks
- Options can expire worthless, resulting in a 100% loss of the premium paid.
- Options strategies involving selling (short positions) can result in theoretically unlimited losses.
- Auto-executing options signals requires that your brokerage account have the appropriate options approval level. If your account lacks the required approval level, the order will be rejected by your broker; Bridge Trading is not responsible for this rejection.
- Bridge Trading does not verify your options approval level before placing orders.
6. Technology Risks
- Bridge Trading's systems may experience outages, latency, or errors that result in delayed, failed, or incorrect order placement.
- Your internet connection, your broker's systems, or bridge infrastructure between Bridge Trading and your broker may fail at any time.
- In the event of a technical failure, orders may not be placed, may be placed incorrectly, or may be placed at unintended prices.
- Bridge Trading does not guarantee that every leader signal will result in an executed order in your account.
- You are responsible for monitoring your brokerage account for accuracy and for reporting any discrepancies to your broker promptly.
7. No Performance Claims or Guarantees
- Bridge Trading does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or profitability of any leader's signals.
- Bridge Trading does not endorse, vet, or warrant the performance of any leader.
- Any win rates, returns, or performance figures shown on the platform are historical and do not guarantee future performance. See Hypothetical Performance Disclosure.
- Past performance is not indicative of future results.
8. Your Responsibilities
By enabling Auto-Execute, you confirm that:
- You are of legal age to trade financial instruments in your jurisdiction.
- You have read and understood this disclosure in full.
- You understand that orders will be placed in your account without per-trade approval.
- You have the financial means to absorb potential losses.
- You are using funds you can afford to lose.
- You will monitor your connected brokerage account regularly.
- You will use the Kill Switch or switch back to Mode C if you do not want further auto-executions.
- You understand that Bridge Trading is not responsible for financial losses resulting from auto-executed orders.
9. Regulatory Notice
Bridge Trading is software-as-a-service (SaaS). Bridge Trading is a technology company that develops and operates software tools. It is not a financial services provider, securities intermediary, or market participant. The platform does not custody your funds, manage your account, effect or participate in the execution of any securities transaction, or exercise discretionary trading authority over your account. Your Broker, and not Bridge Trading, effects the execution of all orders. You retain full control of your brokerage account at all times.
This disclosure has not been reviewed or approved by the SEC, FINRA, or any other regulatory authority. It is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult an independent financial or legal advisor before enabling auto-execute if you have any questions about its suitability for your situation.