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Risk Disclosures

Forward Edge Futures Risk Disclosures

Before you apply, connect an account, or turn on automation, read this page so you understand what Forward Edge does, what it does not do, and the risks that still stay with you as the account owner.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Forward Edge Futures provides automation software for your own futures account. Your money stays with your broker, and you remain responsible for trading risks. Risk controls are intended to limit losses, but actual losses can exceed the planned amount. They do not guarantee profits, order execution, or uninterrupted service.

Important: You can lose money quickly in futures markets. Even with defined stop-loss logic, losses can still exceed expectations because of leverage, slippage, rejected orders, partial fills, outages, misconfiguration, latency, or failures involving brokers, data providers, or other third-party systems.

NFA Hypothetical Results Disclosure

HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE MANY INHERENT LIMITATIONS, SOME OF WHICH ARE DESCRIBED BELOW. 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.

ONE OF THE LIMITATIONS OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS IS THAT THEY ARE GENERALLY PREPARED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. IN ADDITION, HYPOTHETICAL TRADING DOES NOT INVOLVE FINANCIAL RISK, AND NO HYPOTHETICAL TRADING RECORD CAN COMPLETELY ACCOUNT FOR THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL RISK IN ACTUAL TRADING. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ABILITY TO WITHSTAND LOSSES OR TO ADHERE TO A PARTICULAR TRADING PROGRAM IN SPITE OF TRADING LOSSES ARE MATERIAL POINTS WHICH CAN ALSO ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS OTHER FACTORS RELATED TO THE MARKETS IN GENERAL OR TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ANY SPECIFIC TRADING PROGRAM WHICH CANNOT BE FULLY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE PREPARATION OF HYPOTHETICAL PERFORMANCE RESULTS AND ALL OF WHICH CAN ADVERSELY AFFECT ACTUAL TRADING RESULTS.

1. Forward Edge Futures Is Software, Not Account Management

Forward Edge Futures provides broker connectivity, automation controls, dashboard reporting, and operational support for self-directed trading accounts. We do not take custody of your funds, hold margin on your behalf, or assume responsibility for your trading decisions. Your brokerage assets remain with your broker, and you remain responsible for the account at all times.

2. Futures Trading Risk

Futures contracts use leverage, so small market moves can create large gains or losses. Each strategy has its own stop-loss and position-closing rules. Market conditions and execution issues can cause losses to exceed the planned amount. Your broker may close positions or restrict your account based on its margin rules and your account status.

  • Rapid price movement can cause losses before you can react manually.
  • Gap moves, low liquidity, or thin order books may worsen execution quality.
  • Commissions, fees, financing, and slippage can materially affect results.
  • Past performance, screenshots, examples, simulations, or historical dashboards do not predict future results.

3. Automation Can Help Execution, Not Remove Risk

Automation follows preset trading rules and uses risk controls intended to limit losses. Actual losses can exceed the planned amount. Automation can also place orders quickly, increase exposure, or magnify the effect of incorrect settings or a platform issue.

  • Orders may be placed faster than you can manually review them.
  • Incorrect account selection, contract sizing, or mode selection can produce unintended trades.
  • Protective logic can fail, be delayed, or be unavailable when external services fail.
  • Repeated alerts, stale signals, or unexpected platform states can result in missed trades or unintended duplicate activity.

4. Technology, Connectivity, and Integration Risk

Forward Edge Futures depends on third-party technology, including broker APIs, authentication systems, cloud infrastructure, internet connectivity, signal sources, and your local device or browser session. Any of these may fail or change without notice.

  • Broker outages, maintenance windows, API changes, token expiration, or permission changes may interrupt connections.
  • Orders may be delayed, rejected, partially filled, canceled, or executed at a worse price than expected.
  • Dashboard balances, positions, and P&L views may lag or temporarily differ from broker records.
  • Software defects, browser issues, hosting failures, webhook interruptions, or data discrepancies can affect what the platform shows or does.

5. Live, Demo, and Simulated Environments

Demo, paper, or simulated environments can be useful for testing, but they do not fully reproduce live-market conditions. Execution quality, liquidity, slippage, permissions, rate limits, and account behavior can differ materially between demo and live accounts. A setup that appears stable in demo may still behave differently in live trading.

6. Third-Party Broker and Signal Dependency Risk

If you use Forward Edge Futures with Tradovate, NinjaTrader, or TradeStation, your experience depends on that provider’s systems, rules, and permissions. If you use alerts or signals from another source, those signals may be delayed, malformed, missing, duplicated, or not appropriate for the connected account.

  • Forward Edge Futures cannot control broker-side fills, routing decisions, exchange conditions, or platform downtime.
  • Forward Edge Futures cannot guarantee that a third-party alert source matches your intended account, symbol, or risk settings.
  • Your broker’s records remain the authoritative source for account balances, positions, and completed transactions.

7. No Promise of Suitability or Profitability

Forward Edge Futures does not represent that the platform is suitable for your financial situation, experience, risk tolerance, or goals. We do not guarantee profits or improved results. Stop-loss rules and other controls can reduce some risks, but no feature or status indicator guarantees that losses will stay within a particular amount.

8. What You Are Responsible For

You are responsible for deciding whether and how to trade. That includes choosing whether to connect a live account, enable automation, and use a strategy's stop-loss and exit rules with your account size and risk tolerance.

  • Test new setups carefully before live use.
  • Verify the connected account, contract size, and automation status before each session.
  • Monitor your broker account and know how to disable automation or flatten positions through your broker if needed.
  • Use only risk capital you can afford to lose.
  • Consult licensed financial, legal, or tax professionals if you need personal advice.

9. Reporting and Dashboard Limitations

Performance summaries, charts, signal logs, account metrics, and exported platform reports are provided for operational visibility and convenience. They may be delayed, estimated, incomplete, or unavailable. They are not official broker statements or tax forms and should not be treated as your sole books and records for tax, accounting, or compliance purposes. For tax filing, rely on your broker's official statements and forms and use platform exports only as supplemental records.

10. Your Acknowledgment

By using Forward Edge Futures, applying for access, or connecting a broker account, you acknowledge that you have read these disclosures, understand that the service provides software for self-directed futures trading, and accept the risks associated with futures trading, broker connectivity, and automation.