Risk disclosure
Trading cryptocurrency perpetual futures involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. This document is the formal risk disclosure for Hedonist Intel signal services and Hedonist Pro auto-execution. Read it before subscribing.
1. Nature of the product
Hedonist Intel publishes algorithmic trading signals for cryptocurrency perpetual futures. Hedonist Pro additionally auto-executes those signals on a subscriber's own Binance USDT-M Futures account via API key. We do not custody subscriber funds. We do not provide investment advice within the meaning of any specific regulatory regime; the signals are computational outputs of proprietary models and the act of trading them is the subscriber's own decision.
2. High-leverage instruments
Perpetual futures are leveraged instruments. Even at modest leverage, adverse price moves can result in liquidation of the entire position. Hedonist Pro's default settings cap risk at 2% of account capital per trade with a hard −25% safety stop, but these settings are advisory and ultimately the subscriber's account configuration governs actual exposure.
3. Past performance is not future performance
Any backtest figure, equity curve, win-rate statistic, or case-study trade displayed on this site is historical, computed under specific assumptions (1m bar resolution, 0.2% slippage, 0.08% fees, CONC=2, $1,000 starting balance, path-dependent simulation), and is not a guarantee or projection of future results. Real subscriber returns will differ — possibly materially — from any published backtest figure. Markets change; models that worked in one regime may underperform in another.
4. Possibility of total loss
You can lose your entire trading capital. With leverage, you can in theory lose more than your starting deposit (Binance's auto-deleveraging mechanism limits but does not eliminate this in extreme cases). Only deploy capital you can afford to lose entirely without affecting your livelihood or financial obligations.
5. Operational risks
Auto-execution depends on third-party systems (Binance API, internet connectivity, our infrastructure). Outages, API rate-limits, exchange maintenance, key revocation, network partitions, or software bugs can result in trades being missed, executed at unexpected prices, or left open longer than the strategy spec defines. We work to minimize these and publish post-mortems openly when incidents occur, but we cannot eliminate them. Subscribers retain full ability to manually intervene, close positions, or revoke API access at any time.
6. Strategy risks
Strategies can fail or be retired. We have killed strategies (e.g., BURST, ORACLE) when they failed validation, and we will continue to do so. A subscriber who weighted heavily toward one strategy carries concentration risk if that strategy is paused or retired. Diversification across the active signal stack mitigates but does not eliminate this.
7. Regulatory and tax considerations
Cryptocurrency derivatives trading is subject to varying regulation across jurisdictions. Some jurisdictions restrict or prohibit retail access to crypto perpetuals. Subscribers are responsible for ensuring their use of Hedonist services is permitted under their local law and for all tax obligations arising from their trading activity. Hedonist Intel does not provide tax advice.
8. No guarantee of availability
Service availability, signal frequency, model performance, and feature set may change. We may discontinue specific strategies, change pricing, or pause services. Existing subscribers will be notified of material changes; refunds for unused subscription periods are available on request as described in our refund policy.
9. No fiduciary relationship
Subscribing to Hedonist Intel signals or Hedonist Pro does not create a fiduciary, brokerage, or advisory relationship between Hedonist Capital and the subscriber. We are a software-and-research provider; the subscriber is the trader.
10. Acknowledgment
By subscribing to any paid service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and accepted the risks above. If any of the above is unclear, do not subscribe; contact us via Telegram (@hedonist_intel_bot) for clarification.
This is a plain-English risk disclosure intended to communicate genuinely material risks. It is not a substitute for legal advice tailored to your jurisdiction. If you require formal regulatory disclosures or investor protections, you may not be in a jurisdiction we serve.