Risk Disclosure

Automation amplifies both discipline and mistakes. Understand the risk.

Trading in securities, options, futures and other derivatives carries a high risk of loss and is not suitable for every investor. Automation does not reduce this risk — it can amplify it, because a flawed algorithm executes its mistakes quickly and without hesitation.

  • A single bug, wrong sign, or bad assumption can generate a rapid series of losing or runaway orders before you can intervene.
  • Backtested and simulated results are hypothetical, are subject to overfitting and hindsight, and do not represent actual trading; live results are typically worse.
  • Slippage, latency, partial fills, connectivity and data-feed failures can turn a profitable-looking strategy into a losing one.
  • Leverage in F&O magnifies both gains and losses; you can lose more than your initial margin.
  • Past performance and illustrative examples do not indicate future results.

Studies by regulators, including SEBI, have found that a large majority of individual F&O traders lose money. Never deploy a strategy with money you cannot afford to lose, always test with paper or forward trading and small size first, and build hard risk limits. This site is educational only — see our SEBI Disclaimer.

Last updated 11 July 2026.