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Tradevo Risk Disclosure

DRAFT v0.1 — In-house draft. Not legally reviewed. Counsel must review before launch.

Last updated: [DATE]

Please read this carefully before using Tradevo.

Cryptocurrency trading carries significant risk. Algorithmic strategies do not eliminate that risk; they automate decisions you make about how to be exposed to it. You can lose some or all of your assets. Tradevo does not insure your funds. There is no FDIC, SIPC, or any other government deposit or investment protection on the platform.

By using Tradevo, you acknowledge that you have read this Risk Disclosure and accept the risks described below.

1. Market Risk

Cryptocurrency prices are volatile and can decline rapidly. ETH, BTC, SOL, USDC, and other tokens can lose substantial value over hours, days, or weeks. Past performance of any token or strategy does not guarantee future performance.

You should only allocate funds to Tradevo strategies that you can afford to lose entirely.

2. Algo Risk (Strategy Performance)

The strategies ("Algos") available on Tradevo execute rules — they don't predict the future. Even well-designed strategies can produce losses in adverse market conditions.

  • DCA smooths your entry price but doesn't prevent loss if the asset declines overall.
  • Buy-the-Dip can trigger buys during prolonged declines that keep falling.
  • Index Basket rebalances mechanically, which can lock in losses during sustained downtrends.
  • Risk Manager stop-losses can sell at unfavorable prices during volatile moves or fail to execute if liquidity vanishes.
  • Yield Wrapper deposits funds into lending protocols which carry their own smart-contract and counterparty risks.
  • Copy Trade mirrors a wallet whose future trades may not resemble its past trades.

Backtest performance shown for any Algo reflects historical data and is not a prediction. Live performance may differ substantially.

3. Copy-Trade Specific Risk

The Copy Trade Algo mirrors the on-chain activity of a wallet you select. The Top Traders leaderboard features wallets that meet objective historical criteria, but past performance does not predict future performance, and:

  • The wallet you copy may change strategy abruptly
  • The wallet you copy may suffer catastrophic losses
  • The wallet you copy may be involved in insider trading, market manipulation, or other practices we cannot detect
  • The wallet you copy may execute trades that are unprofitable when scaled to your allocation size due to slippage or liquidity
  • The wallet you copy may stop trading entirely

Tradevo cannot identify, vouch for, or hold accountable the operator of any public on-chain wallet. You bear all consequences of the decision to copy a wallet.

4. Smart Contract Risk

Tradevo strategies interact with smart contracts (decentralized exchanges, lending protocols, etc.). Smart contracts can contain bugs, exploits, or vulnerabilities that result in partial or total loss of funds. This risk applies even when the underlying protocol is audited and well-regarded.

Tradevo does not control these protocols and cannot prevent or reverse exploits.

5. MEV and Front-Running Risk

Public blockchain transactions are visible in the mempool before confirmation. Sophisticated actors ("MEV searchers") can:

  • Front-run your trades by submitting their own transactions ahead of yours
  • Sandwich your trades by buying before and selling after, profiting from the price impact you cause
  • Back-run your trades to capture arbitrage you create

Tradevo uses MEV protection where available (private RPCs on Base, transaction prioritization on Solana), but cannot eliminate MEV risk entirely.

6. Slippage and Liquidity Risk

Crypto trades execute at the price available on a decentralized exchange at the moment of execution. Your trade may execute at a worse price than you expected if:

  • Market price moves between transaction submission and confirmation
  • Liquidity for the token pair is thin
  • Your trade size exceeds available liquidity at the best price

Tradevo enforces a maximum slippage tolerance you set, but if no execution is possible within that tolerance, the trade may fail.

7. Session Key Risk

Algorithmic execution requires you to grant a Session Key — a scoped, time-limited signing authority to a Tradevo-controlled signer. Risks include:

  • Tradevo signer compromise: If Tradevo's signing infrastructure is compromised, an attacker may execute trades within your Session Key's scope. Scopes are designed to limit the damage (max trade size, allowed tokens, expiration), but losses are possible.
  • User configuration error: A Session Key with an overly permissive scope exposes more of your funds to algorithm or signer error.
  • Expiration: Session Keys expire and must be re-authorized periodically. An algo will stop executing once its key expires.

You should grant the minimum scope necessary and revoke Session Keys promptly when no longer needed.

8. Gas, Fee, and Cost Risk

Every transaction incurs network fees ("gas") and Tradevo execution fees. In adverse conditions:

  • Gas costs may spike, making small trades uneconomic
  • Frequent rebalancing or many small trades can erode returns through cumulative fees
  • Tradevo execution fees are charged on every swap regardless of whether the trade is profitable

Coinbase Paymaster sponsors gas for routine operations on Base, but this can change at any time.

9. Wallet, Custody, and Recovery Risk

Tradevo is non-custodial. You are responsible for your wallet's security.

  • For email-path accounts, your smart wallet is controlled by passkeys on your device(s). If you lose all your devices and recovery methods, you may lose access to your funds permanently. Tradevo cannot recover smart wallets.
  • For wallet-connect accounts, you control your own wallet via Phantom, Solflare, or similar. Loss of your seed phrase means permanent loss of funds. Tradevo cannot recover external wallets.

10. Third-Party Service Risk

Tradevo depends on third-party services (Coinbase, Privy, Clerk, Helius, Alchemy, Vercel, Railway, decentralized exchanges). Outages, errors, or security incidents at any of these providers may affect Tradevo's operation and potentially your trades. Tradevo is not liable for losses caused by third-party services.

11. Regulatory and Legal Risk

The legal status of cryptocurrencies and algorithmic trading platforms is evolving. Regulatory actions may:

  • Restrict or prohibit certain activities on Tradevo
  • Require Tradevo to suspend services in certain jurisdictions
  • Affect the legality, value, or transferability of specific tokens

Tradevo operates in reliance on current regulatory guidance (including the SEC Division of Trading and Markets staff statement of April 13, 2026 on Covered User Interface Providers). This guidance is not a formal rule and may be modified or withdrawn.

12. Partner Algo Risk

Algos created by third-party authors are software you choose to subscribe to. Tradevo reviews Partner Algos before listing, but:

  • Tradevo does not endorse, recommend, or guarantee any Partner Algo
  • Partner Algos may underperform, malfunction, or produce losses
  • Tradevo's review focuses on safety (no malicious code, scope compliance) — not profitability

You assume all risk of subscribing to any Partner Algo.

13. No Investment Advice; No Guarantees

Tradevo does not provide investment advice. Tradevo is a software interface, not an adviser. Nothing on the platform — including Algo descriptions, performance metrics, leaderboards, educational materials, marketing communications, or support responses — constitutes investment advice or a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any asset.

Tradevo makes no guarantee that any Algo will achieve any particular result.

14. Tradevo is Not SEC-Registered

Tradevo, LLC is not registered with the SEC, FINRA, CFTC, or any state securities or money-transmission regulator. Tradevo operates as a non-custodial software interface in reliance on applicable safe harbors. Your funds are not protected by any government-administered investor protection program (such as SIPC).

15. Acknowledgment

By using Tradevo, you acknowledge that:

  1. You have read and understood this Risk Disclosure
  2. You understand the risks described
  3. You can financially afford to lose the funds you allocate
  4. You are responsible for your own trading decisions
  5. You will not rely on Tradevo for investment, financial, tax, or legal advice

Questions?

Contact us at [hello@tradevo.co].

END OF RISK DISCLOSURE

Drafting notes (remove before publishing)

  • This is intentionally written in plain English for user comprehension (per CUIP Guidance compliance item #5: "prominent disclosures")
  • Counsel should review for completeness against state-specific disclosure requirements
  • Consider requiring affirmative acknowledgment ("I have read and understood the Risk Disclosure") at signup, with timestamp logged
  • Update §11 if/when regulatory landscape shifts

Tradevo is non-custodial and not SEC-registered. Operating under the SEC Covered User Interface Provider safe harbor (effective April 2026).