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Risk disclosure
Please read this in full before you take any step involving money.
Trading forex, CFDs and crypto carries a high risk of losing money, including all of it. Only trade money you can afford to lose. Past performance and simulations are not a guide to the future.
You can lose more than you expect
Prices can move quickly and by large amounts, sometimes in ways that cannot be anticipated. Some instruments are leveraged, which means a small price movement can produce a loss that is large relative to the money you put up, and in some cases larger than it. Orders may be filled at prices worse than expected, particularly in fast or thin markets, and an exit price you have chosen is not guaranteed to be the price you receive.
Losses and recovery are not symmetrical
The larger a loss, the greater the gain needed to return to your starting balance. The relationship is gain = 100 × loss ÷ (100 − loss).
| Loss | Gain needed to return to even |
|---|---|
| 10% | 11.1% |
| 20% | 25.0% |
| 30% | 42.9% |
| 50% | 100% |
| 70% | 233% |
| 90% | 900% |
The figures are arithmetic. They do not imply that recovery is probable.
Broker loss rates
Many brokers publish the share of retail accounts that lose money on certain products. The executing broker for the United Kingdom market is IG Markets Limited, which publishes that 70% of its retail CFD accounts lose money (as of 2026-11-04). Source: IG Markets Limited risk warning. The figure is the broker's, not ours, and it changes over time.
Costs reduce your result
Spreads, commission, financing and other charges are payable whether or not a trade is profitable, and they raise the price move needed to break even. The tools on this website let you estimate that effect, but only from the figures you supply.
Illustrative material is not evidence
Charts, ladders, books and worked figures on this website are illustrative. They are not live data, not quotes and not forecasts. Simulations, including any calculation produced by a tool on this website, do not account for every factor that affects real trading and are not a guide to future results.
No advice
kaiser signal does not provide investment, tax or legal advice, and nothing on this website is a personal recommendation or an offer to buy or sell any instrument. You are responsible for your own decisions. If you are unsure whether trading is appropriate for you, seek independent advice.
Availability and providers
Whether any financial service is available to you depends on where you live and on the terms of the provider concerned. Check those terms, including charges, contract specifications and what happens if you cannot meet a margin or funding requirement.
Take care of your own position
- Decide how much you can afford to lose before you trade, and write it down
- Size positions from that limit, not from confidence
- Understand the instrument, its costs and its contract terms
- Never trade with money you need for essential living costs, or with borrowed money you cannot repay
Questions about this disclosure can be raised through the Contact page.