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Price Action Lab Blog Premium Content Service Terms and Conditions

Please read carefully the terms and conditions before subscribing to this service. By subscribing to the Price Action Lab Blog premium content service or purchasing any other products or services you agree to be bound by the terms and conditions below. Note that the author of the premium content maintains the right to change the terms and conditions at any time. Any changes made will be available on this page and will be also announced in a blog post or by email. Members who continue to use the service agree to be bound by the changes in terms and conditions.

Scope of service

The premium content is offered for informational purposes only and none of the information in it constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable for any specific person. The author of the premium content is not a financial adviser, he is not advising, and he will not advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, value, or suitability of any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, investment strategy, or other matter. To the extent any of the information contained in the premium content may be deemed to be investment advice, such information is impersonal and not tailored to the investment needs of any specific person. Any trading signals or trading systems are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute investment advice. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, fitness, or timeliness for any particular purposes of the trading signals or trading systems. Under no circumstances trading signals should be treated as financial advice. Trading involves substantial risks, including possible loss of principal and other losses. If investment or other professional advice is required, the services of a licensed professional should be consulted.

From time to time, the author of the premium content may hold positions or other interests in securities mentioned in the service posts and may trade for their account based on the information presented.  The author of the premium content may also take positions inconsistent with the views expressed in the service posts.

The author of the premium content reserves the right to change any and all content posts, software, and other items used or contained in the premium content website servers, including the pricing of all items, at any time and without notice.

Reference to any products, services, processes, or other information, by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, and supplier or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, sponsorship, or recommendation thereof, or any affiliation therewith, by the premium content author.

The author of the premium content does not receive any fees from securities included in the posts. The premium content does not constitute an offer or solicitation to buy, sell or hold any securities mentioned, or any option contract, derivative contract, or structured product on securities mentioned.

The premium content may include results and analysis obtained from backtesting trading algorithms on historical data. Please note that hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain limitations.

CFTC RULE 4.41 – HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT BEEN EXECUTED, THE RESULTS MAY HAVE UNDER-OR-OVER COMPENSATED FOR THE IMPACT, IF ANY, OF CERTAIN MARKET FACTORS, SUCH AS LACK OF LIQUIDITY. SIMULATED TRADING PROGRAMS IN GENERAL ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE DESIGNED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. NO REPRESENTATION IS BEING MADE THAT ANY ACCOUNT WILL OR IS LIKELY TO ACHIEVE PROFIT OR LOSSES SIMILAR TO THOSE SHOWN.

If investment or other professional advice is required, the services of a licensed professional should be consulted. Subscribers of the premium content service assume the entire risk and cost of any investment and/or trading decisions they undertake. THE AUTHOR DOES NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, CORRECTNESS, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN THE PREMIUM CONTENT SERVICE.

Access to service and member conduct

When a new premium article is available the RSS feed of the blog is updated and in addition the article link may be announced on Twitter. Members can subscribe to new posts via RSS or follow us on Twitter. Price Action Lab Blog may also notify active members via email with the premium article URL but this option may be terminated in the future. We also provide an alternative email subscription service but notifications are not delivered as soon as an article is available and members may experience delays in receiving them. Members are responsible for monitoring the website for article updates. Email notification delivery cannot be guaranteed since we rely on third-party email servers.

You agree not to hold anyone else responsible for your inability to log on to the Price Action Lab Blog website for any reason, including but not limited to incorrect typing of passwords, software incompatibility, power outages, network problems, or website maintenance. You agree to an IP lockout period of up to sixty (60) minutes if you fail to type in your user name, password, or any other information required for logging on to the Price Action Lab Blog correctly three (3) times in a row. You agree to an extension of the IP lockout period for up to two (2) hours if there are three (3) more consecutive login failures within twelve (12) hours following the first three (3) consecutive login failures.

The author of the premium content assumes no responsibility for any errors, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, computer viruses or other types of malicious software, theft or destruction, or unauthorized access to, or alteration of, the premium content. Under no circumstances will the author of the premium content be responsible for any loss or damage, including any personal injury or death, or damage to any person’s computer, mobile phone, or other hardware or software, related to or resulting from anyone’s use of the premium content, or any interactions between the author and subscribers of the premium content, whether online or offline.

You agree not to modify, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble, sublicense, translate, sell,  or adapt any portion of the Price Action Lab website; You agree not to remove any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary rights notices contained at the Price Action lab website web site. You agree not to engage in spamming or hacking, including but not limited to using robots, spyware, or any other form of software or manual method to collect information from the Price Action lab website. You agree not to assist anyone without a valid subscription to gain access to premium content on the Price Action Lab website.

Copyright and limitations on use

You agree to keep your user name and password for accessing the premium content confidential, and not to disclose it to anyone else, publish it, or allow anyone else to use it. You agree not to directly or indirectly offer or transmit all or any portion of the premium content to third parties whether by way of subscription, license, sale, or otherwise. You understand and agree that advanced technical measures may be implemented that permit verifying subscriber compliance with these terms and conditions. If violation of the terms and conditions is suspected, no refunds will be given for any subscription fees received. You can save content from this blog manually that you would like to read later but you agree not to use scripts, crawlers, or scanners to automatically download content from the blog.

All information sent to Price Action Lab Blog in any form, written or electronic, including any article comments, becomes the property of the author of Price Action Lab Blog.

Frequency of service

The author of the premium content will create new posts for the subscribers with a frequency that depends on their membership service. Please refer to the subscription details for the frequency of articles posted. Note that the frequency of premium posts may change at any time and without prior notice.

Length of service

The length of subscriptions to premium content services is decided by the subscriber at the time of registration based on available options.  The available options may be modified from time to time at the discretion of the author of the premium content without prior warning. The service will expire at the end of the paid subscription period. Expired subscribers may request deletion of customer data and generated invoices(s) by emailing support. Price Action Lab Blog may also delete expired customer data without prior warning and in that case, any invoices generated for subscribers will also be deleted. It is recommended that subscribers download their subscription invoice as soon as they subscribe. 

Service cancellation policy

No refunds are offered for premium service subscriptions. Registering for premium service implies your agreement of not requesting a refund and of not filing a dispute with PayPal or a credit card company. If for some reason a refund is enforced, a non-negotiable $25 processing fee will be deducted plus any other expenses made in the process of negotiating the refund. Beginning on October 11, 2019, PayPal will not be refunding fees from the original transaction. You agree that in case a refund is enforced or issued for any reason you will not be reimbursed for the PayPal fees. 

Author vacation and sick days

During author vacation, there may be no premium content posts. The author of the premium content service is entitled to six (6) weeks of vacation time as part of these terms and conditions. There will be no premium content posting during vacation weeks. Actual vacation periods are usually announced in posts or via email at least one day in advance. The author of the premium service is also entitled to five (5) sick days during which there will be no posts of premium content.

Termination of service

If the premium content service is terminated for any reason, including the death or disability of the author, all subscriptions will be canceled without any refunds issued. The author of the premium content or its heirs will not be held responsible, financially or otherwise, for any obligations existing before the service cancellation.

Software sales special terms and conditions

You are granted a nonexclusive license to use the software sold via this website to the extent permitted by your payment of applicable license fees. You will receive an email with the program download URL to the email address you registered with PayPal within 72 hours from receipt of your payment. If a password is required it will be issued after you email us your installation code.

All software sales are FINAL and no refunds will be made on any purchase. No refunds are given for lease cancellations or under any circumstances and there is no exception. There is no money-back guarantee offered with any purchase. We recommend using the demo version first to become familiar with the program and to determine if it suits your needs before placing an order.

Technical software support is available via e-mail. Support is strictly limited to program functions and will not deal with general issues related to trading system development and analysis, workspace parameter selection and settings, etc.

Trading systems – Special terms and conditions

You are granted a nonexclusive license to use the trading systems (also known as trading strategies) sold via this website to the extent permitted by your payment of applicable fees. You will be provided a subscription to Price Action Lab Blog to access the article(s) with the description of the trading systems, and as of this point, the sale will be considered finalized, and there will be no possibility of receiving a refund of any kind or amount.

You agree that the information on trading systems is not to be sold or marketed in any type of computer program or included in any publications or articles produced by you, and not to be disclosed in any type of course of instruction or seminar presented by you. You agree that such disclosure would result in considerable and irreparable damages to the author if the trading system information is disclosed to other parties. You agree that the author shall be entitled to injunctive relief (without the need to prove irreparable harm or to post a bond) or other appropriate relief to restrain or redress any breach or threatened breach of the provisions of these terms and conditions, in addition to any other remedies in law or equity.

You understand that trading or speculating in the financial, stock, options & commodities markets carries inherent risks, including the risk of loss of funds. You acknowledge that you are familiar with these risks and will hold the author harmless for any losses that occur as the result of your trading or investment activities. Trading systems may have extended periods of drawdown, are subject to unpredictable market conditions, and may stop being profitable altogether. You agree to hold harmless and indemnify the author and all of their representatives from any and all claims, and liability of any kind arising from the trading systems, and any and all trading losses or any other issue which may arise as a result of your use of the trading systems.

Maximum liability

NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR INDIRECT DAMAGES; TOTAL LIABILITY CAPPED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR, ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, OR AGENTS BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PERSON FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR LOST DATA ARISING FROM YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PREMIUM CONTENT, OR ANY ERRORS IN THE PREMIUM CONTENT, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR OR ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS IS AWARE OR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE MAXIMUM LIABILITY OF THE AUTHOR AND ITS AFFILIATES, PARTNERS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS TO YOU FOR ALL DAMAGES, LOSSES, AND CAUSES OF ACTION WILL AT ALL TIMES BE LIMITED TO THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU, IF ANY, FOR ACCESS TO THE PREMIUM CONTENT SERVICE OR ANY OTHER SERVICE OFFERED BY THE PRICE ACTION LAB WEBSITE IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING TWELVE MONTHS, BUT IN NO CASE WILL SUCH LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED $1000.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IF NO FEES ARE PAID TO THE AUTHOR OF THE BLOG, YOU SHALL BE LIMITED TO INJUNCTIVE RELIEF ONLY, UNLESS OTHERWISE PERMITTED BY LAW, AND SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO DAMAGES OF ANY KIND FROM THE AUTHOR, REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION.

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Entire Understanding

These terms and conditions contain the entire understanding between you and the author concerning your subscription. You may not assign any of your rights or delegate any of your obligations hereunder without first obtaining the prior written consent of the author.

The terms and conditions were last updated on  July 7, 2021