GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS
Effective from 1st October 2024 until Further Notice

CUSTOMER AGREEMENT
This is a legal contract between AvaTrade Limited, herein after known as ("AvaTrade", “us” or “we”) its
successors and assigns, and the party/parties (the "Customer", “client” or “you”) executing this document.
This document, together with our Risk Disclosure Statement, Trading Conditions and Charges, Futures
Pricing, and Privacy Statement, represents the terms with which AvaTrade will do business with Customer.
This document sets out the respective rights and obligations of both parties in connection with this service
and both parties will accept and be bound by these terms on acceptance of the terms contained herein
and on completion of the application form by Customer.
In connection with opening an account with AvaTrade to speculate in, and/or purchase, and/or sell, Forex,
Contracts for Differences (hereinafter referred to as “CFDs”), Options (hereinafter referred to as“Options”), contracts traded on futures exchanges (hereinafter referred to as “Futures”) and Spread
Betting, in commodities, metals, currencies and indices, and the receipt of such other services andproducts as AvaTrade may, in its sole discretion, determine to offer from time to time in the future,
Customer acknowledges that it has been advised and understands the following factors concerning
trading in the over the counter market (“OTC”) and/or Spread Betting market, in addition to thosecontained in the Risk Disclosure Statement which has been provided to Customer. We trade contracts fordifferences (“CFD”) transactions in OTC.
In consideration of AvaTrade agreeing to provide services to “Customer”, “client” or “you” in connection
with the purchase of Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting in commodities, currencies, metals
and indices and the receipt of such other services and products as AvaTrade may, in its sole discretion,
determine to offer from time to time in the future and which may be purchased or sold by or through
AvaTrade for Customer’s accounts(s), Customer agrees that the following rights and obligations will
govern the relationship between AvaTrade and Customer.

IMPORTANT NOTICESOTC trading means that trading does not take place on a regulated exchange. There are no guarantees as
to the credit worthiness of the counter party of your Forex, CFDs, Futures, Options and Spread Betting
position. Also, there may be certain cases in which trading liquidity decreases, causing Forex, CFDs,
Options, Futures and Spread Betting in commodities, currencies, metals and indices to cease, thereby
preventing the liquidation of an adverse position which may result in a substantial financial loss.
AvaTrade does not provide investment advice. The market recommendations, signals, information
provided by and/or distributed by AvaTrade are general in nature and based solely on the judgment of
AvaTrade’s personnel or from third party information providers. These market recommendations may or
may not be consistent with the market position or intentions of AvaTrade, its affiliates, and/or employees.

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The market recommendations and information provided by AvaTrade are based upon information
believed to be reliable, but AvaTrade cannot and does not guarantee the accuracy or completenessthereof or represent that following such recommendations will eliminate the risk inherent in trading
Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting. Any market recommendations of, or information
provided by, AvaTrade does not constitute an offer to buy or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy orsell, any OTC transaction. Customer understands and hereby agrees that Customer is capable of, andsolely responsible for, assessing the merits and risks of any trade it may enter into with AvaTrade.
Customer understands that AvaTrade does not permit its Customer representatives to either exercise
discretion or manage an OTC account. If Customer’s account is not being traded with Customer’s
authorisation, Customer must notify AvaTrade immediately.
AvaTrade’s margin policies and/or the policies of those banks/clearing houses through which trades are
executed may require that additional funds be provided to properly margin Customer’s account andCustomer is obligated to immediately meet such margin requirements. Failure to meet margin calls may
result in the liquidation of any open positions with a resultant loss. AvaTrade reserves the right to refuse
to accept any order.
Customer understands that it must carefully review the reports relating to Customer’s trading posted
online by AvaTrade. All reports of execution and statements of accounts will be deemed final unlesscustomer objects within two business days of being posted. Objections may be made initially by email orby telephone, but must be confirmed thereafter in writing.
Customer understands that AvaTrade may establish rules and provisions for client accounts, including but
not limited to minimum account size, investment time period, commissions and fees, leverage size per
instrument, mark ups, rules relating to stop losses and limits, rules relating to rollovers, rules relating tomargin calls, or any other financial arrangement, and that such rules and provisions may be changed by
AvaTrade from time to time.
Customer has read and understands the Customer’s obligations and rights under this Customer
Agreement and agrees and acknowledges that this Customer Agreement, the Risk Disclosure Statement
and the Privacy Statement will comprise the terms of the Customer’s relationship with AvaTrade. The
Customer agrees that Customer is fully responsible for making all decisions as to transactions effected for
Customer’s account. Customer has considered the foregoing factors and in view of Customer’s present
and anticipated financial resources, Customer is willing and able to assume the substantial financial risksof OTC trading.

IT IS THE CUSTOMER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND OUT ALL NECESSARY INFORMATION ABOUT TRADINGIN FOREX, CFDs, OPTIONS, Futures AND SREAD BETTING AND AVATRADE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND

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MAKE SURE THAT ALL RISKS AND ARRANGEMENTS ARE DISCUSSED AND CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD PRIORTO ANY TRADING ACTIVITY.

1.

TERMS AND HEADINGS

1.1“AvaTrade” shall, where the context so permits or requires, be deemed to mean Ava Trade Ltd its
subsidiaries and affiliates and their successors and assigns;

1.2"Customer" shall mean the party (or parties) who have agreed to be bound by the terms of thisAgreement;

1.3"Agreement" shall include this agreement and all other agreements and authorizations executed
by Customer in connection with the maintenance of Customer’s account with AvaTrade.
The paragraph headings in this Agreement are inserted for convenience of reference only and are
not deemed to limit the applicability or affect the meaning of any of its provisions.

2.

INFORMATION ABOUT AVATRADE

2.1

AvaTrade, trading as “AvaTrade”, is a member of the Ava Group.
The Ava Group consists of:•

Ava Trade Ltd.

•AVA Trade EU Limited.

•

Ava Capital Markets Australia Pty Ltd•

Ava Trade Japan K.K•

Ava Capital Markets Pty Ltd•

Ava Trade Middle East Limited•

Ava Ireland Limited

2.2

Ava Trade Ltd is a registered financial services company in the British Virgin Islands and is fully
licensed and regulated by the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission. The B.V.I
Financial Services Commission is the Territory's single financial services Regulator responsible forauthorising and licensing companies or persons to conduct financial services business.

3.

CATEGORISATION

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3.1

It is our policy to treat all of our clients as retail clients irrespective of the existence of any
categorisations in the client’s country of residence.

4.

COMMUNICATION

4.1

The principal method of communication between AvaTrade and Customer will be electronicallyvia AvaTrade’s website and on-line trading platforms.

4.2

Information regarding orders placed and executed will be addressed personally to Customer
through a customer specific account.

4.3

However, certain information will be provided generally on our website, such as general market
recommendations and Customer hereby consents to receiving information not addressed
personally to customer in that form and you confirm that you have regular access to the internet
and our website.

4.4

Customer may also place orders via the phone with our dealing room. In the course of our dealings
with you, you may place orders with us via our on-line trading platform in the languages which
are posted on our website, which is updated with additional languages from time to time.

4.5

Where orders are placed by phone via the dealing room you may communicate with us in any oneof the languages which are listed on the website.

4.6

All written communications from us to you will be in the language used to register your accountvia our website.

5.

AUTHORISATION TO TRADE

5.1

AvaTrade is authorised to enter into Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting contracts
on an over-the-counter basis with Customer in accordance with Customer’s oral or written orcomputer instructions, subject to the terms of this Agreement and all annexes hereto. AvaTradeenables Customers, on an execution only basis, to conduct transactions and hold positions inderivatives via the network of brokers, clearing members, counterparties, banks, stock exchanges
and other parties with whom AvaTrade has a direct or indirect relationship5.2

For trading in Futures, Customer hereby acknowledges that AvaTrade is not the counterparty of
the Futures contracts but acts as an intermediary/commission agent in its own name for theaccount and risk of the Customer. AvaTrade has appointed a 3rd Party Futures Commodities
Merchant (‘FCM’) for the omnibus accounts where client funds are received and held, with the
exception of a limited proportion, based on operational requirements, which is held with theclearing members and the futures exchanges. Ava Trade has appointed a 3rd Party Futures
Commodities Merchant (‘FCM’) clearing member as executing broker and clearer. Without
derogating from the foregoing, AvaTrade reserves the right to select, at its sole discretion, any

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other intermediate commission agent, broker and/or trading venues as its correspondent
executing and/or clearing broker to carry out an execution of a Futures contract. In the case ofdefault or improper performance, AvaTrade will assign its claims against the engaged agents orbodies to the applicable Customer. Insofar as any third party clearing member, agent, broker
and/or trading venue requires from AvaTrade, the Customer cannot exercise rights against suchthird parties and will not hold them liable for damage. The Customer acknowledges that each
Futures contract shall be deemed a Collateral Margined Transaction under the ‘Client Asset
Requirements’ issued by the Central Bank, since each Futures order will be affected by AvaTradefor a Customer under the terms of which the Customer will, or may, be liable to make a depositof cash or give collateral, either at the outset or subsequently, in order to secure performance ofan obligation which the Customer may have to perform when the transaction falls to becompleted or upon the earlier closing of the Customer’s position with such Futures contract.
5.3

On completion of the application form by Customer, AvaTrade will issue Customer with a secure
password which is to be used with the chosen user-name of the Customer.

5.4

AvaTrade’s security systems are designed to ensure that any information provided to and from
Customer is securely transmitted. Customer is obligated to keep passwords secret and is solely
responsible for ensuring that third parties do not obtain access to the password or AvaTrade's
trading facilities.

5.5

Customer agrees to be exclusively responsible for any instruction received electronically that is
identified with Customer’s password and account number and for any electronic, oral and written
instruction to AvaTrade from persons AvaTrade in its sole judgment, believes are apparently
authorized by Customer.

5.6

If Customer’s account is titled as a joint account, AvaTrade is authorised to act on the instructionsof any one owner, without further inquiry, with regard to trading on the account and thedisposition of any and all assets in the account.

5.7

AvaTrade shall have no responsibility for further inquiry into such apparent authority and noliability for the consequences of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by AvaTrade in relianceon any such instructions or on the apparent authority of any such persons.

5.8

AvaTrade has the authority to require joint action by the owners of the account in respect of theaccount. AvaTrade may send all correspondences and documents in respect of the account to any
one owner of a joint account.

5.9

AvaTrade has possession over the security of the account whether individual or joint.

5.10 If a death occurs to one or more of the owners of a joint account, AvaTrade shall be notified inwriting and shown proof of a death certificate. All expenses due at the date of notification shallbe charged to the account.

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5.11 Up to the time valid written notification is provided to AvaTrade, each owner of a joint account ispresumed to have an equal share in the joint account.

6.

APPROPRIATENESS OF TRADING

6.1

Although AvaTrade issues general market recommendations, these should not be construed as
personal recommendations or advice to trade with AvaTrade. As such we are under no obligation
to assess the suitability or otherwise of the Customer trading Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures andSpread Betting with AvaTrade. All trades entered into by Customer represent an independent
decision by the Customer to trade with AvaTrade.

7.

GOVERNMENTAL COUNTER PARTY INSTITUTION AND
INTERBANKING SYSTEM RULES

7.1

All transactions under this Agreement shall be made in accordance with usage, rulings andinterpretations of the counter party institution, exchanges or other interbank market (and its
clearing organization, if any) and with all applicable laws and regulations.

7.2

If any statute shall hereafter be enacted or any rule or regulation shall hereafter be adopted byany governmental authority, or a contract market, exchange or clearing organization which shallbe binding upon AvaTrade and shall affect in any manner or be inconsistent with any of theprovisions hereof, the affected provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed modified orsuperseded, as the case may be, by the applicable provisions of such statute, rule or regulation,
and all other provisions of this Agreement and provisions so modified shall in all respects continue
in full force and effect.

7.3

Customer acknowledges that all transactions under this Agreement are subject to theaforementioned regulatory requirements and Customer shall not thereby be given any
independent legal or contractual rights with respect to such requirements.

7.4

While trading in Futures, if any regulated market, exchange, clearing broker or other agents
engaged by AvaTrade takes any action which affects a transaction or contract in Futures, directly
or indirectly, then AvaTrade is entitled to take any action it considers desirable or appropriate inits sole discretion in relation to any Futures contract or transaction with the Customer. In addition,
if trading in particular contracts is suspended, in whole or in part, on a futures exchange and alltransaction orders are therefore cancelled, all orders of the Customer for such suspended
contracts shall also be deemed cancelled.

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MARGINS AND DEPOSIT REQUIREMENTS

8.1

Customer shall provide to and maintain with AvaTrade margin in such amounts and in such forms
as AvaTrade, in its sole discretion, may require which may include initial margin and/or
maintenance margin requirements.

8.2

Such margin requirements may be greater or less than margins required by those banks or brokers
with which trades are executed or under rules of exchanges of clearing houses or governmental
and other regulatory agencies.

8.3

AvaTrade may change margin requirements at any time for any open or new positions and forsome or all products, in AvaTrade’s sole discretion.

8.4

Customer shall monitor their account so that at all times so that the account contains sufficient
equity to meet margin requirements. Customer shall maintain, without notice or demand,
sufficient equity at all times to continuously meet margin requirements.

8.5

Customer agrees to deposit by immediate wire transfer, or other payment method acceptable to
AvaTrade, such additional margin when and as required by AvaTrade and will promptly meet all
margin calls in such mode of transmission as AvaTrade in its sole discretion designates.

8.6

For the purpose of determining a Customer’s compliance with AvaTrade margin requirements,
AvaTrade will determine in its sole discretion the values of positions and assets in such Customer’s
account. AvaTrade’s calculations may differ from the values or prices disseminated by exchanges
or other market data sources and AvaTrade shall have sole discretion in deciding whether andhow to value securities, derivatives, OTC products or other investment products. AvaTrade may
raise margin requirements in advance of an upcoming change in the required exchange or clearing
house margin even before the effective date of such change.

8.7

AvaTrade may at any time proceed to liquidate Customer’s account, unilaterally and possibly
without prior notification, including without limitation in the event (i) equity of an account nolonger meets the margin requirements specified by an AvaTrade partner or depository bank, (ii)
AvaTrade anticipates that the holding of an option position or any other position in the Client’s
account likely will result in a future margin violation or (ii) AvaTrade determines that liquidationis necessary or advisable for its protection. Customer acknowledges that even if a margin call isissued, AvaTrade still may liquidate positions at any time. Any failure by AvaTrade to enforce its
rights hereunder shall not be deemed a waiver by AvaTrade to enforce its rights thereafter.
Customer cannot choose which positions will be liquidated to cover a margin call and suchdecision shall be made solely by AvaTrade, its partners and/or a depository bank.

8.8

AvaTrade retains the right to limit the amount and/or total number of open positions which
Customer may acquire or maintain at AvaTrade, and to increase margin requirements in advance

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of earnings or other news or events, with or without notice, either before such events or
retroactively or at any other time that it deems at its sole discretion.
8.9

AvaTrade may reject any order if the account has insufficient equity to meet margin requirements,and may delay processing any order while determining margin status. Orders must be placed
allowing sufficient time to execute and to calculate margin requirements.

8.10 Profits deriving from a transaction shall be added to Customer's account as additional margin, as
long as the transaction is open, and upon the closing of the transaction, as an addition to theavailable balance for withdrawal.
8.11 Losses deriving from a transaction shall be deducted from Customer's account.
8.12 AvaTrade may reject any order if the account has insufficient equity to meet margin requirements,and may delay processing any order while determining margin status. Orders must be placed
allowing sufficient time to execute and to calculate margin requirements.

9.

BONUSES

9.1

AvaTrade may elect to grant a benefit to Customer by depositing bonus amounts in Customer's
trading account, subject to certain terms and conditions as shall be determined by AvaTrade, at
its sole discretion. Such bonus amounts may not be withdrawn by Customer, unless Customer
complies with the applicable trading requirements posted on AvaTrade's website as may beamended from time to time or as communicated to Customer.

9.2

If AvaTrade suspects or has reason to believe that Customer has attempted fraudulent activity inorder to claim a bonus, or any other promotion, AvaTrade reserves the right to:(i)Cancel or reject the bonus promotion, and any related Trading Agent bonus, at its sole
discretion(ii) To terminate Customer’s access to services provided by AvaTrade and/or terminate thecontract between AvaTrade and the Customer for the provision of services,(iii) To block Customer's Account(s) and to arrange for the transfer of any unused balance toCustomer.
9.3

If AvaTrade suspects or has reason to believe that Customer has abused the terms and conditionsof a bonus offer by hedging positions internally (using other trading accounts held with AvaTrade)or externally (using other trading accounts held with other brokers), AvaTrade reserves the rightto cancel bonuses, and any trades or profits associated with Customer’s account(s).

9.4Bonus promotions may be restricted in certain jurisdictions.

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9.5

AvaTrade reserves the right to cancel or reject bonus promotions at its sole discretion.

10. OPTIONS
10.1 Options are contracts that give the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy (in the case of aCall Option) or to sell (in the case of a Put Option) a specified FX/CFD at a specified price (the“Strike”) at a specified time and date (the “Expiration”), from or to the seller of the option. These
are commonly known as European style vanilla options.
10.2 The proceeds of the purchase or sale of an Option (the "Cost", or "Premium") will be immediately
debited or credited to the cash balance of the account. At Expiration, Options that are in themoney will be automatically closed out at intrinsic value, that is, in the case of Call Options, theamount by which the closing price of the specified FX/CFD exceeds the strike price, and in thecase of Put Options, the amount by which the Strike exceeds the closing price of the specified
FX/CFD. For long Call and short Put positions, the closing price will be the prevailing bid price of
the underlying FX/CFD at Expiration; and for short Call and long Put positions, the closing pricewill be the prevailing ask (offer) price of the underlying FX/CFD, as determined by Ava in its sole
discretion. Options that are not in the money will expire worthless.
10.3 The Customer acknowledges, recognizes and accepts that AvaTrade quotes variable spreads on
Options. The Client is specifically made aware that variable option spreads are affected by actual
market conditions, which are beyond AvaTrade’s control. AvaTrade does not guarantee any
maximum or minimum quotable option spreads. There may be times when Options quotes are
not available in some underlying FX/CFDs.
10.4 We allow you to perform various transactions, including in respect of options based on various
indices that shall be defined by us from time to time (for example, index rates and stock andoption rates), and to receive financial information and various other services as we shalldetermine in our sole discretion. Prior to effecting any transaction, we advise you to read the
explanations that may be found on the website regarding each type of transaction. The rules oftrade are set exclusively by AVA.
10.5 We will make available, by posting on www.avafx.com / www.avatrade.com, the current priceapplicable to a share or index, and offer you the opportunity to submit a put or call position in
respect of such share. Each position shall be for a specified expiry time. We expect that the current
prices will be reasonably related to the actual prices of such shares available in the market. We
make no warranty, express or implied, that the quoted prices represent prevailing quoted prices.

11. FUTURES
11.1 Non-Professional User

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11.2 You declare that all market data, quotes or other content provided is exclusively for your own use
and cannot be distributed or published in whatever format to any third party.
11.3 The exchanges providing you with real-time market prices distinguish between professional andnon-professional users of their market prices. The criteria defining a non-professional user may
differ slightly from exchange to exchange and can evolve.
11.4 A non-professional user meets the following criteria:(a) you are not a member of any exchange(b) you have not as your primary business a purpose that involves trading(c) you are not registered as a professional trader or investment adviser with any exchange,
regulatory body or professional association(d) you do not obtain market prices directly or indirectly on behalf of a financial institution(e) you do not obtain market prices in order to manage the assets of any third party(f) you obtain the market prices solely for a personal, non – commercial use in order to manage
your own assets
11.5 If you are a professional user or real – time data or if you become one, you must inform us inwriting.
11.6 Auto-Liquidation
11.7 AvaTrade offers a platform(s) with functionality that allows for AvaTrade, in its sole discretion, toautomatically liquidate positions in margin-deficient accounts. Customer acknowledges andagrees that trading will be subject to auto-liquidation, without notice, at AvaTrade’s sole
discretion. Customer further acknowledges that auto-liquidation does not offer price certainty forexisting positions nor does it create a “floor” or “limit” on potential trading losses. When possible,
AvaTrade recommends that Customers submit orders to exit open positions.
11.8 In futures trading, the margin to buy or sell a contract and/or hold a contract from one trading
session to and/or through another is commonly referred to as Overnight Margin. If a Customer
intends to carry a position overnight (or does not intend to close its position prior to 15 minutes
before the close), Customer must post Overnight Margin by 15 minutes before the close of therelevant exchange. The margin requirement is set by the exchange on which the contract trades
but may be raised at any time by AvaTrade at our sole discretion. Day Margin refers to the amountof margin required to open, hold, and close a position within the same trading session and isgenerally a reduced holding requirement as compared to the Overnight Margin required by theexchange the asset is traded on. The reduced requirement of Day Margin can be used to increase
leverage. This increased leverage can increase the risk associated with the trades.

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11.9 Day Margin applies during exchange market hours up to 15 minutes prior to market close. At anyother time of the day the account shall typically reflect AvaTrade’ Overnight Margin requirements.
The Customer is required to monitor their account to maintain sufficient margin at all times. In
the event that the Customer’s Equity, falls below the maintenance margin requirement and/or
the full margin requirement during the closing period, or if positions are held within apredetermined number of ticks in front of lock limit up or down moves and prior to contract
expiration, AvaTrade has the right, but not the obligation, in its sole discretion, to auto liquidate
any or all of the open positions in the account. In the event of an auto liquidation, AvaTraderetains sole discretion to determine the order by which positions will be auto-liquidated.
AvaTrade shall not be held liable for any losses arising from such liquidations. AvaTrade further
has the right, but not the obligation, at its sole discretion to cancel any or all working orders
affecting the Customer’s Equity prior to liquidation. For the avoidance of doubt, AvaTrade may
cancel working orders in certain other scenarios where liquidating a position is not necessary.
Customer acknowledges and agrees to his/her account being auto liquidated as a market order.
If for any reason, positions are unable to be liquidated, Customer remains liable for the positions
and for adverse market movements affecting the account. Further, the Customer is liable andpromptly shall pay any debit balance that may result from the account being auto liquidated.
11.10 AUTO LIQUIDATION FEES
11.11 In the event that the Customer’s account is auto liquidated, AvaTrade may charge a fee to theCustomer. Fees will be debited from the Customer’s account. For all fees related to auto liquidation, please visit our website at avafutures.com.
11.12 All transactions handled by AvaTrade on Customer’s behalf shall be subject to the constitution,
regulations, customs and interpretations of each exchange or market (and its clearing house, ifany), on which the trades are executed, and to all applicable statutes and governmental
regulations. AvaTrade shall not be liable to Customer as a result of any action taken by AvaTradeto comply therewith. AvaTrade’s violation of any exchange or other self - regulatory organization’s
regulations shall not provide Customer with either a defense to a claim by AvaTrade or the basisof a claim against AvaTrade. AvaTrade has no obligation to ensure that Customer abides by therules and regulations pertaining to it.
11.13 POSITIONS AND DELIVERIES
11.14 Customer acknowledges Customer’s reporting obligations (regarding certain sized positions)
under CFTC Regulations, including the obligation to complete Form 40 upon request by the CFTC.
Customer acknowledges that the making or accepting of delivery pursuant to a futures contract
may involve a much higher degree of risk than liquidating a position by offset. AvaTrade has nocontrol over and makes no warranty with respect to grade, quality, or tolerances of any
commodity delivered in fulfilment of a contract. Customer understands that, unless the contract
specifications state to the contrary, every futures contract contemplates delivery and Customer

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shall promptly advise AvaTrade if Customer intends to make or take delivery. When Customer
intends to take delivery, Customer shall deposit with AvaTrade the full value of the commodity atleast one (1) business day prior to the first notice day and, in the case of short positions, at least
four (4) business days prior to the last trading day. Alternatively, sufficient funds to take deliveryor the necessary documents must be in the possession of AvaTrade within the same periods
described above. If AvaTrade does not receive the aforementioned instructions, funds or
documents, AvaTrade is authorized, at its discretion, to borrow or buy any property necessary tohonor such obligation, and customer shall pay and indemnify AvaTrade for any costs, losses,
penalties or damages (including, but not limited to delivery and storage costs) which AvaTrademay incur in fulfilling this responsibility.
11.15 AvaTrade does not permit physical or cash settlement of trades. The customer agrees that if they
have open trades or open pending orders on instruments/assets 2 business days prior to the First
Notice Date or the Last Trade Date of that instrument, whichever occurs first, the positions they
have will be closed by AvaTrade and a fee may be charged.
11.16 To determine these dates, please visit the exchange's webpage and search for the exchange
symbol. Once you locate the First Notice Date (FND) and the Last Trade Date (LTD) of the
instrument, identify whichever occurs first, and then subtract 2 business days (T-2) to obtain the
Ava expiry date
11.17 ORDERS
11.17.1 SLIPPAGE
11.17.2 You are warned that Slippage may occur when trading in Futures. This is the situation
when at the time that an Order is presented for execution, the specific price showed to
the Client may not be available; therefore, the Order will be executed close to or anumber of pips away from the Client’s requested price. So, Slippage is the difference
between the expected price of an Order, and the price the Order is actually executed at.
If the execution price is better than the price requested by the Client, this is referred toas positive slippage. If the executed price is worse than the price requested by the Client,
this is referred to as negative slippage. Please be advised that Slippage is a normal
element when trading in financial instruments. Slippage more often occurs during
periods of illiquidity or higher volatility (for example due to news announcements,
economic events and market openings and other factors) making an Order at a specificprice impossible to execute. In other words, your Orders may not be executed at
declared prices. It is noted that Slippage can occur also during Stop Loss, Take Profit andother types of Orders. We do not guarantee the execution of your Pending Orders at theprice specified. However, we confirm that your Order will be executed at the next best
available market price from the price you have specified under your pending Order.
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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS(a) Market Order (s)A market order is an order to buy or sell a financial instrument at the current price.
Execution of this order results in opening a trade position. Financial instruments arebought at ASK price and sold at BID price. Stop Loss and Take Profit orders can be attached
to a market order. All Futures are executed per the Exchange Order Rules.
(b) Take Profit
Take Profit order is intended for gaining the profit when the financial instrument pricehas reached a certain level. Execution of this order results in complete closing of thewhole position. It is always connected to an open position or a pending order. The ordercan be requested only together with a market or a pending order. Under this type oforder, the Company’s trading platform checks long positions with Bid price for meetingof this order provisions (the order is always set above the current Bid price), and it doeswith Ask price for short positions (the order is always set below the current Ask price).
Take Profit Orders are executed once the price reaches the requested level (stated prices).
(c) Stop Loss
This order is used for minimization of losses if the financial instrument price has started
to move in an unprofitable direction. If the financial instrument price reaches this level,
the whole posit ion will be closed automatically. Such orders are always connected to an
open position or a pending order. They can be requested only together with a market ora pending order. Under this type of orders, the Company’s trading platform checks longpositions with Bid price for meeting of this order provisions (the order is always set below
the current Bid price), and it does with Ask price for short positions (the order is always
set above the current Ask price). Stop Loss Orders are executed at the first available price.

12. AVAPROTECT
12.1 AvaProtect is a risk management tool that offers protection against losses on a specific position
for a chosen time frame in exchange for a fee paid at the time of purchase.
12.2 Customers may be offered AvaProtect at the time of opening positions, and at other times.
12.3 AvaProtect is only available via AvaTradeGO.
12.4 Each AvaProtect contract relates to a specific position (the "covered position") and is nottransferable to other positions.

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12.5 Each AvaProtect contract has a fixed Expiration Date and Time, or Term.
12.6 The fee paid for AvaProtect is based on the expected volatility of the underlying position over theperiod of the contract.
12.7 Fees paid for AvaProtect are deducted from an account's free cash balance at the time ofpurchase.
12.8 The fee paid for AvaProtect is non-refundable.
12.9 AvaProtect does not refund any overnight interest costs, commissions, or other fees if applicable.
12.10 If a customer purchases an AvaProtect contract for a position, then
12.10.1 If the customer realizes losses on a covered position prior to the AvaProtect Expiration
date and time for any reason, including Stop Loss, AvaTrade will credit the account withthe loss.
12.10.2 If the customer has unrealized losses on a covered position as of the time the AvaProtect
Expiration date and time, AvaTrade will credit the account with that unrealized loss,
based on the prevailing market price of replacing the protected position, in AvaTrade’ssole discretion. No action is required by the customer on the Expiration of AvaProtect toreceive this credit, and the position remains open.
12.11 AvaProtect contracts have no value after the protected position is closed or after the Expiration
date and time, whichever occurs first.
12.12 AvaProtect contracts have no impact on required margin, and accounts do not reflect any
potential unrealized value of AvaProtect contracts.
12.13 Customers are always required to maintain adequate margin or positions may be closed.

13. CUSTOMER ASSETS
13.1 Interest is not payable by AvaTrade on client funds deposited by Customer.
13.2 All funds, securities, currencies, and other property of Customer which AvaTrade or its affiliates
may at any time be carrying for Customer (either individually, jointly with others, or as a guarantorof the account of any other person,) or which may at any time be in its possession or control orcarried on its books for any purpose, including safekeeping, are to be held by AvaTrade as security
and subject to a general lien and right of set-off for liabilities of Customer to AvaTrade whether
or not AvaTrade has made advances in connection with such securities, commodities, currencies
or other property, and irrespective of the number of accounts Customer may have with AvaTrade.

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13.3 AvaTrade may in its discretion, at any time and from time to time, without notice to Customer,
apply and/or transfer any or all funds or other property of Customer between any of Customer’s
accounts.
13.4 Customer hereby also grants to AvaTrade the right to pledge, re-pledge, hypothecate, invest or
loan, either separately or with the property of other Customers, to itself as broker or to others,
any securities or other property of Customer held by AvaTrade as margin or security.
13.5 AvaTrade shall at no time be required to deliver to Customer the identical property delivered toor purchased by AvaTrade for any account of Customer.
13.6 This authorization shall apply to all accounts carried by AvaTrade for Customer and shall remain
in full force until all accounts are fully paid for by Customer or notice of revocation is sent by
AvaTrade from its home office.
13.7 Any failure by AvaTrade to enforce its rights hereunder shall not be deemed a future waiver ofsuch rights by AvaTrade.
13.8 AvaTrade is irrevocably appointed as attorney in-fact for Customer and is authorized, without
notice to Customer, to execute and deliver any documents, give any notice and to take any actions
on behalf of Customer, including the execution, delivery and filing of financing statements, that
AvaTrade deems necessary or desirable to evidence or to protect AvaTrade’s interest with respect
to any collateral.
13.9 In the event that the collateral deemed acceptable to AvaTrade is at any time insufficient to satisfy
Customer’s indebtedness or other obligations to AvaTrade, including obligations to provide
margin hereunder, Customer shall promptly pay upon demand the entire amount of such deficit.
13.10 Default of Credit Institution and Monitoring:
13.10.1 In the event of default of one of our appointed credit institutions, AvaTrade does not
accept responsibility and is not subject to any liability arising from losses to clients arisingfrom such a default.
13.10.2 However, we conduct appropriate and continuing risk assessment of our appointed
credit institutions in order to ensure that our appointed credit institutions are safe
repositories.
13.10.3 We will supply the details of our appointed credit institutions on request to retail clients,
including the names of those institutions and the client account details.
13.10.4 Where Customer does not wish AvaTrade to deposit funds with a particular credit
institution we will return such funds to Customer as soon as possible.

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13.11 Pursuant to section 13.4 Customers trading on the Ava Futures platform agree to the transfer offull ownership of funds to AvaTrade for the purpose of securing or otherwise covering a required
margin and as such the required margin will no longer be treated as belonging to the Customer.
AvaTrade will deposit the required margin as collateral with its liquidity provider(s). These funds
will not be registered in the customer’s name. Funds deposited by the Customer in excess of therequired margin will be treated as client funds in accordance with the Client Asset Requirements.
13.12 In the case of Futures contracts, Customer hereby expressly consents and agrees that AvaTrademay (i) pledge, charge or grant a security arrangement over customer assets to a relevant partyor an eligible custodian; (ii) use customer assets as security for AvaTrade’s own obligations; and(iii) return to a Customer assets which are not the original assets of such Customer.
AvaTrade has entered into an indirect clearing agreement ("Indirect Clearing Agreement"), witha 3rd party Futures Commodities Merchant (‘FCM’) through which shall provide for the execution
and clearing of futures transactions ("Transactions") via an omnibus account. Pursuant to theIndirect Clearing Agreement, Transactions may be redirected by the FCM and executed and/or
cleared by affiliates of the FCM or another affiliate of the FCM Group., or a non-affiliated third
party. General terms that govern this agreement include:
13.12.1 AvaTrade shall maintain an omnibus account with FCM for the purpose of executing andclearing Future products traded on regulated exchange, and if agreed upon, any otherallowable instruments, as offered by FCM for such account though FCM
13.12.2 Client Funds received by AvaTrade for the purpose of executing and clearing Future
products traded on regulated exchange shall be held in FCM omnibus account.
13.12.3 FCM shall provide an omnibus basis, execution and clearing services as requested by
AvaTrade;
13.12.4 FCM generally shall be responsible for receiving and accepting AvaTrade Customer
orders (and modifications and cancellations thereof) and transmitting them forexecution on various exchanges through FCM.
13.12.5 FCM and AvaTrade reserve the right to reject any AvaTrade Customer order that may betransmitted to either of them for execution and/or clearing.
13.12.6 FCM shall perform certain cashiering, client money and custody services for AvaTrade
Customers, AvaTrade Accounts and AvaTrade Transactions. Such services include,
without limitation:(a) accepting and holding all money submitted to fund AvaTrade Accounts (including,
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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS(b) receiving, delivering and transferring securities purchased and sold, borrowed andloaned and receiving and distributing payment therefor;(c) holding in custody and safekeeping all securities and payments so received (provided
that, with respect to securities, such securities are delivered via the book entry systemof a clearing organization acceptable to AvaTrade);(d) paying and charging interest on AvaTrade Accounts;(e) receiving and distributing dividends and other distributions;(f) processing securities as a result of corporate actions;(g) transferring funds to Customers; and(h) effectuating the liquidation of AvaTrade Customer positions or assets.
13.12.7 Extending credit to AvaTrade Customers, including complying with the Margin
Requirements of AvaTrade and any relevant regulatory, self-regulatory or governmental
body; and effecting stock loan and borrowing transactions in accordance with applicablelaw.
13.12.8 Performing certain collection services with respect to AvaTrade, including the collectionof all commissions and fees and other monies or assets due from AvaTrade Customers
under the terms of the AvaTrade Customer Agreement.
13.12.9 Performing certain back-office and record keeping and reporting functions with respect
to AvaTrade Accounts, including the preparation of confirmations (contract notes) andaccount statements for AvaTrade Transactions, distributing such confirmations andaccount statements directly to AvaTrade Customers, maintaining books and records ofall AvaTrade Transactions, and reporting such information as may be required byrelevant regulatory or self-regulatory organizations or applicable law.
13.13

14. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
14.1 AvaTrade is required to maintain and operate effective organisational and administrative controls
to take all reasonable steps to identify, manage, disclose and record conflicts of interest. In orderto achieve this AvaTrade has established and implemented a Conflicts of Interest policy.
14.2 Where arrangements made by AvaTrade to manage conflicts of interest are insufficient to ensure,with reasonable confidence, that risks of damage to client interests will be prevented, AvaTrade

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shall clearly disclose to the client the general nature and the sources of the conflicts of interest
before undertaking business on the client’s behalf.

15. COMPLAINTS
15.1 In the event that you have any query and/or concern and/or issue and/or problem and/or reason
to feel dissatisfied with any aspect of our service, in the first instance you should contact ourcustomer services team, as the vast majority of issues can be dealt with at this level, via:
http://www.avatrade.com/about-avatrade/contact-us.
15.2 If our customer services team is unable to resolve the matter or you feel that our service has not
met your expectations and you wish to raise this issue as a formal complaint, you must completea Complaint Form, which is accessible in the legal documents section of our website. The
completed Complaint Form accompanied by adequate supporting evidence (as necessary) mustbe submitted to complaints@avatrade.com to be recorded as a formal complaint.
15.3 We will provide you with a regular written update on the progress of the investigation of thecomplaint at intervals of not greater than 20 business days;
15.4 We will attempt to investigate and resolve the complaint within 40 business days of having
received the complaint;
15.5 Where the 40 business days have elapsed and the complaint is not resolved, we will inform youof the anticipated timeframe within which we hope to resolve the complaint.
15.6 Once an investigation of the complaint is completed, a Final Response shall be issued to the Clientwith the investigation’s outcome(s) together with any required explanations and any remedy
measures the Company intends to take.
15.7 A Complaint will be deemed as resolved or settled where the Company has sent in writing a Final
Response to the Client.
15.8 If you do not feel that your complaint has been resolved satisfactorily you are then able to refer
your complaint to the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (“BVIFSC”).
15.9 The BVIFSC will act mainly as an intermediary, between the customer and AvaTrade, and seek toestablish a factual account of the situation. The BVIFSC will work towards determining whether
any violation of laws, regulations and/or policy guidelines has occurred.an independent
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15.10 Any referral to the BVIFSC must take place within six years of our Final Response to you, and you
should also note that the BVIFSC may not consider a complaint until we have had the opportunity
to address the complaint. For further details, please visit BVIFSC’s website www.bvifsc.vg.

16. LIQUIDATION OF ACCOUNTS AND PAYMENT OF DEFICITBALANCES
16.1 In the event of (a) the death or judicial declaration of incompetence of Customer; (b) the filing ofa petition in bankruptcy, or a petition for the appointment of a receiver, or the institution of any
insolvency or similar proceeding by or against Customer; (c) the filing of an attachment against
any of Customer’s accounts carried by AvaTrade, (d) insufficient margin, or AvaTrade’s
determination that any collateral deposited to protect one or more accounts of Customer isinadequate, regardless of current market quotations, to secure the account; (e) Customer’s failure
to provide us with any information requested pursuant to this Agreement or any applicable law;or (f) any abuse of trading practices, manipulations and/or fraud by Customer or any other person
authorized to use the account; or (g) any other circumstances or developments that we deem
appropriate for its protection, and in AvaTrade’s sole discretion, it may take one or more, or any
portion of, the following actions:(i)

Satisfy any obligation Customer may have to us, either directly or by way of guaranty ofsuretyship, out of any of Customer’s funds or property in AvaTrade’s custody or control;(ii) Sell any or purchase any or all Currency contracts, securities held or carried for Customer;and(iii) Cancel any or all outstanding orders or contracts, or any other commitments made on
behalf of Customer.
16.2 Any of the above actions may be taken without demand for margin or additional margin, without
prior notice of sale or purchase or other notice to Customer, Customer’s personal representatives,
heirs, executors, administrators, trustees, legatees or assigns and regardless of whether theownership interest shall be solely Customer’s or held jointly with others.
16.3 Prior demand or notice of sale or purchase shall not be considered a waiver of AvaTrade’s right tosell or buy at any time in the future without demand or notice as provided above.
16.4 In liquidation of Customer’s long or short positions, AvaTrade may, in its sole discretion, offset in
the same settlement or it may initiate new long or short positions in order to establish a hedge
which in AvaTrade’s sole judgment may be advisable to protect or reduce existing positions in
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16.5 Any sales or purchases hereunder may be made according to AvaTrade’s judgment and at its
discretion with any interbank or other exchange market where such business is then usuallytransacted or at a public auction or private sale, and AvaTrade may purchase the whole or any
part thereof free from any right of redemption.
16.6 For Customer's protection, Equity or Net Liquidation Value of the Customer's trading accountdrops below the Minimum Margin Requirement, all or some of Customer's open transactions shallbe automatically closed, whether at a loss or a profit.
16.6.1For the AvaTrader and MetaTrader platforms, the Minimum Margin Requirement isequal to 10% of the Required Margin.

16.6.2For the AvaOptions platform, the Minimum Margin Requirement is equal to 50% of
Required Margin.

16.6.3For the AvaFutures platform, the Minimum Margin Requirement is equal to 90% of
Required Margin16.7 If the amount in Customer's trading account is less than zero, Customer shall promptly notify
AvaTrade and AvaTrade shall nullify the account.
16.8 Neither AvaTrade nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents shall be responsible for any loss
or damage caused due to closing of positions in accordance with the above.
16.9 Customer shall at all times be liable for the payment of any deficit balance of Customer upon
demand by AvaTrade and in all cases, Customer shall be liable for any deficiency remaining in
Customer’s account(s) in the event of the liquidation thereof in whole or in part by AvaTrade or
by Customer.
16.10 In the event the proceeds realized pursuant to this authorisation are insufficient for the paymentof all liabilities of Customer due to AvaTrade, Customer shall promptly pay upon demand, thedeficit and all unpaid liabilities, together with interest thereon equal to three (3) percentage
points above the then prevailing prime rate at AvaTrade’s principal bank or the maximum interest
rate allowed by law, whichever is lower, and all costs of collection, including attorney’s fees,
witness fees, travel expenses and the like.
16.11 In the event AvaTrade incurs expenses other than for the collection of deficits, with respect to anyof the account(s) of Customer, Customer agrees to pay such expenses.

17. FEES/CHARGES

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17.1 Fees arising out of AvaTrade providing services are outlined in the Trading Conditions and Charges
and Futures Pricing pages..
17.2 Customer is aware that a part of AvaTrade’s revenues derives from the spread on eachtransaction. The spread is the difference between the bid & the ask price of the price quote on atransaction. The standard spreads for all instruments are listed on Trading Conditions & Charges
link - http://www.avatrade.com/trading-info/trading-conditions.
17.3 AvaTrade may increase or decrease spreads on any or all instruments, at its sole discretion, at any
time without notification due to various mitigating factors – market sentiment, news times orannouncements, trading volumes, market volatility and/or additional internal or external factors.
This may be effected on an individual client basis or for all clients simultaneously.
17.4 Spreads may be increased where a third party inter alia – Affiliate, Introducing Broker, Marketing
Partner, refer a Customer to AvaTrade. This additional spread may be transferred to the third
party who referred the Customer as remuneration.
17.5 Where a customer requests a specific fee structure, a commission may be payable by Customer
to open and close Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting positions. Such commission
payable will be debited from Customer's account at the same time as AvaTrade opens or closes
the relevant Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Bets.
17.6 Where we increase or introduce any new charges, we will post the changes on our website atleast 7 days before they take effect.
17.7 We may also charge for incidental banking-related fees such as wire charges fordeposits/withdrawals and returned check fees.
17.8 In certain circumstances additional fees may include such things as statement charges, ordercancellation charges, account transfer charges, telephone order charges or fees imposed by any
interbank agency, bank, contract, market or other regulatory or self-regulatory organisations
arising out of AvaTrade’s provision of services hereunder.
17.9 Customer may incur additional fees for the purchase of optional, value added services we offer.
17.10 ROLLOVERS, OVERNIGHT INTEREST FOR FOREX, CFD, OPTIONS AND SPREAD BETTING:
17.10.1 A daily financing charge may apply to each Forex, CFDs, Options and Spread Betting open
position at the closing of AvaTrade’s trading day as regards that Forex, CFD, Options andSpread Bet.
17.10.2 If such financing charge is applicable, it will either be requested to be paid by Customer
directly to AvaTrade or it will be paid by AvaTrade to Customer, depending on the type

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of Forex, CFDs, Options and Spread Betting and the nature of the position Customer
holds.
17.10.3 The method of calculation of the financing charge varies according to the type of Forex,
CFDs, Options and Spread Betting to which it applies. Moreover, the amount of thefinancing charge will vary as it is linked to current interest rates (such as LIBOR).
17.10.4 The financing charge will be credited or debited (as appropriate) to Customer's accounton the next trading day following the day to which it relates.
17.10.5 AvaTrade reserves the right to change the method of calculating the financing charge,
the financing rates and/or the types of Forex, CFDs, Options and Spread Betting to which
the financing charge applies.
17.10.6 For certain types of Forex, CFDs, Options and Spread Betting, a commission is payable by
Customer to open and close Forex, CFDs, Options and Spread Betting positions. Suchcommission payable will be debited from Customer's account at the same time as
AvaTrade opens or closes the relevant Forex, CFDs, Options and Spread Bets.
17.10.7 Trades in CFDs and Spread Betting are linked to the market price of a certain base asset,
including the market price of future contracts. A few days prior to the expiration date of
the base asset to which the CFD and Spread Betting is linked, the base asset shall be
replaced with another asset, and the quotation of the CFD and Spread Betting shallchange accordingly.
17.10.8 CFDs and Spread Betting does not have an expiration date.
17.10.9 Trades in CFDs and Spread Betting are continuous and the base assets to which they arelinked vary from time to time.
17.10.10 AvaTrade reserves the right to determine the base asset to which CFDs and Spread
Betting is linked, the date of replacement of the base asset, and the replacement
conditions.
17.10.11 Following the replacement of the base asset, the quotation of the CFDs and Spread
Betting shall be adjusted, and the Customer's account shall be credited or debited, asapplicable, in accordance with the difference in quotations created due to thereplacement of the base asset.
17.10.12 The difference in quotations between the base assets is affected by the difference inrates between selling and buying of such assets in the market, and therefore therevaluation of selling and buying transactions shall be in different values.

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17.10.13 Customers will incur costs in relation to the Spread Cost in closing the Old contract andOpening the New Contract and a Standard Overnight Interest charge.
17.10.14 In most cases, the debits shall be higher than credits.
17.10.15 Any open transaction held by Customer at the end of the trading day as determined by
AvaTrade or over the weekend, shall automatically be rolled over to the next business
day so as to avoid an automatic close and physical settlement of the transaction.
17.10.16 Customer acknowledges that when rolling over such transactions to the next businessday, overnight interest may be either added or subtracted from Customer's account withrespect to such transaction.
17.10.17 The overnight interest amount shall be determined by AvaTrade from time to time, in
AvaTrade's absolute discretion.
17.10.18 Customer hereby authorizes AvaTrade to add or subtract the overnight interest to orfrom Customer's account for any open transaction that have accrued overnight interest,in accordance with the applicable rate thereto, each day at the time of collection
specified on the trading platform for each individual instrument, as applicable.
17.10.19 Full information related to applicable charges can be found at Trading Conditions andCharges17.10.20 FEES/CHARGES SPECIFIC TO FUTURES: Any additional fees and/or charges which may be
applicable while trading in Futures are outlined in the Futures Pricing page

18. COMMUNICATIONS, STATEMENTS AND CONFIRMATIONS
18.1 Reports, statements, notices, trade confirmations, and any other communications will be posted
online and may be transmitted to such address as Customer may from time to time designate ina written or electronic communication to AvaTrade.
18.2 Customer is responsible for alerting AvaTrade to any change in its e-mail address.
18.3 Communications are deemed received when made available to Customer by AvaTrade, regardlessof whether Customer actually accessed the statement.
18.4 Customer will be able to generate daily, monthly and annual account statements detailingtransaction activity, profit and loss statements, open positions, margin balances, account credits
and debits.
18.5 Customer understands that it must carefully review the reports relating to Customer’s trading
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18.6 Reports of the confirmation of orders and statements of accounts for Customer posted online by
AvaTrade shall be deemed correct and shall be conclusive and binding upon Customer if not
objected to within two business days of the posting online.
18.7 Objections may be made initially by email or by telephone, but must be confirmed thereafter inwriting.
18.8 If Customer becomes aware of an error with respect to any report or statement, such as amounts
erroneously credited to Customer, Customer shall immediately inform AvaTrade and is
responsible to return such amount to AvaTrade, and if AvaTrade becomes aware of suchoccurrence, AvaTrade is expressly authorized to correct such error by correcting such report orstatement, and, if applicable, treating this as a Deficit Balance.
18.9 Customer declares that by providing its registration data to AvaTrade it hereby consents to,
AvaTrade, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents sending, and Customer receiving, by means oftelephone, facsimile, SMS or e-mail, communications containing content of a commercial nature
relating to Customer's use of the trading platform, including information and offers from
AvaTrade or third parties that AvaTrade believes Customer may find useful or interesting, such as
newsletters, marketing or promotional materials.
18.10 Customer acknowledges that AvaTrade does not have to separately obtain Customer's priorconsent (whether written or oral) before distributing such communications to Customer, provided
that AvaTrade shall cease to distribute such communications should Customer notify AvaTrade inwriting that Customer no longer desires to receive such commercial communication.
18.11 Client statements can be generated by the client at any time on the on-line trading platform.
These statements will record the time the order was executed and the balance of their account.
Our internal records will state the time the order was requested from the client.
18.12 AvaTrade will also provide the client with a statement on an annual basis outlining the details offunds held by the firm for the client at end of the period covered by the statement. Statements
will also show all charges applied during the period covered by the statement, if any.
18.13 Real time access to each client’s account showing transactions, the time orders were filled andthe balance on the client’s account will also be available to customers.
18.14 Customer acknowledges that certain financial instruments, such as Options, Futures, or thosewith an underlying asset which is subject to a maturity date, tender or swap offer, may grant rights
to holders which may expire unless an action is taken within certain deadlines. AvaTrade is not
obligated to notify the Customer of any upcoming expiration, exercise or redemption dates, or totake any action on the Customer’s behalf without having received a specific instruction from you
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19. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES / LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
19.1 AvaTrade and/or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents shall not be responsible for any loss ordamage caused, directly or indirectly, by any events, actions or omissions beyond the control of
AvaTrade including, without limitation, government restrictions, court decisions, changes inmarket or exchange rules and regulations, war, riots, strikes, fire, floods, natural disasters,industrial disputes, market or exchange halts, extreme volatility, extreme volumes, theft(including internal), loss or damage resulting, directly or indirectly, from any delays, deletion or
inaccuracies in the transmission of orders and/or information due to breakdown or failure oftransmission or communication facilities, or electrical power outage , or problems, interruptions,errors, acts, omissions or bankruptcy of third parties, such as exchanges, executors, depository
banks, clearing members, agents, brokers and/or trading venues, as well as any acts or omissionsof AvaTrade as a result of acts of omissions of such third parties. AvaTrade and/or any of its
subsidiaries, affiliates or agents shall in no event be held liable for the safekeeping and custody ofclient assets, any full or partial loss of the deposited funds or instruments and the potential lossof revenues derived from such funds or instruments, due to whatever incident which occurs at
third party executors or depositories.
19.2 Neither AvaTrade nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents warrants that the trading platform
or any services provided (including Third Party Licenses) will be available without interruption orwill be error free and such trading platform and services are being provided "AS IS" without any
representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever except as otherwise set forth herein.
19.3 Under no circumstances shall AvaTrade or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents be liable forany direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, or consequential damages that result from theuse of, or inability to use, AvaTrade’s trading platform or services (including Third Party Licenses)
including but not limited to lost profits, loss of business, trading loss, loss of data or use of data,
any unauthorized access to, alteration, theft or destruction of Customer's computers, computer
systems, data files, programs or information, or costs of procurement of substitute goods orservices.
19.4 Customer agrees that this section represents a reasonable allocation of risk, that this section is an
essential element of this Agreement and that in its absence; the economic terms of thisAgreement would be substantially different.
19.5 This limitation applies whether the alleged liability is based on contract, tort, negligence, strict
liability, or any other basis, even if AvaTrade or any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents has beenadvised of the possibility of such damage.

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19.6 Neither AvaTrade nor any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents has liability or duty of
indemnification related to unusable data, lost or corrupt Customer transactions or data, bywhatever means, in whatever form.
19.7 This limitation of liability additionally eliminates any duty or liability on the part of AvaTrade or
any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents related to unusable data, lost or corrupt Customertransactions or data, resulting in part or in whole from third-party software or networking goods
or services or from internet related problems or from actions or events outside of AvaTrade's
control.
19.8 AvaTrade and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents disclaim any and all liability resulting from orrelated to any breach of internet security or disruption, distortions or delays of Customer'sconnections to the internet, due to any reason.
19.9 As OTC is not an exchange traded market, prices at which AvaTrade deals at or quotes may or may
not be similar to prices at which other OTC market makers deal at or quote.
19.10 Should a quoting or execution error occur, which may include, but are not limited to, a mistypeof a quote, a quote that is not representative of fair market prices, an erroneous price quote froma dealer or erroneous price quote due to failure of hardware, software or communication lines orsystems or inaccurate external data feeds provided by third-party vendors, AvaTrade will not beliable for the resulting errors in account balances. Without derogating from the above, in theevent that transactions shall be closed or opened based on the Erroneous Quote, AvaTrade’s
trading room attempts to recognize such event and to act promptly to reset such event. Customer
acknowledges that the reset process may take time, during which Customer may not be able touse its trading account, and outstanding orders may not be executed.
19.11 In case AvaTrade will identify an erroneous quote or an outdated quote, it may offer the Customer
an alternative quote or alternatively to continue the transaction, all at the sole discretion of
AvaTrade.
19.12 Customer further acknowledges that Ava, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents shall not be liable
for any loss or damage caused due to or in connection with such reset process.
19.13 Third Party Licenses:
19.13.1 If any third party software is included within or embedded in the AvaTrade website or
online trading platform, then such embedded third party software shall be provided
subject to the terms of this Customer Agreement which apply to the online trading
platform.
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19.13.3 We provide no express or implied warranty, indemnity or support for the Third Party
Licenses, and will have no liability related thereto.
19.13.4 "Third Party Licenses" means licenses from third parties governing third party software
embedded or used in the trading platform.

20. FOREX, CFDs, OPTIONS, FUTURES AND SPREAD BETTINGFLUCTUATION RISK
20.1 If Customer directs AvaTrade to enter into any Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting
transaction:(i)

Any profit or loss arising as a result of a fluctuation in Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures andSpread Betting will be entirely for Customer’s account and risk;(ii) All initial and subsequent deposits for margin purposes shall be made in U.S. Dollars,
EUROs, Great British Pounds or Japanese Yen in such amounts as AvaTrade may in its
sole discretion require; and(iii) AvaTrade is authorized to convert funds in Customer’s account for margin into and fromsuch foreign currency at a rate of exchange determined by AvaTrade in its sole discretionon the basis of the then prevailing money market rates.

21. INDEMNIFICATION
21.1 Customer agrees to indemnify and hold AvaTrade, its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, employees,
agents, successors and assigns ("Ava Indemnities”) harmless from and against any and all
liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred by any of
AvaTrade indemnities arising out of Customer’s failure to fully and timely perform Customer’s
obligations herein or under any Third Party License or should any of Customer's representations
and warranties fail to be true and correct.
21.2 Customer also agrees to pay AvaTrade indemnities promptly all damages, costs and expenses,
including attorney’s fees, incurred in the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Agreement
and any other agreements between AvaTrade and Customer.
21.3 In addition to any limitations of liability specified elsewhere in this Agreement, AvaTradeindemnities shall not be held liable and are released from all claims and losses incurred in such
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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS(ii) Any act or omission by any person obtaining access to Customer's account, whether or
not Customer has authorized such access or not,(iii) System malfunction, equipment failure (whether Customer's equipment or AvaTrade’s
equipment), system interruption or system unavailability,(iv) Delays, failure or errors in implementing any instruction,(v) Inaccurate or incomplete instructions received by AvaTrade’s from Customer, or(vi) Any reliance or use by Customer or any other third party with access to Customer's
account of any financial and market data, quotes, news, analyst opinions, research
reports, graphs or any other data or information whatsoever available through thetrading platform or any Third Party License, whether to complete a transaction on the
trading platform or for any other purpose whatsoever.
21.4 AvaTrade shall be entitled to setoff Customer's liabilities under this section from Customer's
account.

22. MARKET ABUSE AND MANIPULATION
22.1 PROHIBITION ON ARBITRAGE AND MANIPULATION
22.1.1

AvaTrade does not permit the practice of arbitrage when trading and strictly forbids any
form of manipulation of its prices, execution, and platform or making transactions basedon errors, omissions or misquotes on the AvaTrade platform.

22.1.2

Price latency, connectivity delays, and price feed errors sometimes create a situation
where the prices displayed do not accurately reflect market rates. The concept ofarbitrage and "scalping", or taking advantage of these Internet delays, cannot exist in an
OTC market where the client is buying or selling directly from the market maker.

22.1.3

Any transactions that rely on price latency or price feed errors may be subject tointervention which includes the right to void any transactions which AvaTrade has
determined to be a result of any of these practices, revocation of profits, widening of
spreads, block of trading and any other necessary corrections or adjustments on theaccount without prior notice.

22.1.4

If AvaTrade suspects or has reason to believe that Customer has abused the terms andconditions by hedging positions internally (using other trading accounts held with
AvaTrade) or externally (using other trading accounts held with other brokers), AvaTradereserves the right to cancel any trades or profits associated with Customer’s account(s).

22.2 MARKET ABUSE

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22.2.1

AvaTrade may hedge our liability to you by opening analogous positions with otherinstitutions or in the underlying market. The result of our doing this is that when you
trade with us your trades can, through our hedging, exert a distorting influence on theunderlying market for that index, in addition to the impact that it may have on our own
prices. This creates a possibility of market abuse.

22.2.2Customer represents and warrants, and agrees that each such representation andwarranty is deemed repeated each time Customer opens or closes a position that:(a) Customer will not place and has not placed a trade with us relating to aparticular index or any other CFD price if to do so would result in Customer, orothers with whom Customer is acting in concert together, having an exposure to
the price of the underlying financial instrument which can create a situation ofmarket abuse.
This exposure can be equal to or exceeding the amount of a declarable interestin the relevant financial instrument. For this purpose, the level of a declarable
interest will be the prevailing level at the material time, set by law or by the stock
exchange(s) or other exchange upon which the underlying financial instrument istraded; and(b) Customer will not place and has not placed a trade with us in connection with:(i) a placing, issue, distribution or other analogous event;(ii) an offer, take over, merger or other analogous event; or(iii) any other corporate finance style activity, in which Customer isinvolved or otherwise interested; and(c) Customer will not place or close a position and Customer will not place anorder that contravenes any primary or secondary legislation or other law against
insider dealing or market manipulation. Customer agrees that AvaTrade mayproceed on the basis that when Customer opens or closes a position or places anorder on a share price, Customer may be treated as dealing in securities within
the meaning of the relevant statutes or regulations.

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In the event that (a) Customer places or closes any trade or places an order in breach of
the representations and warranties given, or AvaTrade has reasonable grounds for
suspecting that Customer may have done so, AvaTrade may at our absolute discretion
and without being under any obligation to inform Customer of our reason for doing so
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applicable, and also at our absolute discretion cancel any trades or profits associatedwith Customer’s account(s)22.2.4

Customer acknowledges that trade are speculative arrangements and Customer agrees
that Customer will not enter into any transactions with us in connection with any
corporate finance style activity.

22.2.5

Customer acknowledges that it would be improper for Customer to deal in the underlying
market if the sole purpose of such a transaction was to impact on our bid or offer prices,
and Customer agrees not to conduct any such transactions.

22.2.6

Customer acknowledges that it would be improper for Customer to connect to all
platforms via gateway or api without written approval from AvaTrade.

22.2.7

It is strictly prohibited to connect to our MT4/5 with MetaQuotes Gateway or Datafeed
without written approval from AvaTrade.

23. EXECUTION OF ORDERS, STOP AND LIMITS
23.1 AvaTrade will use commercially reasonable efforts to complete all orders which it may, in its sole
discretion, choose to accept in accordance with the oral or written or computer instructions of
Customer.
23.2 AvaTrade reserves the right to refuse to accept any order.
23.3 AvaTrade may, at its sole discretion, allow Customer to specify a closing price for a transaction at
the trading platform through a “Close at Loss” and “Close at Profit” order, subject always to theterms of this Agreement and any other terms and conditions AvaTrade may implement from time
to time.
23.3.1“Close at Loss” means an offer to close a transaction at a price determined in advance by
Customer which, in the case of a transaction that is opened by offering to buy a specificnumber of a certain instrument, is lower than the opening transaction price, and in thecase of a transaction that is opened by offering to sell a specific number of a certain
instrument, is higher than the opening transaction price.

23.3.2“Close at Profit” means an offer to close a transaction at a price determined in advanceby Customer which, in the case of a transaction that is opened by offering to buy a
specific number of a certain instrument, is higher than the opening transaction price, andin the case of a transaction that is opened by offering to sell a specific number of a certain
instrument, is lower than the opening transaction price.

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23.4 Upon Customer's offer and AvaTrade's acceptance of an order, Customer hereby authorizes
AvaTrade to close the transaction at the Close at Loss price or Close at Profit price, as applicable,
and as agreed upon in the order, without further instruction from or notification to Customer.
23.5 AvaTrade may, in its sole discretion, close the transaction when the price quoted by AvaTrade on
the trading platform equals the price accepted by AvaTrade for such an order.
23.6 Customer acknowledges and agrees that AvaTrade shall not be obligated to close a transaction
which does not otherwise comply with any other limitations agreed upon with respect to suchtransaction.
23.7 Customer acknowledges and agrees that due to market volatility and factors beyond AvaTrade's
control, AvaTrade cannot guarantee that a Close at Loss order will be executed at the levelspecified in Customer's order. In such an event, AvaTrade will close the transaction at the next
best price.
23.8 While trading in Forex, CFDs, Options or Spread Betting, if, before Customer's “Limit Order” offer
to open or close a transaction is accepted by AvaTrade, AvaTrade's quote moves to Customer's
advantage (for example, if the price goes down as Customer buys or the price goes up as Customer
sells) Customer agrees that AvaTrade will execute the closing transaction at the Customer’s
specified price and not better. Customer agrees that AvaTrade can retain such price movement
for its own account.
23.9 While trading in Futures, AvaTrade will execute a Customer’s “Limit Order” at the applicable
market rate.
23.10 While trading in Forex, CFDs, Options or Spread Betting, Customer is aware that a part of
AvaTrade's revenues derives from the spreads on each transaction. The spread is the difference
between the bid & the ask price of the price quote on a transaction. Therefore, in case the fairmarket price reduces AvaTrade’s spread in a specific transaction, AvaTrade may, at its sole
discretion, choose not to execute such transaction, in which case AvaTrade may send Customer
an amended quote for his consideration. AvaTrade may complete a transaction at its sole
discretion in case the fair market price does not affect AvaTrade's spread from the transaction
and / or increases it.
23.11 If AvaTrade, in its sole discretion, determines that a customer is conducting trading activity
through multiple accounts and splitting trade volume across such accounts, or that a customer ordifferent Customers are utilizing the same signal expert advisor, copy trading, algo trading, or
anything similar, AvaTrade reserves the right, without prior notice, to treat all such trades as asingle trade. AvaTrade may adjust the spreads for all such trades and account balances of such
Customers to reflect the spread applicable to a single trade of the combined volume of all suchtrades together, including adjustments to prior transactions.

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24. RISK ACKNOWLEDGMENT
24.1 Customer acknowledges that investment in leveraged and non-leveraged transactions are
speculative, involves a high degree of risk, and is appropriate only for persons who can assume
risk of loss of their entire margin deposit.
24.2 Customer understands that because of the low margin normally required in OTC trading, pricechanges in OTC may result in significant losses. With respect to Futures transactions, subject tolocal regulation, Customer cannot assume that AvaTrade’s general policy to liquidate positions
with a margin deficiency will prevent such Customer from losing more than you have deposited
with AvaTrade. If Customer wishes to avoid further losses on any position, Customer must closeout the position itself and not rely on AvaTrade to do so.
24.3 Customer warrants that Customer is willing and able, financially and otherwise, to assume the riskof OTC trading, and in consideration of AvaTrade’s carrying his/her account(s), Customer agrees
not to hold AvaTrade and any of its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents responsible for any losses
incurred by Customer.
24.4 Customer recognizes that guarantees of profit or freedom from loss are impossible in OTC trading.
24.5 Customer acknowledges that Customer has received no such guarantees from AvaTrade or fromany of its representatives or any introducing agent or other entity with whom Customer isconducting his/her AvaTrade account and has not entered into this Agreement in considerationof or in reliance upon any such guarantees or similar representations.
24.6 The high degree of leverage that is obtainable in the trading of Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures andSpread Betting transactions can work against you as well as for you. Leverage can lead to large
losses as well as gains. The placing of certain orders (such as Stop-Loss), which are intended tolimit losses to certain amounts, may not be adequate given that market conditions make it
impossible to execute such orders, for example due to illiquidity. Strategies using combinationsof positions, such as "spread" and "straddle"' positions may be as risky as taking simple "long" or"short" positions.
24.7 During times of extreme volatility it can be difficult or impossible to execute orders.
24.8 Specifically with respect to Futures transactions, Customer acknowledges and understands that:
24.8.1

Subject to local regulation, Futures transactions have contingent liability and Customer
is aware of the implications of this, in particular the margin requirements;

24.8.2All futures positions involve risk, and a “spread” position may not be less risky than an
outright “long” or “short” position;

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24.8.3

Trading in Futures may result in a loss greater than the amount of funds Customer has
deposited in his/her account, for which he/she shall be deemed liable and fully
responsible towards AvaTrade for the repayment of any negative balance in his/her
account within the time specified by AvaTrade; and24.8.4

Funds deposited in a Customer account for trading in Futures are not protected byinsurance in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Futures commission
merchant, or in the event such Customer’s funds are misappropriated and such funds
are not strictly held the Futures commission merchant in a separate account for such
Customer’s individual benefit. Futures commission merchants comingle the funds
received from customers in one or more accounts and you may be exposed to losses
incurred by other customers if the futures commission merchant does not have sufficient
capital to cover such other customers' trading losses.

25. MARKET RECOMMENDATIONS AND INFORMATION
25.1 Customer acknowledges that:(i)

Any market recommendations, signals and information communicated by any methodof communication to Customer by AvaTrade and any of its subsidiaries, affiliates, agentsor by any person within AvaTrade does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitationof an offer to buy any OTC contract, and that AvaTrade does not provide investment
advice(ii) Such recommendation and information, although generally based upon information
obtained from sources believed by AvaTrade to be reliable, may be based solely on abroker’s opinion and that such information may be incomplete and may be unverified,and(iii) AvaTrade makes no representation, warranty or guarantee as to, and shall not be
responsible for, the accuracy or completeness of any information or market
recommendation furnished to Customer and shall not be responsible for any loss ordamage including without limitation any loss of margin or profits which may arise directly
or indirectly from use or reliance on such recommendations or information.
25.2 Customer understands that Customer is solely responsible for assessing the merits and risks ofany trade it may enter into with AvaTrade whether as a result of information provided by
AvaTrade or otherwise.
25.3 Customer acknowledges that AvaTrade and/or its officers, directors, affiliates, associates,
stockholders or representatives may have a position in or may intend to buy or sell Forex, CFDs,
Options, Futures and Spread Bets, which are the subject of market recommendations furnished

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to Customer, and that the market position of AvaTrade or any such officer, director, affiliate,associate, stockholder or representative may not be consistent with the recommendations
furnished to Customer by AvaTrade.
25.4 Customer acknowledges that AvaTrade makes no representations concerning the tax implications
or treatment of any trading activity.

26. CUSTOMER REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
26.1 Customer represents and warrants that:(i)

if Customer is a natural person, Customer is of sound mind, legal age and legal
competence(ii) if Customer is not a natural person,
a. Customer is duly organized and validly existing under the applicable lawsof the jurisdiction of its organization;b. Execution and delivery of this Agreement and all Contracts and othertransactions contemplated hereunder and performance of all obligations
contemplated under this Agreement and all other transactions
contemplated hereunder have been duly authorised by Customer; andc. Each person executing and delivering this Agreement and all othertransactions contemplated hereunder on behalf of the Customer, hasbeen duly authorised by Customer to do so.
(iii) No person other than Customer has or will have an interest in Customer’s account(s) andCustomer has not granted and will not grant a security interest in Customer’s accountwith AvaTrade (other than the security interest granted to AvaTrade hereunder) to any
person without AvaTrade’s prior written consent. Customer has full beneficial ownershipof all collateral and will not grant any security interest in any collateral to any person(other than the security interest granted to AvaTrade hereunder) without AvaTrade’s
prior written consent; and,(iv) Customer hereby warrants that regardless of any subsequent determination to thecontrary, Customer is suitable to trade OTC; and,(v) Customer is not now an employee of any exchange, any corporation in which any
exchange owns a majority of the capital stock, any member of any exchange and/or firm
registered on any exchange, or any bank, trust, or insurance company, and in the eventthat Customer becomes so employed, Customer will promptly notify us, at AvaTrade 's
home office, in writing, of such employment; and,

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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS(vi) Customer will execute and deliver all documents, give all notices, make all filings andtake such other actions as AvaTrade, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable
to evidence or perfect any security interest in favor of AvaTrade or to protect AvaTrade’s
interests with respect to any Collateral; and,(vii) Customer has read and understands the provisions contained in this Agreement,
including, without limitation, AvaTrade’s Risk Disclosure Statement and Privacy
Statement; and(viii) Customer will review this Agreement; and(ix) Customer will not affect any transaction in Customer’s account unless Customer
understands this Agreement, and Customer agrees that in effecting any transaction it isdeemed to represent that it has read and understands this Agreement as in effect at thetime of such transaction; and(x) Customer agrees to, and shall at all times comply with all applicable laws, statutes andregulations and Customer hereby declares that the execution and delivery by Customerof this Agreement and all other transactions contemplated hereunder, and performanceof all of Customer’s obligations contemplated under this Agreement and any othertransaction contemplated hereunder, will not violate any statute, rule, regulation,
ordinance, charter, by-law or policy applicable to Customer. Customer may not use thisaccount with AvaTrade for any illegal activity.

27. ISLAMIC ACCOUNTS
27.1 In the event that Customer, due to its observance of Islamic religious beliefs cannot receive or pay
interest, Customer may elect to designate, in the manner provided by AvaTrade, its trading
account to be an Islamic Account, which is not charged with, or entitled to, overnight interest
and/or rollovers.
27.2 In the event that Customer designates its account as an Islamic account, Customer may not keeptransactions in such account open for more than 5 days and may not otherwise abuse such
benefit.
27.3 AvaTrade reserves the right to cancel the aforesaid benefit at any time and take any action
necessary in AvaTrade's absolute discretion due to abuse of this benefit.
27.4 Such actions may include, without limitation, the designation of the Islamic Account as a regularaccount and retroactively effecting required adjustments (e.g., setting off amounts from theaccount equal to amounts paid by AvaTrade as interest), cancellation of transactions, andadjustment of account balances.

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28. DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
28.1 The Customer represents and warrants that the financial information disclosed to us in his/its
Application is an accurate representation of the Customer’s current financial condition.
28.2 The Customer represents and warrants that the Customer has very carefully considered the
portion of the Customer’s assets which the Customer considers to be risk capital.
28.3 The Customer recognizes that risk capital is the amount of money the Customer is willing to put
at risk and the loss of it would not, in any way, change the Customer’s lifestyle.
28.4 The Customer agrees to immediately inform us if the Customer’s financial condition changes insuch a way to reduce the Customer’s net worth, liquid assets and/or risk capital.

29. NO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS
29.1 Customer acknowledges that Customer has no separate agreement with AvaTrade or any of its
employees or agents regarding the trading in Customer’s AvaTrade account, including any
agreement to guarantee profits or limit losses in Customer’s account.
29.2 Customer understands that Customer must authorize every transaction prior to its execution
unless Customer has delegated discretion to another party by signing AvaTrade’s limited trading
authorization or as otherwise agreed in writing with AvaTrade.
29.3 Customer agrees to indemnify and hold AvaTrade and its subsidiaries, affiliates and agentsharmless from all damages or liability resulting from Customer’s failure to immediately notify
AvaTrade’s Compliance Officer of any of the occurrences referred to herein.
29.4 All notices required under this section shall be sent to AvaTrade at its home office.

30. AFFILIATE REFERRAL DISCLOSURE
30.1 AVA Group may engage with advertising affiliates/referrers/marketing partner (“Affiliate”) who
are wholly separate and independent from one another and from AVA Group. Any agreement
between AVA Group and Affiliate does not establish a joint venture or partnership and Affiliate is
not an agent or employee of AVA Group.
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AVA Group does not control, and cannot endorse or vouch for the accuracy orcompleteness of any information or advice Customer may have received or may receivein the future from AVA Group’s Affiliates or from any other person not employed by, or
acting on behalf of AVA Group, regarding the risks involved in the trading of Forex, CFDs,
Options, Futures and Spread Betting or the risks involved in such trading.

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30.1.2Since Affiliate is not an employee or agent of AVA Group, AVA Group does not endorse
or vouch for the services provided by the Affiliate It is the Customer’s responsibility toperform necessary due diligence on the Marketing Partner prior to using any of theirservices.

30.1.3Customer understands that in order to trade with AvaTrade the Customer must open an
account directly with AvaTrade. AvaTrade makes available appropriate risk disclosure
information to all Customers when they open accounts. Customers should read that
information carefully and should not rely on any information to the contrary from anyother source.

30.1.4

Customer acknowledges that no representations and/or warranties have been made by
AvaTrade its servants or agents or any individual associated with AvaTrade regarding
future profits or losses in Customer’s account.

30.1.5

Customer understands that Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting trading isvery risky, and that many people lose money trading and that all Forex, CFDs, Options,
Futures and Spread Betting trading, including trading done pursuant to a system, course,
program, research or recommendations of an Affiliate, Trading Agent or any other third
party involves a substantial risk of loss. In addition, Customer hereby acknowledges,
agrees and understands that the use of a trading system, course, program, research orrecommendations of an Affiliate, Trading Agent or any other third party will notnecessarily result in profits, avoid losses or limit losses.

30.1.6

Because the risk factor is high in Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting
trading, in case Client does not have the extra capital he can afford to lose, Client should
consider carefully before trading.

30.1.7

Customer understands and acknowledges that AVA Group may remunerate an Affiliate
for referring Customer to AVA Group and that such remuneration may be on a per-tradebasis or other basis. Further, the Client has a right to be informed of the precise natureof such remuneration

30.1.8Customer acknowledges that an Affiliate may also, in some circumstances, be a Trading
Agent. Customer understands that by using a Trading Agent, Customer may incur a markup, above and beyond the ordinary spread generally provided by AvaTrade.

30.1.9

AvaTrade shall in no way be responsible for any loss to Customer resulting from
Customer’s use of any information or advice given by any third party including a Trading
Agent or Affiliate.

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31.1 Customer acknowledges that should Customer choose to grant trading authority or control overCustomer’s account to a third party (“Trading Agent”), whether on a discretionary or nondiscretionary basis, Customer does so at its own risk.
31.2 Customer acknowledges that AvaTrade its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents shall in no way be
responsible for reviewing Customer’s choice of such Trading Agent, or the actions taken by it, nor
making any recommendations with respect thereto.
31.3 Customer acknowledges and understands:(i)

That AvaTrade makes no warranties nor representations concerning any Trading Agent,(ii) That AvaTrade its subsidiaries, affiliates or agents shall not be responsible for any loss to
Customer occasioned by the actions of the Trading Agent, and(iii) That AvaTrade does not, by implication or otherwise, endorse or approve of theoperating methods of the Trading Agent.
31.4 If a Customer chooses to grant trading authority or control over Customer’s account to a Trading
Agent, Customer agrees to enter into a power of attorney agreement (‘POA’) with the Trading
Agent to permit same, and to furnish the POA to AvaTrade.
31.5 Customer acknowledges that upon receipt of the POA, AvaTrade is authorised to follow the
instructions of the Trading Agent in every respect until AvaTrade is notified in writing by the
Customer that the POA is revoked or the POA has expired.
The Customer authorises AvaTrade to debit Customer’s Account in accordance with the terms
agreed between Customer and Trading Agent and which are set out in the POA.
31.6 Customer acknowledges that the Trading Agent and many third party vendors of trading systems,
courses, programs, research or recommendations may not be regulated by a government agency.
It is the Customer’s responsibility to perform necessary due diligence on the Trading Agent prior
to using any of their services and to satisfy themselves of its competence and/or suitability to theCustomer.
31.7 Customer acknowledges that it or the Trading Agent may elect to use an automated trading
system. Customer acknowledges that AvaTrade does not take any responsibility for any such
system. The Customer is aware of the volume of trading and resulting commissions that such
systems may generate and the impact that this may have on the performance of the AccountCustomer accepts the risks associated with the use of computers and data feed systems, which
may include, but are not limited to, failure of hardware, software or communication lines orsystems and/or inaccurate external data feeds provided by third-party vendors and the Customer
further agrees to hold AvaTrade harmless from any losses in the Account associated with theserisks. Customer acknowledges that neither AvaTrade nor any of its officers, directors, vendors,

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employees, agents, associated persons or AvaTrade personnel will be liable for any suchbreakdown or failure.
31.8 Customer understands that by using a Trading Agent or automated trading system, Customer may
incur a mark-up, above and beyond the ordinary spread generally provided by AvaTrade. Detailsof any such mark up will be displayed in the spread on the client trading account using theautomated system and/or provided in the agreement between the Trading Agent and Customer.
31.9 Customer acknowledges that any decisions or actions taken by the Trading Agent on Customer’sbehalf shall be deemed to have been taken by the Customer and any losses or gains generated by
the Trading Agent’s action shall be for the Customer’s account.
31.10 Customer agrees to indemnify and hold Ava, harmless from and against all liabilities, losses,
damages, cost and expenses, including attorney’s fees that arise directly or indirectly from the
Trading Agent’s management of the account, including, without limitation all actions, instructions
or omissions by the Trading Agent.
31.11 The Customer acknowledges that the risk factor in trading foreign exchange, commodities, Forex,
CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting is substantially high, and therefore the Customer
further acknowledges that she/he should carefully consider trading through AvaTrade, whether
through a Trading Agent or otherwise, if the Trader does not have capital she/he can afford tolose.

32. DISCLOSURE OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION
32.1 AvaTrade will not share or sell information regarding customers and/or prospective customers,
except to its employees, agents, partners, and associates as required in the ordinary course ofbusiness, including, but not limited to, AvaTrade’s banking or credit relationships, or to otherpersons as disclosed in AvaTrade’s Privacy Statement.
32.2 AvaTrade may also disclose to federal or state regulatory agencies and law enforcement
authorities’ information regarding Customer and Customer’s transactions in response to a request
for such information or in response to a court order or subpoena.
32.3 AvaTrade will share or sell statistical information without disclosing Customer’s identity.
32.4 You further authorize and instruct us to provide some personal details to relevant financial
services companies, such as depository banks, executing partners, exchanges upon their request.
Such details may be proof of your status as a non-professional user of market data, allowing you
to benefit from real-time market data at significantly reduced rates or reporting on open futures
positions as per market transparency requirements. By executing orders on instruments which
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EU exchanges), you authorize us to provide some personal details to EU and non-EU parties, upon
their request.

33. TERMINATION
33.1 This Agreement shall continue in effect until termination, and may be terminated by Customer at
any time upon three days prior written notice (which may be by e-mail) when Customer has no
Forex, CFDs, Options, Futures and Spread Betting position(s) and no liabilities held by or owed to
AvaTrade upon the actual receipt by AvaTrade at its home office of written notice of termination,
or at any time whatsoever by AvaTrade upon the transmittal of written notice of termination to
Customer; provided, that such termination shall not affect any transactions previously enteredinto and shall not relieve either party of any obligations set out in this Agreement nor shall it
relieve Customer of any obligations arising out of any deficit balance.
33.2 Sections 14, 17, 19, 24, 31, 43 shall survive termination of this Agreement for any reason.

34. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND CONFIDENTIALITY
34.1 All copyright, trademark, trade secret and other intellectual property rights and proprietary rights
to the AvaTrade website in its totality, its contents and any related materials (“including without
limitation trademarks, logos and service marks displayed on AvaTrade website (collectively “AvaGroup IP”) shall remain at all times, as between Customers and AvaTrade, the sole and exclusive
property of the Ava Group and its licensors and in the case of third party materials available on
the AvaTrade web site to such third party and Customers shall have no right or interest in the Ava
Group IP except for the right to access and use the Ava Group IP as specified herein. Customers
are not permitted to use AVA IP or any trademark, logo or service mark displayed on AvaTrade
website without the prior written consent of AvaTrade or such third parties that own the rights
therein.
34.2 Customer acknowledges that the Ava Group IP is confidential and has been developed throughthe expenditure of substantial skill, time, effort and money.
34.3 The Customer will protect the confidentiality of the Ava Group IP and not allow website access to
any third party.
34.4 Customer will not publish, distribute, or otherwise make available to third parties any information
derived from or relating to the Ava Group IP.
34.5 Customer will not copy, modify, de-compile, reverse engineer, or make derivative works of the
Ava Group IP or in the manner in which it operates.
34.6 If Customer has comments on AvaTrade's services or ideas on how to improve them, Customer iswelcome to contact AvaTrade. By doing so, Customer grants AvaTrade a perpetual, royalty-free,Page 40 of 46

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irrevocable, transferable license, with right of sublicense, to use and incorporate Customer's ideas
or comments into the AvaTrade's services, and to otherwise exploit Customer's ideas andcomments, in each case without payment of any compensation.

35. RECORDINGS
35.1 Customer agrees and acknowledges that all conversations regarding Customer’s account(s)between Customer and AvaTrade personnel may be electronically recorded with or without theuse of an automatic tone warning device.
35.2 Customer further agrees to the use by AvaTrade, its subsidiaries, affiliates and agents of suchrecordings and transcripts as it deems fit in connection with any dispute or legal proceeding that
may arise.
35.3 Customer understands that AvaTrade destroys such recordings at regular intervals in accordancewith AvaTrade’s established business procedures and Customer hereby consents to such
destruction.

36. LEGAL RESTRICTIONS
36.1 Without limiting the foregoing, Customer understands that laws regarding financial contracts varythroughout the world, and it is Customer's obligation alone to ensure that Customer fully complies
with any law, regulation or directive, relevant to Customer's country of residency with regards tothe use of the Web site.
36.2 For avoidance of doubt, the ability to access AvaTrade's Web site does not necessarily mean that
AvaTrade's services, and/or Customer's activities through it, are legal under the laws, regulations
or directives relevant to Customer's country of residency.
36.3 This Web site does not constitute, and may not be used for the purposes of, an offer or solicitation
to anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not authorised, or to any person
to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer or solicitation.
36.4 Access to this Web site, and the offering of financial contracts via this site, may be restricted incertain jurisdictions, and, accordingly, users accessing this site are required to inform themselvesof, and to observe, such restrictions.

37. DECLARATION
37.1 By acceptance of this Agreement, Customer hereby declares that the moneys invested in
Customer's account with AvaTrade do not originate from drug trafficking, abduction, or any othercriminal activity.

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38. TAX COLLECTION
38.1 Customer knows, understands and agrees that, in general, AvaTrade does not collect tax for any
authority in any form or manner.
38.2 Without limiting the foregoing, it is Customer's obligation alone to calculate and pay all taxes
applicable to you in Customer's country of residence, or otherwise arising as a result of Customer's
trading activity from the use of the AvaTrade's services.
38.3 Without derogating from Customer's sole and entire responsibility to perform tax payments,
Customer agrees that AvaTrade may deduct tax, as may be required by the applicable law, but is
not obligated to do so, from the results of the activity with AvaTrade.
38.4 Customer is aware that amounts that may be withdrawn by Customer from Customer's accountare "gross amounts", from which the AvaTrade may deduct such taxes, and that Customer shallhave no claim towards AvaTrade with regard to such deductions.

39. INACTIVITY AND ADMINISTRATION FEES
39.1 Customer acknowledges that the Customer’s trading account may be subject to inactivity fees
unless prohibited by law. After 3 consecutive months of non-use (“Inactivity Period”), and every
successive Inactivity Period, an inactivity fee will be deducted from the value of the Customer’s
trading account. This fee is outlined below and subject to client relevant currency based account:
Inactivity Fee:
USD Account: $50
EUR Account: €50
GBP Account: £50
Applicable fees are subject to change periodically.
39.2 Customer acknowledges that the Customer's trading account may be subject to an annual
administration fee unless prohibited by law. After 12 consecutive months of non-use ("Annual
Inactivity Period"), an administration fee will be deducted from the value of the Customer’s
trading account. This fee is outlined below and subject to client relevant currency based account:
This is to offset the cost incurred in making the service available, even though it may not be used.
Administration Fee:
USD Account: $100

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GBP Account: £100
Applicable fees are subject to change periodically.

40. ACCOUNT PROCEDURES - IDENTIFICATION
40.1 Customer acknowledges that applicable laws require financial institutions to obtain, verify, andrecord information identifying each person who opens an account.
40.2 Customer further acknowledges that AvaTrade makes efforts to prevent fraud and to confirm
Customer's identity.
40.3 Accordingly, Customer has provided AvaTrade, or shall provide AvaTrade promptly following the
opening of the trading account, with certain identifying information and documents as shall be
requested by AvaTrade, including a copy of Customer's ID, a copy of Customer's utility bill (e.g.,phone bill, property tax bill), and copies of both sides of Customer's credit card (in the event
deposit has been made through credit card).
40.4 Customer confirms that Customer has provided true, accurate, current and complete information
during the registration process, and that Customer has not impersonated any person or entity, or
misrepresented any affiliation with another person, entity or association, used false headers orotherwise concealed Customer's identity from AvaTrade for any purpose.

41. WITHDRAWAL AND DEPOSIT PROCEDURES
41.1 Customer further acknowledges and accepts AvaTrade’s procedures with respect to withdrawals
and deposits to accounts as set forth below:(i)Withdrawal orders: The provision of documentation as may be required from time totime by Anti Money Laundering regulations, credit card companies and AvaTrade, is aprerequisite, prior to the execution of a withdrawal order.

(ii) Customer acknowledges that withdrawals may take longer than expected for numerous
reasons, some in AvaTrade’s control and some not.
(iii) Credit card deposits may be, according to credit card companies' regulations, returnedto the same credit card when a withdrawal is performed. A withdrawal to a bank accountwhere initial deposits have been performed by credit cards will be executed back tocredit card or to the bank account at AvaTrade's discretion. Withdrawals to bank account
may take a longer time period, due to additional security procedures.

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GENERAL TERMS & CONDITIONS(iv) Credit Card Deposits Variance: When choosing an account base currency other than USD,
Customer's credit card may be debited sums which due to exchange rates and credit cardcompanies’ fees, may slightly vary from the initial sum that has been deposited by
Customer in the account base currency. Customer hereby accepts that such variations
may occur and hereby affirms that Customer shall not seek to object or charge this back.
(v) When depositing by a Bank Transfer, as required by anti-money-laundering regulations,Customer is required to use a bank account, which is in Customer's country of residence
and in Customer's name. Any withdrawal of funds, from Customer's AvaTrade accountto a bank account, can only be refunded to the same bank account that the funds wereoriginally received from.
(vi) Alternative payment methods (internet payment vendors; money transfer services; etc.):
when depositing funds using a facility other than credit cards and/or banks, you agree
to, and acknowledge being bound by, the regulations and rules of such service, including,but not limited to, fees and other restrictions. AvaTrade, at its sole discretion, may
execute withdrawals to a facility other than the facility used for the original deposit, in
accordance with anti-money-laundering regulations.

42. STATEMENTS
42.1 Customer hereby consents to receive account statements and trade confirmations online.
42.2 AvaTrade will provide customer with password-protected access to online reports.
42.3 Customer will be able to generate Daily, Monthly and Annual account statements detailingtransaction activity, profit and loss statements, open positions, margin balances, account credits
and debits, etc.
42.4 Hard copies of Monthly customer statements are available upon request only and may incur an
additional charge.
42.5 Statements are deemed received when made available to customer by AVATRADE, regardless ofwhether the customer actually accessed the statement.
42.6 Customer is responsible for alerting AVATRADE to any change in their e-mail address.
42.7 This consent shall be effective until revoked by Customer in writing and received by AVATRADE
according to Section 16 of this Customer Agreement.

43. CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE

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43.1 By electronically signing AvaTrade's account agreement and related documents, Customer
acknowledges receipt of the customer account letter, Customer Agreement and other documents
contained as part of AvaTrade's electronic account package and Customer agrees to be bound by
their terms and conditions.
43.2 In addition, by signing AvaTrade’s account agreement and related documents, Customer isconsenting to AvaTrade maintaining and Customer receiving electronic records of Customer's
trades and accounts.

44. CONSENT TO EXECUTION OF ORDERS OUTSIDE A
REGULATED MARKET OR MTF
44.1 Customer hereby acknowledges and consents to AvaTrade executing orders over the counter andoutside a regulated market or MTF.

45. WAIVER AND AMENDMENT
45.1 Customer understands, acknowledges and agrees that AvaTrade may amend or change thisAgreement at any time.
45.2 AvaTrade will provide notice to Customer of any such amendment or change by posting theamendment or change on AvaTrade's website or by sending an e-mail message to Customer at
least 7 days before it takes effect.
45.3 Customer agrees to be bound by the terms of such amendment or change on that date.
45.4 In the event that Customer objects to any such change or amendment, Customer agrees toliquidate Customer’s open positions and instruct AvaTrade regarding the disposition of all assets
in Customer’s account within ten (10) business days after notice of the amendment or change has
been posted on AvaTrade's website or otherwise notified Customer.
45.5 No waiver or amendment of this Agreement may be implied from any course of dealing between
the parties or from any failure by AvaTrade or failure of AvaTrade's agents to assert its rights
under this Agreement on any occasion or series of occasions.
45.6

No oral agreements or instructions to the contrary shall be recognized or enforceable.

46. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
46.1 This Agreement together with all references to AvaTrade’s policies and procedures made in thisAgreement, and together with the Risk Disclosure Statement, Trading Conditions and Charges,

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Futures Pricing and Privacy Statement embodies the entire agreement between AvaTrade and theCustomer, superseding any and all prior written and oral agreements.

47. ASSIGNMENT
47.1 Customer may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement to athird party without the prior written consent of AvaTrade. Any attempted assignment or transfer
in violation of the foregoing will be void. AvaTrade may freely assign this Agreement.

48. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION
48.1 This Agreement, the rights and obligations of the parties hereto, and any judicial or administrative
action or proceeding arising directly or indirectly hereunder or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be governed by, construed and enforced in all respects in accordancewith the laws of England and AvaTrade and the customer hereby irrevocably submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts.

49. BINDING EFFECT
49.1 This Agreement shall be continuous and shall cover, individually and collectively, all accounts ofCustomer at any time opened or reopened with AvaTrade irrespective of any change or changes
at any time in the personnel of AvaTrade or its successors, assigns, subsidiaries, affiliates oragents.
49.2 This Agreement including all authorizations, shall inure to the benefit of AvaTrade and its
subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, successors and assigns, whether by merger, consolidation orotherwise, and shall be binding upon Customer and/or the estate, executor, trustees,administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns of Customer.
49.3 Customer hereby ratifies all transactions with AvaTrade effected prior to the date of thisAgreement, and agrees that the rights and obligations of Customer in respect thereto shall begoverned by the terms of this Agreement.

CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES HAVING RECEIVED, READ AND UNDERSTOOD THE FOREGOING
CUSTOMER AGREEMENT AND HEREBY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ALL OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONSHEREOF.

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