Arizet Labs is a technology company. We build and operate trading software, risk and analytics infrastructure, and skill-based contest platforms. We are not a broker, dealer, exchange, or investment adviser. We do not custody customer funds or execute trades on customers' behalf. Arizet | The Desk is a software platform combining proprietary trading tools, a simulated-trading environment, skill-based contests with cash prizes, and a rating-based competitive community. Real-money activities (funded-account allocations and the Pool Manager track) are operated by independent third-party firms under separate written agreements, not by Arizet Labs.
This disclosure is important. Read it. Trading financial instruments carries substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. The information below is not exhaustive, but it covers the most material risks for users of Arizet products. If you do not understand any part of this disclosure, contact us at connect@arizet.com or consult an independent financial advisor before engaging with the Services.
Trading equities, futures, foreign exchange (FX), options, and other financial instruments carries a substantial risk of loss. Across the broader retail trading population, only a minority of active traders make money in any given year. Industry research suggests roughly 10-18% of active retail traders are profitable over a 12-month period. The majority of active retail traders lose money.
You should not engage in trading with money you cannot afford to lose. Past performance, simulated or real, is not indicative of future results. Even with skilled execution and disciplined risk management, you can still lose substantial amounts of money trading financial markets.
The Desk and many of our analytics products use simulated trading accounts ("demo accounts"). Performance in a simulated environment does not guarantee or even reliably predict performance in live trading. Key differences include:
Strong simulated performance is a useful indicator of trading discipline but does not guarantee real-money profitability.
Arizet Labs does not fund traders, allocate trading capital, or operate funded accounts. Where users access funded-account opportunities through Arizet products, those opportunities are operated entirely by independent third-party prop firms. The funded-account relationship is a separate agreement between the user and the third-party firm, governed by that firm's rules, that firm's regulatory standing, and that firm's profit-split arrangements. Arizet Labs receives no firm-capital share, makes no allocation decisions, and bears no counterparty obligation in those relationships.
Important points about funded trading models generally:
Where top-ranked Desk members qualify for the Pool Manager track, the Pool Manager activity is operated by independent third-party firms holding the appropriate registrations for the jurisdiction in question (which may include investment adviser, commodity trading adviser, or equivalent licensing). This activity:
If you are considering becoming a Pool Manager or participating in a pool, the third-party firm operating the pool will provide jurisdiction-specific disclosures, regulatory framework documentation, and the binding agreement. Carefully review those documents before participating. Arizet Labs is not a party to those agreements.
Strategy Lab and similar developer tools allow users to build, backtest, and deploy algorithmic trading strategies. Specific risks:
Algorithmic trading is not safer than discretionary trading. In many ways it is riskier, because the speed at which losses can compound exceeds human reaction time.
The educational content, trading rooms, hosted analysis from third-party room hosts, and other community content available through Arizet products is for informational and educational purposes only. None of it constitutes:
Trading signals, analysis, and commentary shared by third-party hosts in community rooms represent those hosts' personal opinions and trading approaches, not the views of Arizet Labs. Arizet does not verify the accuracy of third-party content posted in community spaces.
The retail trading and prop firm space is subject to evolving regulation in multiple jurisdictions. Specific products and features may not be available to users in certain countries due to local regulatory restrictions. Where regulatory requirements change, we may suspend or modify features for affected users.
You are responsible for understanding the regulations applicable to your trading activity in your jurisdiction, including tax obligations on trading profits and Pool Manager performance fees.
Nothing in Arizet's products, content, marketing, or community materials should be construed as a guarantee or representation of future trading profits. You can lose all of the money you put at risk in financial markets. You should plan your engagement with the Services accordingly.
By using Arizet products, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Risk Disclosure, that you accept the risks of trading financial instruments, and that you assume full responsibility for the trading decisions you make.
Questions about specific risks of a specific product? Contact connect@arizet.com. We'd rather answer your questions before you engage than after.
This document is a template intended to describe our positioning and the material risks we want users to understand. Final operative risk disclosure language will be reviewed by counsel familiar with the regulatory framework applicable to retail trading platforms in the relevant jurisdictions before this page goes live in production.