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Fast Moving Market Risk Disclosure |
The spot foreign exchange market, at times, exhibits extreme price volatility, a condition known as a "fast market". Fast market conditions may be caused by various factors including, but not limited to, news releases such as non-farm payroll numbers, order imbalances-significantly greater orders of one type (e.g., "buys") than another type (e.g., "sells").
During the extreme price volatility in fast markets, currency pair prices may "gap" and spreads may widen. A price gap occurs when the price of a currency pair either jumps or plummets from its last bid/offer quote to a new quote, without ever trading at prices in between those quotes. As an example, the Euro/US Dollar currency pair may move from a bid/offer of 1.5891 - 1.5894 and begin trading at 1.5941 - 1.5944, without ever trading at the prices between those quotes. In these instances both Stop-Loss and Entry Stop Orders will either be executed at their requested rate, if the market has traded there, or at the next recorded price in the market, regardless of order size. This policy creates uniformity and transparency of trade execution.
Prior to major economic news releases, i-Trade FX (ITFX) may decide to restrict the placing of Entry Orders to a greater number of pips away from the current market price instead of the normal 5 pips. The decision to widen this spread will be based on the prevailing market liquidity and volatility. All data released will be evaluated separately. This change will only affect Entry Orders and does not prevent the placing of Market Orders during these times; however, Market Orders could be subject to a requote during these market conditions. Our actions are designed to reflect current market conditions and to protect our Clients from the possibility of extreme gap fills during periods of increased volatility.
The standard industry practice for currency dealers, including dealers on the interbank market, during fast market conditions and price gaps, is to set market levels and execute orders manually without the use of automated systems or services.
In such an event, there may be a delay in trade execution, which may be significant, while rates are cross-referenced to ensure valid execution. Further, stops placed close to a market that has traded through the stop price are re-priced on the next best tradable price. Thereby, a specified rate order does not provide a fixed-price guarantee to the counterparty.
ITFX, like all currency dealers, is a "request for quote" dealer, and follows industry standards for fast market conditions. ITFX Clients who elect to trade during fast market conditions are responsible for losses incurred by their account because of such trading, just as Clients are held responsible during normal trading conditions. These responsibilities are the same responsibilities that ITFX has with its interbank counterparties during normal and fast market conditions. ITFX will not be held liable for any losses due to fast or volatile markets, electronic disruption in service, service delays, incorrect information received from service vendors (i.e., quotations, news services) and/or Clients (i.e., client profile data, updated data).
