更新時間：2022/7/29。原文連結：使用條款 |頂步 (topstep.com)

畫重點：TOPSTEP 已對使用條款和風險披露政策進行了重要更新，從今天起，即 2022 年 7 月 28 日星期四生效。使用條款我們已包含

1、有關 Topstep 的新交易者獎勵計劃的信息，其中包括我們在 6 月發布的第一個出金獎勵 – First 支付獎金。

2、現在更詳細地概述了 Topstep 的禁止行為，以使我們的計劃指南更加清晰。

3、風險披露 我們已經概述了與交易相關的風險和現實，包括絕對需要始終避免類似賭博的行為。

使用條款

上次修改時間： 28七月， 2022

這些使用條款適用於我們的帳戶持有人，使用者和訪問者（“您”，“您的”或“使用者”）訪問和使用特拉華州有限責任公司Topstep LLC及其附屬實體（統稱為“Topstep”，“我們”，“我們的”或“我們”），無論訪問此類網站或服務，包括任何內容，功能，產品和服務， 有關我們的產品和服務、您的帳戶以及提供的其他工具的資訊。此處未另行定義的所有大寫術語應具有隱私政策中規定的含義，該隱私政策通過引用併入本文。

Topstep網站和服務是在你肯定和明確接受的情況下向您提供的，未經修改，所有條款都是完整的。當您接受這些條款時，這些條款將構成您與Topstep之間具有法律約束力的合同。如果您代表某個實體簽訂這些條款，則表示您具有約束該實體的法定權力。

請仔細閱讀這些條款。通過註冊、訪問、流覽、創建帳戶、發佈或下載內容，或以其他方式使用 TOPSTEP 網站或服務，即表示您承認您已閱讀、理解並同意受這些條款的約束。如果您不同意受這些條款的約束，請勿訪問、流覽或以其他方式使用 TOPSTEP 產品和內容。

一旦被接受，這些條款將一直有效，直到按照此處的規定終止。我們保留在通知您後修改或更改這些條款的權利。此類通知的形式由我們自行決定。有關詳細資訊，請參閱下面的第 26 節。我們可以自行決定暫停或終止違反這些條款的任何人對Topstep產品和內容的訪問或使用。

Topstep使用的官方語言是英語;如果本文檔的英文版本與翻譯成任何其他語言的任何版本之間存在衝突，則以英文版本為準。

1. 定義

“帳戶”是指在Topstep註冊的用戶的帳戶，該帳戶有權訪問Topstep網站的指定服務或功能。

“內容”是指網站上存在的所有資訊和其他材料，包括服務，Topstep的產品和內容，文本，圖像，照片，交易想法，出版物，意見，謠言，建議，圖表，財務資訊，評級和評論。

“信用卡或轉帳卡資訊”是指某些信用卡或轉帳卡資訊（視情況而定），包括您的卡號、CVV 號、到期日期、電話號碼、姓名、帳單地址和電子郵件位址。

“數據”是指您和其他使用者生成的信息（無論是匯總的還是其他的），包括與交易活動相關的任何和所有資訊。

“指定代理”是指根據《數位千年版權法》指定接收侵權索賠通知的Topstep代表。

“費用”是指使用激活的帳戶的定期付款。

“反饋”是指您對網站和服務的評論、反饋、資訊或其他材料。

“不可抗力事件”是指超出我們合理控制範圍的任何行為或事件，包括罷工、停工或第三方的其他工業行為、內亂、流行病、騷亂、政府命令、入侵、恐怖襲擊或恐怖襲擊威脅、戰爭（無論是否宣戰）或戰爭威脅或準備、火災、爆炸、風暴、洪水、地震、沉降、流行病或其他自然災害， 或公共或私人電信網路的故障，或無法使用鐵路，航運，飛機，汽車運輸或其他公共或私人運輸工具。

“智慧財產權”是指拓普的網站和服務、其內容，或拓普的任何版權、商標、商號、服務標誌或任何其他專有資訊。

“链接網站”是指由第三方擁有的任何網站，Topstep的網站連結到或從中連結了該網站。

“標誌”是指在Topstep網站和服務上顯示的商標、服務標記、標語、徽標、商業外觀和其他標識符的統稱。

“訂單”是指通過網站或服務或通過第三方關聯公司提出的訂閱或其他服務請求。

“個人數據”是指與已識別或可識別的自然人有關的任何資訊，或用於特定自然人行為分析的任何資訊（如果該人已被識別）。

“服務”是指（如適用）Topstep 的適用附屬公司提供的交易組合®或其他服務。

模擬帳戶“是指使用即時模擬數據的帳戶，以及與跟蹤Topstep提供的教育課程相關的任何帳戶，包括第7節中描述的帳戶。模擬帳戶中的交易不是在真實市場中進行的，也不會產生實際的利潤或損失。

“網站”是指拓步的網站、軟體、應用程式、在線服務和產品。

“系統”是指用於提供Topstep服務的集成雲計算解決方案，包括應用程式，軟體，硬體，資料庫，介面，相關媒體，文檔，更新，新版本以及隨附的其他元件或材料。

“條款”是指本使用條款中包含的條款和條件以及所有其他操作規則、政策（包括我們在 HTTPS://WWW.TOPSTEP.COM/PRIVACY-POLICY/ 的隱私政策）及其任何未來的修改，以及可能不時在網站或服務上發佈或在Topstep服務上或通過Topstep服務向您提供的程式。

“第三方服務”是指不受Topstep控制或維護的產品或服務。

“TopstepFunded”是指伊利諾伊州有限責任公司TopstepFunded LLC。

“交易組合®”是指用於體驗式學習的模擬帳戶，其中為使用者提供了發展交易技能的工具，並評估了此類用戶的表現，以便有機會獲得TopstepFunded的交易資本或晉陞到Topstep提供的其他產品或服務。

“Topstep 方”是指 Topstep、其母公司、子公司、附屬公司、任何相關公司、供應商、許可方和合作夥伴，以及每個方的高級職員、董事、員工、代理和代表。

“Topstep 產品和內容”是指網站上、服務、系統、內容以及網站上或通過網站提供的所有其他內容、服務和/或產品。

“使用者內容”是指使用者提交或發佈的博客、評論或其他內容，旨在在任何Topstep的網站或服務上公開展示。

“使用者憑據”是指唯一的電子郵件/使用者名和密碼組合。

“使用者部分”是指位於網站上的用戶介面。

“網站”是指通過域 www.Topstep.com，www.FuturesMag.com，TopstepTrader.com，TopstepFX.com 或子域或域提供的所有Web文檔（包括圖像，php和html檔）的彙編，這些域在其他頂級域下具有相同的名稱並由Topstep擁有。

2. 聯絡資訊/指定代理

如果您對Topstep有任何疑問或意見，或尋求任何其他資訊，請發送電子郵件 support@Topstep.com。您也可以致電（888）407-1611或寫信給我們：Topstep LLC，224 N Des Plaines St.，Ste. 350，指定代理，Suite 200 Chicago，Illinois 60661。有關指定代理人的查詢或其他信件應發送至上述郵寄位址或電子位址。您承認，Topstep或其關聯公司與提供服務有關的所有通信都將通過您在我們這裏註冊的電子郵件地址進行。通過電子郵件或使用者科進行的書面電子通信也被視為書面通信。

3. 服務

Trading Combine®是一個模擬帳戶，您的表現將接受評估，以便有機會獲得TopstepFunded的交易資本資金或升級到Topstep提供的其他產品或服務，其中任何一項均應根據單獨或補充的書面協議進行管理。請點擊此處瞭解有關與交易組合相關的服務的更多資訊®。Topstep的某些附屬公司還託管了一個名為“Futures Mag”的網站。

您可以通過填寫適當的註冊或訂購表格通過網站訂購服務。註冊后，我們將通過電子郵件向您發送使用者部分和您的帳戶的登錄詳細資訊，並允許您訪問適用的網站和服務。

服務包括可能因您的帳戶而在範圍上有所不同的產品（例如，通過您可以使用的分析工具）。您通過註冊、您的帳戶或其他方式提供給我們的所有數據必須是完整、真實和最新的。您必須立即通知我們您的資料的任何更改或更新您帳戶中的資料。您有責任確保所有提供的數據準確無誤且最新;Topstep沒有義務驗證數據。您承認，如果您在註冊或訂單表格或帳戶詳細資訊中提供身份證號碼、稅務登記號或其他類似資訊，或者如果您聲明您是法人實體，則本條款或適用法律中授予消費者權利的規定將不適用於您。

交易組合®的費用根據所選的選項而有所不同，並取決於必須滿足的購買力和參數，以便滿足交易組合®的條件和目標。最終費用將根據您在填寫訂購交易組合®的表格時選擇的選項來確定。該費用是為了允許您訪問交易組合®以及與之相關的任何服務或教育資源而支付的。您無權獲得費用退款，例如，如果您取消您的帳戶或通過電子郵件要求取消，如果您提前終止使用服務（例如，未能完成交易組合®），您未能滿足交易組合®的條件，或者您以任何方式違反條款。

如果您就已支付的費用提出不合理的投訴，或與您的銀行或支付服務Topstep（例如，通過拒付服務，爭議服務或其他類似服務）對已支付的費用提出異議，並據此要求取消，取消或退還費用或其任何部分，Topstep有權自行決定， 停止向您提供任何服務，並拒絕將來提供任何服務。

在您的註冊表中輸入的任何數據都可以進行檢查，更正和修改，直到服務的約束性訂單。您選擇的服務順序是通過提交註冊來做出的。Topstep將確認收到您的訂單到您的電子郵件位址。在交易組合®的情況下，訂單在支付所選期權的費用后完成，從而執行您與Topstep之間的合同，其主題是交易組合®的提供。

您承認，為了使用我們的服務，您必須自行承擔風險和費用，獲得適當的技術設備和軟體，包括第三方軟體。本網站可從最常用的網路瀏覽器訪問。互聯網訪問，購買設備以及購買Web瀏覽器及其更新的風險和費用由您自行承擔。Topstep不保證或擔保服務將與任何特定設備或軟體相容。

您承認交易平臺的運營商是與Topstep不同的個人或實體，當您使用他們的服務和產品時，他們自己的條款和條件以及隱私政策將適用。在參與任何服務之前，您有義務閱讀這些條款和條件以及隱私政策。

為了使Topstep能夠阻止和停止賭博類型的行為，如果您在不合理的短時間內（例如，在給定的24小時內重置超過3次或有多個交易組合®）為服務下達了異常多的訂單，我們保留暫停您進一步訂購服務的權利。如果我們確定異常行為與用戶參與禁止行為有關（見第26節），我們保留自行決定所述行為的性質和合理後果的權利，包括立即終止您對網站和服務的訪問。Topstep使命的核心租戶是教育用戶並磨練他們的技能，以養成健康的交易習慣。Topstep旨在為使用者提供一個參與類比交易的安全環境，並保留採取任何其認為謹慎的行動的權利，以阻止任何使用從事賭博類型的行為或Topstep自行決定認為與其使命和價值觀相衝突的其他行為。

4. 申請資格

您聲明並保證您已年滿 18 周歲並居住在美國。在允許使用網站或服務的最低年齡超過18歲的司法管轄區、地區和地點，您聲明並保證您符合允許使用網站或服務的最低年齡要求。如果您未達到您所在司法管轄區、地區或所在地允許使用網站或服務的最低年齡，無論您的父母或監護人是否同意您使用本網站或服務，您都不得使用網站或服務。

您聲明並保證您沒有被判犯有重罪，沒有受到美國國家期貨協會的紀律處分，也沒有被美國商品期貨交易委員會紀律處分。您聲明並保證您沒有與貿易公司的未結餘額。如果您是被定罪的重罪犯，受到美國國家期貨協會的紀律處分，受到美國商品期貨交易委員會的紀律處分，或在交易公司有未結餘額，則您沒有資格使用網站或服務。

您全權負責確保這些條款符合適用於您的所有法律、規則和法規。如果這些條款或對網站或服務的使用被禁止，或者在提供、銷售或提供網站或服務與任何適用法律、規則或法規相衝突的情況下，訪問網站或服務的權利將被撤銷。網站或服務僅供您使用，不供任何第三方使用或受益。

未經我們事先書面同意，您不得出於生產目的訪問拓普產品和內容，（b）如果您是拓普步的競爭對手，（c）監控拓普網站或服務的可用性，性能或功能，或（d）用於其他基準測試或競爭目的。

5. 不是經紀自營商

您承認並同意，我們不是經紀交易商，因為美國金融服務法規中使用了該術語，並且我們不會代表我們或另一方交易證券作為網站或服務的一部分，也不會直接提供我們自己的任何財務建議作為網站或服務的一部分。您承認並同意，對於因您依賴通過網站或服務提供的資訊或您與其他用戶的互動而可能產生的任何損失或收益，我們概不負責。

6. 依賴我們網站或服務上顯示的資訊（TOPSTEP提供的內容）

網站或服務上或通過網站或服務提供的資訊包括財務和市場資訊。此類資訊僅用於娛樂和一般資訊目的。我們不保證此類信息的準確性，完整性，及時性或有用性，並且此類資訊尚未經過驗證。您對此類資訊的任何依賴均由您自行承擔風險。我們不要求對我們提供的資訊採取任何行動。我們不承擔因您或我們網站或服務的任何其他訪問者或可能被告知其任何內容的任何人對此類材料的任何依賴而產生的所有責任和義務。

所提交的資訊是在不考慮個人投資目標，財務狀況或手段的情況下準備的。該等資料並非旨在構成投資建議，亦並非旨在滿足您的個人財務狀況。在我們的網站或服務上或通過我們的網站或服務描述的許多投資涉及重大風險，任何關於網站或服務中包含的風險的討論都不應被視為對所涉及的風險的完整討論。我們建議您在進行任何投資之前，諮詢您的財務顧問，瞭解投資選擇以及任何投資是否適合您的特定需求。您承認並同意，您對您的投資決策負有全部責任，並且您不應僅依賴通過網站或服務提供的任何資訊來做出任何投資決策。

網站或服務上提供的資訊和材料不得解釋為購買或出售任何證券，金融產品或工具或參與任何特定交易策略的要約，或購買或出售要約的招攬。

我們盡合理努力維護網站或服務，但對於與網站或服務相關的任何缺陷或故障、網站或服務上發佈的任何內容、任何小部件或類似應用程式的使用，或可能由任何此類缺陷或故障導致的任何損害（包括利潤損失或其他後果性損害，即使我們已被告知相同情況），我們概不負責。網站或服務可能因任何原因無法訪問或無法運行，包括：（a）設備故障，（b）我們可能不時進行的定期維護程式或維修，或（c）超出Topstep控制範圍或Topstep無法預見的原因。

我們的網站或服務包括第三方提供的內容，包括其他使用者、公司擁有者、博主和第三方許可方、聯合召集人、聚合器和/或報告服務提供的材料。除我們提供的內容外，任何此類材料中表達的所有陳述和/或意見，以及對問題和其他內容的所有文章和回答，僅是提供這些材料的個人或實體的意見和責任。任何此類材料不一定反映我們的觀點，也未經我們驗證。此類出版物中的資訊可能會過時，我們沒有義務對其進行更新。對於任何第三方提供的任何材料的內容或準確性，無論是在網站或服務上顯示還是以其他方式顯示，我們均不對您或任何第三方負責。

如果我們的任何網站包含指向第三方提供的其他網站和資源的連結，則這些連結僅為您的方便而提供。這包括廣告中包含的連結，包括橫幅廣告和讚助連結。我們無法控制這些網站或資源的內容，也不對它們或因您使用它們而可能產生的任何損失或損害承擔任何責任。如果您決定訪問連結到我們網站或服務的任何第三方網站，則完全由您自己承擔風險，並受此類網站的使用條款的約束。

拓步不會在網站或服務上推廣任何金融工具。Topstep不會從其金融工具出現在網站或服務上的公司獲得任何補償。

我們對任何用戶內容不承擔任何責任。我們沒有義務預先篩選或監控用戶內容。我們保留在收到第三方通知或標記后，隨時自行決定刪除或編輯全部或部分用戶內容的權利，恕不另行通知。

這些服務不是，也可能不被視為投資服務。TOPSTEP不會向您提供任何指導，指示或提供有關您在使用服務或其他方式時應如何或以何種方式進行交易的資訊，或有關所交易的投資工具的任何其他類似資訊，TOPSTEP也不接受您的任何此類指導，指示或資訊。任何服務均不構成投資意見或建議。TOPSTEP的任何員工，員工或代表均無權提供投資建議或建議。如果TOPSTEP的任何員工，員工或代表的任何資訊或聲明被解釋為投資建議或建議，TOPSTEP明確表示這是投資建議或建議，並且不對其負責

本網站上的所有內容均按「原樣」提供，對內容的性質或準確性不作任何保證，無論是發佈時還是由於時間的流逝，也沒有任何陳述或保證。

7. 商品期貨交易傭金免責聲明

CFTC規則4.41 – 所有假設或類比的性能結果都有一定的局限性。與實際性能記錄中顯示的結果不同，模擬結果不代表實際交易。此外，由於交易尚未實際執行，因此結果可能低估或過度補償了某些市場因素（如缺乏流動性）的影響（如果有的話）。一般來說，類比或假設的交易程式也受到這樣一個事實的影響，即它們是在事後看來的好處而設計的。不表示任何帳戶將或可能實現與所示帳戶類似的利潤或損失。

這些服務包括使用類比交易所交易的工具或與其他金融市場上的其他工具進行交易的工具，提供分析工具，培訓和教育材料以及其他輔助服務。金融市場資訊用於類比交易;但是，您承認您通過服務執行的任何交易都不是真實的。您還承認，提供給您的類比交易資金是虛構的，您無權擁有超出其在服務中使用的範圍之外的這些虛構資金，特別是它們不得用於任何實際交易，並且您無權獲得這些資金的支付。除非另有明確約定，否則我們不會根據您虛構的交易結果向您支付任何報酬或利潤，也不會要求您支付任何損失。

8. 使用者部分

除非明確考慮超越交易組合®，否則您不得在產品之間或與任何其他使用者之間轉移或合併您帳戶的性能，服務參數，數據或任何其他資訊。

訪問您的帳戶和服務受登錄數據保護，您不得將其提供給任何第三方或與任何第三方共用。如果您註冊為法人實體，則服務可能由用戶的員工和代表使用。用戶對通過用戶帳戶執行的所有活動負責。拓普對本服務任何部分的任何濫用不承擔任何責任，使用者也無權獲得任何賠償，拓普也不對其任何負面後果負責。

用戶承認，網站和服務的可用性無法得到保證，並且由於維護，升級或任何其他原因而不可用。特別是，Topstep不承擔任何責任，用戶無權就其帳戶不可用以及上傳，傳輸或保存在網站上的任何數據或其他內容的損壞或丟失而獲得任何賠償。

您可以隨時通過電子郵件向我們終止 support@topstep.com。Topstep將通過電子郵件確認收到使用者的請求，使用者與Topstep之間的合同關係將被終止。用戶無權獲得任何費用或成本的任何退款。

用戶可以在交易組合中進行任何類比交易，®但構成禁止行為的任何此類交易除外。您還同意遵循良好的市場標準規則和金融市場交易慣例（例如，風險管理規則）。您為交易選擇的交易條件也可能施加限制。您承認Topstep有權訪問有關您在網站上執行的交易的資訊。您授予Topstep與其關聯公司共用此信息的權利，並將與您在網站和服務中的活動相關的任何此類數據用於其合法的商業目的。您同意，這些活動可以在未經您進一步同意、諮詢或批准的情況下自動執行，並且您無權獲得與Topstep使用數據相關的任何報酬或收入。Topstep對網站上顯示的信息不承擔任何責任，也不對通過您的帳戶顯示的市場資訊的任何中斷，延遲或不準確負責。您同意在使用服務時始終應用市場標準風險管理規則在金融市場上進行交易。您承認，如果您開立的頭寸數量大幅（i）與其他交易相比更大，或（ii）與其他交易相比，頭寸數量較小或更多，則不符合這些標準。

Topstep保留自行決定某些交易，實踐，策略或情況是否為禁止行為的權利。

如果您從事任何禁止行為，Topstep可能會（a）將其視為未能滿足特定交易組合®的條件，（b）從您的交易歷史記錄中刪除違反禁令的交易和/或不將其結果計入此類類比交易所獲得的利潤和/或損失，或（c）立即取消向您提供的所有服務並隨後終止本協定。如果使用者從事任何禁止行為，Topstep可以阻止使用者訪問任何或所有服務，包括帳戶和網站，而無需任何賠償或退款。Topstep不對您在金融市場真實交易中執行的交易或其他投資活動或與服務相關的其他投資活動負責，除非根據任何補充或單獨的書面協議明確同意。

金融市場的發展受到頻繁和突然的變化的影響。金融市場上的交易可能無利可圖，並可能導致重大的財務損失。用戶類比交易的任何先前表現和利潤均不保證或表明任何進一步的表現。

9. 交易組合 ®

在支付了交易組合®的選定選項的費用后，用戶將通過使用者提供的電子郵件位址收到相關的登錄數據。如果您在向您提供交易組合之日起30個日曆日內未啟動該交易組合®，則您訪問該組合將被暫停。您可以在最初暫停后的6個月內通過使用者部分或向 support@topstep.com 發送電子郵件來請求續訂訪問許可權，否則我們將終止提供服務，而無權退還費用。為了從交易組合®中畢業，用戶必須按照適用的交易規則（定義見第26節）和適用於適用交易組合®的使用者帳戶的賬戶參數滿足所有利潤目標，這些參數仍會不時調整和更改，恕不另行通知，並在此處詳細介紹交易規則和賬戶參數的當前時程表。

如果在交易合併®期間，使用者不遵守第9.2條中規定的某些條件，則交易組合®將被評估為不成功且不退款，如果使用者希望繼續進行類比交易，使用者將被要求以當時的匯率重置新的模擬帳戶。

如果您成功從交易組合®畢業，您將有機會獲得TopstepFunded的交易資本資助，或晉陞到Topstep提供的其他產品或服務，其中任何一項均應根據單獨或補充的書面協議進行管理。

10. 第三方服務

我們的網站或服務可能是指第三方服務。您有責任執行自己的盡職調查並評估任何第三方服務是否適合您。您同意Topstep對您因訪問或使用此類第三方服務而可能遇到的任何傷害，傷害，損害或負面體驗概不負責。如果您訪問、訪問或使用我們網站或服務中提及的任何第三方服務，您將自行承擔風險。

11. 免責聲明

TOPSTEP明確否認對內容的所有明示或暗示保證，包括對適銷性，特定用途的適用性和不侵權的暗示保證。拓普斯特不保證或聲明拓普網站或服務的功能或操作不會中斷或沒有錯誤，缺陷將得到糾正，或者拓普斯特網站或服務，其伺服器或從拓普斯特發送的任何電子郵件沒有病毒或其他有害成分。

TOPSTEP不保證您的活動或對網站或服務的使用在任何特定司法管轄區都是合法的，並且在任何情況下，TOPSTEP明確否認此類保證。通過使用網站或服務，您應自行承擔風險，並且您聲明並保證您的活動在您訪問或使用網站或服務的每個司法管轄區都是合法的。

您承認服務和其他內容是“按原樣”提供的，其中包含其所有錯誤，缺陷和缺點，並且它們的使用由您自行負責和承擔風險。

在不限制上述規定的前提下，在法律允許的最大範圍內，TOPSTEP不承擔任何明示或暗示的保證，包括對任何連結網站的適銷性、特定用途的適用性、擁有權、非侵權性、安全性或準確性的保證。TOPSTEP不認可也不對從鏈接網站獲得的任何產品或服務的功能或可靠性負責。

我們網站或連結網站上發佈的資訊、產品、軟體或服務描述可能包含不準確或印刷錯誤。公司不對此類錯誤承擔責任，也不保證或聲明我們網站或鏈接網站上的內容已更新或完整。TOPSTEP沒有義務更新我們網站上的任何內容，並可能隨時更改或改進我們的網站，恕不另行通知。

我們不認可除我們以外的任何一方通過我們的網站或服務提出的任何意見、建議或聲明的準確性或可靠性，也不對此負責。

12. 責任限制

在任何情況下，TOPSTEP、其母公司、子公司、合作夥伴或關聯公司，或各自的服務提供者、員工、代理、高級職員和董事均不對任何間接、附帶、特殊、懲罰性、懲戒性或後果性損害承擔責任，包括任何利潤損失、數據丟失或機會損失，或金錢損失或財產損失，即使您或任何其他人已通知我們此類損害的可能性， 或任何第三方因訪問、使用或鏈接網站或鏈接網站的內容而引起或以任何方式與之相關的任何索賠，或依賴與服務相關的任何工具、功能資訊或其他可用內容，無論此類索賠是根據任何法律或衡平法理論提出的。

拓普保留隨時修改、更改、替換、添加或刪除服務的任何元素和功能的權利，無需任何補償。如果由於超出Topstep控制範圍的技術或運營原因而發生故障，則在發生任何危機或迫在眉睫的危機，自然災害，戰爭，起義，政府行動，大流行，對大量人員的威脅或其他不可抗力事件的情況下，或者如果Topstep由於法律規定的任何義務或以下決定而無法提供服務，則Topstep對其未能提供服務概不負責。公共機構。

TOPSTEP對您使用的與服務相關的任何產品，服務，應用程式或其他第三方內容概不負責。

在任何情況下，對於因這些條款或履行或違反這些條款，或任何產品或服務或其使用或性能或性能或性能而引起，與之相關的任何損失或損害，無論基於合同，保修，侵權，嚴格責任還是其他方式，我們對任何類型的任何索賠的責任都不會超過（a）您在上個月為TOPSTEP產品或服務或（b）$ 100。

此責任限制包括感染您設備的病毒傳播、機械或電子設備故障、通信線路、電話或其他互連故障、未經授權的訪問、盜竊、操作錯誤或任何不可抗力。

13. 購買;信用卡和其他財務資訊

Topstep的某些網站允許用戶下訂單。下訂單後，您應按照「訂單摘要」頁面或類似訂購機制中規定的購買價格向Topstep付款。Topstep或其第三方關聯公司可能會利用某些第三方支付處理商的服務來處理信用卡和其他可接受的付款方式的付款。您的購買受此類第三方支付處理商施加的任何其他條款和條件的約束。購買價格和任何適用的費用或稅款應適用於您在提交訂單時選擇的付款方式。

在購買訂單或Topstep通過網站或服務提供的其他服務時，您承認Topstep將提供所請求服務的可用性和訪問許可權。您參與或未能使用此類購買的服務並不表示您有權獲得退款。

產品的價格和可用性如有更改，恕不另行通知。錯誤將在發現時進行更正，Topstep保留撤銷任何所述優惠並糾正任何錯誤，不準確或遺漏的權利，包括在提交訂單后以及訂單是否已確認以及您的付款方式是否被接受並收取費用。如果您的付款方式被接受並收費，Topstep將在您的訂單被撤銷后的合理時間內向您發放適當的信用額度。

服務費包含所有稅費。使用者負責根據適用法律使用我們服務時的納稅義務（如果有）。

Topstep通過我們的網站或服務接受通過信用卡和轉帳卡付款，並可能利用某些第三方支付處理器的服務來處理信用卡和其他可接受的付款方式的付款。某些信用卡和轉帳卡資訊將被加密並通過安全頁面接收。您聲明並保證，您是您提供給Topstep或其第三方支付處理商的信用卡或轉帳卡或其他付款方式的授權簽署人，以支付與您通過我們的網站或服務購買產品或服務相關的任何費用或稅款。

如果您被定向到第三方網站進行購買，您的購買將受此類第三方網站的條款的約束。如果您希望向任何第三方服務提供者或任何連結網站提供信用卡或轉帳卡資訊、個人數據或財務資訊，您應自行承擔風險和自行決定。我們強烈建議您在提供此類資訊之前查看任何第三方的條款和條件以及隱私政策。如果您向任何第三方提供此類資訊，拓步概不負責，也不對任何第三方使用此類信息負責。

14. 鏈接到我們的網站

您可以連結到我們的網站或服務，前提是（a）您以公平的方式這樣做，遵守所有適用的法律，規則和法規，並且不損害我們的聲譽;（b）未經我們明確的書面同意，您不得以暗示我們任何形式的關聯，批准或認可的方式建立連結。

15. 受限網站和密碼/用戶註冊

網站或服務的某些功能僅限於已為適用服務註冊帳戶的使用者。此類用戶將擁有為其帳戶頒發的唯一用戶憑據。您聲明並保證所有帳戶資訊都是真實和準確的，並且您將更新此類資訊以確保其準確性。您聲明並保證您在註冊時提供了有效的電子郵件位址。您同意，您為註冊我們的網站或服務或以其他方式提供的所有資訊，包括通過使用我們網站或服務上的任何互動功能，均受我們的隱私政策的約束，並且您同意我們對您的資訊採取的所有行動符合我們的隱私政策。您可以通過我們的網站或服務或通過上面提供的聯繫資訊與我們聯繫來更新您的個人資訊。

使用者對使用者憑據的機密性負責，並應對此類使用者或使用此類使用者憑據的任何其他個人或實體訪問或使用網站或服務（無論此類訪問是否已獲得授權）負責並承擔責任。您同意，對帳戶的訪問將僅限於使用該帳戶訂閱的使用者。您同意，如果您得知或有理由懷疑任何未經授權使用您的帳戶或任何其他違反安全的行為，將立即通知Topstep。

您承認並同意，Topstep有權根據通過您的帳戶收到的所有指示採取行動，並且如果我們認為該帳戶正由其註冊使用者以外的其他人使用，則Topstep可以（但沒有義務）拒絕訪問或阻止使用您的帳戶進行的任何交易，恕不另行通知， 或出於任何其他原因。

Topstep保留出於任何原因拒絕向任何個人授予用戶憑據的權利，包括，如果此類使用者冒充他人，受商標或其他擁有權法保護，或粗俗或冒犯。對於因使用者未能遵守本節而造成的任何損失或損害，拓普斯特概不負責。

16. 在我們的網站上提交內容或評論（您提供的內容）

如果您提交用戶內容，即表示您同意遵守這些條款。

您不得在我們的網站或服務上提交以下行為的用戶內容：非法、不雅、褻瀆（直接或間接通過部分模糊的單詞、信件、短語、術語或類似內容）、威脅、誹謗、貶損、違反Topstep的隱私政策或以其他方式損害Topstep或任何第三方、構成商業招攬或廣告（除非Topstep事先書面批准）， 或主要由未經請求的群發郵件組成。

用戶內容不得辱駡或騷擾任何人。您不得提交屬於或聲稱是關於他人的個人身份資訊的材料，例如全名，郵政地址，電子郵件地址，電話號碼或任何其他可能構成侵犯隱私的個人屬性。用戶內容不得是淫穢的、令人反感的、冒犯性的、侵權的、欺騙性的、欺詐性的或侵犯他人的隱私權或公開權的。

Topstep不保證用戶內容將保持私密，即使此類用戶內容被輸入到網站或服務的密碼保護部分。因此，您不應提供您希望保護的用戶內容免受他人侵害。

用戶內容不得包含軟體病毒、蠕蟲、間諜軟體、特洛伊木馬或其他旨在中斷、損害、破壞或限制任何計算機軟體或硬體或電信設備功能的計算機代碼、檔或程式。

用戶內容不得以任何方式侵犯任何個人或實體的版權、商標或其他智慧財產權，也不得包含任何個人或實體的特權、機密、專有或商業秘密資訊，也不得包含任何個人或實體在任何司法管轄區或地區的合法權利的任何資訊。

您不得冒充任何其他個人或實體，或以其他方式誤導任何個人或實體關於您的任何評論的來源。

您同意披露您與任何用戶內容中指定的任何公司或金融工具之間的任何利益衝突，擁有權利益，業務，雇傭或其他財務關係。您同意不提交用戶內容，以增加或減少金融工具的價格，並因此類增加或減少而出售或購買此類金融工具。如果您打算在72小時內購買或出售有關任何股票或金融工具的用戶內容，則任何此類用戶內容應包括有關您打算購買或出售的聲明。

您不得提交違反任何當地、州、國家或國際法律的用戶內容，包括但不限於美國證券交易委員會和美國商品期貨交易委員會的規定或其他證券法以及任何證券交易所的規則。您同意用戶內容不會構成非法活動，不引起民事責任，也不會違反任何其他方的合同、個人、智慧財產權或其他權利。

17. 內容許可

通過提交用戶內容，您授予Topstep無限制的，全球性的，非排他性的，不可撤銷的，永久的，全額付清的和免版稅的權利和許可（“許可”），以任何形式或格式，全部或部分託管，存儲，維護，使用，複製，分發，展示，發佈，修改，準備衍生作品，並以其他方式利用網站或服務以及任何其他網站上的全部或任何部分此類用戶內容， 管道或分銷平臺，出於任何目的，無需對您承擔任何會計，通知，信用或其他義務，以及許可和再許可以及授權他人自行決定行使本協定授予Topstep的任何權利的權利。此處描述的所有權利，許可和特權均在提交用戶內容后立即授予Topstep，並應永久和無限期地持續下去。您希望保持私密的任何資訊都不應與用戶內容一起提交或作為用戶內容提交。

此外，您提交用戶內容即表示您對以下內容的陳述和保證：

• 您有權提交用戶內容並授予此處所述的許可;
• 無需第三方進一步的許可、版稅或許可即可使用此處所述的用戶內容;
• 用戶內容不侵犯任何第三方的權利，包括智慧財產權和隱私權;和
• 用戶內容符合條款和所有適用法律。

18. 知識產權、商標和版權

Topstep網站或服務及其全部內容、特性和功能（包括所有資訊、軟體、文本、顯示、圖像、視頻和音訊，以及其設計、選擇和安排）歸Topstep、其許可方或此類材料的其他供應商所有，並受美國和國際版權、商標、專利、商業秘密以及其他智慧財產權或擁有權法律和條約的保護。您不得質疑Topstep網站或服務或其任何組成部分的擁有權或權利。

您被授予非排他性、不可轉讓、有限和可撤銷的權利，僅出於個人、非商業和非公開用途訪問、使用、顯示和瀏覽我們的網站和服務。您不得複製、分發、修改、創建衍生作品、公開展示、公開表演、重新發佈、下載、存儲或傳輸我們的任何材料，但您個人、非商業和非公開使用的情況除外。您不得出於任何商業目的訪問或使用我們網站或服務的任何部分。

如果您違反這些條款列印、複製、修改、下載或以其他方式使用或向任何其他人提供對我們網站或服務的任意部分的訪問許可權，則您使用Topstep網站和服務的權利將立即終止，您必須根據我們的選擇退還或銷毀您製作的任何材料副本。對我們的網站或服務或我們網站或服務上的任何內容的任何權利、擁有權或利益均未轉讓給您，並且Topstep保留此處未明確授予的所有權利。任何未經這些條款明確允許的使用我們的網站或服務均違反這些條款，並可能違反版權、商標、商業秘密和其他法律。

除非另有披露，否則我們網站和服務上顯示的標誌均為Topstep的財產。未經我們的書面許可，您不得出於任何目的使用，刪除或更改任何商標，包括用於其他材料，演示文稿，功能變數名稱或元標籤。

除非上文明確規定，否則未經Topstep事先書面許可，不得以電子、機械、複印、錄製或其他方式複製、更改、刪除、傳輸、發佈或分發Topstep網站或服務上顯示的任何智慧財產權。嚴禁在任何第三方網站上使用任何Topstep商標作為元標記。未經Topstep事先書面許可，您不得聯合品牌我們的網站或在框架中顯示我們的網站（或通過內聯鏈接顯示任何內容）。您同意與Topstep合作，使任何未經授權的聯合品牌，框架或連結立即停止。您不得刪除、修改或更改我們交付的任何產品中的任何版權、商標或專利聲明。您同意不採取任何會干擾或削弱我們在智慧財產權中的權利、擁有權或利益的行為。

19. 數位千年版權法

根據《數位千年版權法》（見 HTTP://LCWEB.LOC.GOV/COPYRIGHT/LEGISLATION/DMCA.PDF）通過了以下政策。

指定代理人的位址可在上面的第2節中找到。如果您認為通過網站或服務提供的內容或材料侵犯了版權，請向指定代理發送包含以下資訊的通知：

• 被授權代表聲稱被侵犯的專有權擁有者行事的人的手寫或電子簽名;
• 聲稱被侵權的材料的標識，或者，如果有多個作品，則提供此類作品的代表性清單;
• 聲稱被侵權的材料或侵權活動主體的識別資訊，以及將被刪除或禁止訪問的材料，以及允許我們找到該材料的合理充分的資訊;
• 足以讓我們與您聯繫的合理資訊，例如地址、電話號碼以及可能與您聯繫的電子郵件位址（如果有）;
• 一份聲明，表明您有充分的理由相信，以被投訴的方式使用材料未經版權擁有者、其代理人或法律授權;和
• 一份聲明，說明通知中的資訊準確無誤，並且投訴方有權代表涉嫌被侵犯的專有權的擁有者行事，否則將受到偽證處罰。

20. 終止

用戶可以隨時通過向Topstep發送從相關分發清單中刪除的請求來終止接收任何免費服務出版物。所有免費的服務發佈電子郵件都將包含一個連結，允許使用者取消訂閱。如果您希望終止接收此類出版物，請使用所附電子郵件中的連結或查看第2節中提供的聯繫資訊。

拓普步保留隨時自行決定拒絕或終止您訪問任何拓普斯特網站或服務的權利。此類終止可能是由於違反本條款或其他參考協定，未經授權使用或複製任何出版物或資訊，或任何理由或無理由，所有這些都由Topstep自行決定。如果此類訪問被拒絕或終止，您同意您不會嘗試以任何名義（真實或假設）建立新帳戶。這些條款的所有規定在終止后仍然有效，包括擁有權規定、擔保免責聲明、賠償和責任限制。

21. 管轄權和可執行性

這些條款應受伊利諾伊州和美利堅合眾國法律管轄並據其解釋，不考慮任何法律衝突原則。您不可撤銷地同意位於美國伊利諾伊州庫克縣芝加哥市的法院對因本條款或其標的物引起或與之相關的任何訴訟擁有專屬管轄權。在任何此類訴訟中，您放棄基於缺乏屬人管轄權，居住地，不當地點或論壇不方便的任何異議。

因本協定或其違約、終止、執行、解釋或有效性而引起或與之相關的任何爭議、索賠或糾紛，包括確定本協定的仲裁範圍或適用性，應由伊利諾伊州芝加哥市一名仲裁員通過仲裁確定。仲裁應由 JAMS 根據其綜合仲裁規則和程式以及這些規則中的快速程式進行管理。對裁決的判決可以在任何有管轄權的法院進行。雙方應平均分擔仲裁費用。本條款不排除雙方向具有適當管轄權的法院尋求臨時補救措施以協助仲裁。如果發生有關本協議標的的訴訟或仲裁，勝訴方有權收回其產生的所有費用，包括該方的合理律師費。締約雙方同意：

• 本協定項下的任何仲裁程式，無論消費者糾紛或商業糾紛是否應被認證為集體訴訟或集體訴訟，或基於涉及代表公眾，其他使用者或潛在使用者或類似情況的人以聲稱的代表身份提出的索賠，以及
• 本協定項下的任何仲裁程式均不得與任何其他仲裁程式合併或以任何方式合併。雙方同意以個人為基礎對消費者糾紛或商業糾紛進行仲裁，雙方放棄參與集體訴訟的權利。

22. 不可抗力

對於因不可抗力事件而導致的任何未能履行或延遲履行我們在這些條款下的任何義務，我們概不負責。我們在這些條款下的義務將被暫停，履行義務的時間將在不可抗力事件期間延長。

23. 違反這些條款

如果使用者違反這些條款的任何規定，包括訪問與本協定衝突的服務，提供不完整，不真實或未更新的資訊，以（A）可能導致TOPSTEP風險或實際聲譽損害的方式行事，或（B）違反交易規則，TOPSTEP可能會阻止完全或部分限制您訪問任何或所有服務， 無需事先通知，也無需任何賠償或退款。

24. 集體訴訟權利的放棄

雙方放棄在任何集體或代表訴訟中作為代表或成員向另一方提出任何索賠的權利，除非法律禁止或法院認為此類放棄違反公共政策。在法律或法院允許任何一方對另一方提起集體訴訟或代表人訴訟的範圍內，雙方同意：（A）勝訴方無權收回律師費或與提起集體或代理人訴訟相關的費用（儘管本協定中有任何其他規定）;（B）作為集體訴訟成員發起或參與的一方當事人不得提交索賠或以其他方式參與通過集體訴訟或代表訴訟擔保的任何追償。

在適用法律允許的最大範圍內，各方特此放棄在因本協定或本協定或此處預期的交易（無論是基於合同，侵權行為還是任何其他理論）直接或間接引起或與之相關的任何法律訴訟中陪審團審判的任何權利。本協定各方（A）證明任何其他方的任何代表，代理人或律師均未明確或以其他方式聲明該另一方在訴訟時不會尋求執行上述棄權，並且（B）承認其和本協定的其他各方已被誘使簽訂本協定， 除其他事項外，本節中的相互豁免和認證。

25. 賠償

您同意賠償，辯護並使Topstep各方免受所有成本，責任和法律費用的損害，任何第三方因以下原因引起或與之相關的任何索賠或要求：（a）您訪問或使用我們的網站或服務，（b）您違反條款，（c）您的侵權行為， 或使用您帳戶的任何第三方，任何個人或實體的任何智慧財產權或其他權利，（d）從任何來源和所使用的任何付款方式為您的帳戶提供的任何資金。Topstep保留對您被要求賠償我們的任何事項進行獨家辯護和控制的權利，費用由您承擔，並且您同意配合我們對這些索賠的辯護。您同意，未經Topstep事先書面同意，不會解決任何此類事項。Topstep將盡合理努力通知您任何此類索賠，訴訟或程式。

26. 禁止行為

交易組合®中的活動取決於真實市場的運作。不允許利用類比環境在交易組合®中獲得優勢。例如，滑點，優惠訂單，市場跳空以及短時間內的高交易量是您不允許在交易組合®中利用的領域。交易組合®中的交易活動，有意或無意地規避目標和規則，或產生在真實市場交易中無法實現的利潤，則違反了本條款。如果發生上述行為，Topstep保留拒絕任何在交易組合®中通過或推進的索賠的權利，以及使您的帳戶不符合資格並禁止您進一步使用任何Topstep的網站或服務。如果您被發現在通過交易組合畢業的任何時間利用類比環境在您的交易組合®®中獲得優勢，或以其他方式被認為從事其他禁止行為（定義見下文），您將無權從Topstep維護的任何其他帳戶獲得任何提款， 所有這些都將被沒收並立即關閉。

在使用本網站或服務時，禁止使用者（統稱為“禁止行為”）：

• 使用任何旨在利用或創建服務中的錯誤的交易策略，例如價格顯示錯誤或更新延遲;
• 使用任何包含破壞性行為的交易策略，包括但不限於欺騙策略;
• 當日交易過多或不切實際的合約數量（例如，超過200張）;
• 在最佳出價或報價之外的任何時間進行交易;
• 使用外部或慢速數據饋送執行交易;
• 單獨或與任何其他人員一起執行，包括在連接帳戶之間，或在不同Topstep方持有的帳戶之間，交易或交易組合，其目的是在使用本網站或服務時操縱，濫用或給予使用者不公平的優勢，例如，通過從事任何短期或高頻交易或同時進入相反的頭寸;
• 執行與使用者部分的Topstep的條款和條件以及交易組合的條款和條件相衝突的交易®;
• 使用任何可能操縱、濫用或給使用者在使用本網站或服務時獲得不公平優勢的軟體、人工智慧、超高速或海量數據輸入;
• 否則，執行與適用期貨市場實際交易方式相矛盾的交易，或以合理的方式進行Topstep可能因用戶的活動而遭受財務或其他損害;
• 單獨或與他人合作，包括在連接或未連接的帳戶之間，執行相同的交易策略（即以相同的時間增量執行相同的交易），相反的策略，或其他旨在彙集或對沖多個模擬帳戶上聚合賬戶風險的活動;或
• 使用可能對網站和服務的運營產生不利影響的任何工具，或者旨在濫用網站和服務的任何錯誤，錯誤或其他缺陷的工具;
• 規避可用性的地理限制或任何其他技術限制;
• 持有產品鎖定限額2%以內的頭寸;
• 在使用者的用戶門戶中複製或備份任何資訊，包括交易報告;
• 在單個使用者身份下聚合多個個人的活動;
• 代表他人進行交易，包括但不限於分享任何獎勵作為任何業務安排的一部分;或
• 從事Topstep自行決定的其他行為，代表非商務工作，旨在玩弄市場，或以其他方式不是可行的交易策略。

本網站和服務的所有使用，包括在交易組合®中進行交易，均受Topstep制定的交易規則（統稱為“交易規則”）的約束，這些規則可由Topstep不時自行決定更改。本網站規定了當前的交易規則。用戶承認並同意，使用者全權負責保持交易規則的最新狀態，這些規則隨時隨時更改，恕不另行通知。

過多或不切實際的單日交易或單筆交易利潤將由Topstep審查，以確定是否可能違反這些條款或交易規則或從事任何禁止行為或禁止使用。

如果Topstep自行決定使用者違反了任何交易規則或從事禁止行為，Topstep可以自行決定刪除任何模擬帳戶利潤，刪除交易日，重置帳戶或禁止使用者進一步使用本網站和服務。

27. 其他禁止使用

您對您的帳戶下發生的任何和所有行為和疏忽負全部責任，並且您同意不以不可接受的方式使用網站或服務或任何用戶內容，包括：

• 發佈、存儲或傳播任何未經請求或未經授權的廣告、促銷材料、垃圾郵件、濫發郵件、連鎖信或其他欺詐計劃，或任何其他形式的招攬;
• 使用任何手動或自動軟體、設備或其他流程「抓取」或「蜘蛛」網站或服務中包含的任何網頁;

• 使用網站或服務獲取有關Topstep或網站或服務的競爭情報，以與Topstep或其附屬公司競爭;和
• 收集或以其他方式收集有關其他使用者的任何資訊，包括電子郵件位址或其他聯繫資訊

28. 獎勵

為了鼓勵更健康的交易習慣和利用Topstep的教育材料，Topstep可能會不時提供某些獎品，獎勵或激勵措施（每個，“獎勵”，統稱為“獎勵”）。任何獎勵均不需要任何單獨或特定的費用或付款。不時提供的每個獎勵可能具有適用於此類獎勵的特定目標、規則、指標、交付或付款條款以及到期日。用戶負責跟蹤每個獎勵及其獲得此類獎勵的資格。每個具有到期日期的獎勵在其規定的到期日自動沒有價值或影響。獎勵是給定用戶的個人獎勵，不得以任何理由轉讓。任何獎勵兌換均為最終兌換，且不以任何理由退款。每個提供的獎勵只能由每個帳戶的用戶獲得一次。每個使用者全權負責跟蹤其實現目標的進度，Topstep沒有義務或責任通知使用者獎勵資格已經實現。

為了有資格參與賺取獎勵，用戶必須（i）擁有一個有效的注資帳戶或交易組合，該帳戶或交易組合尚未使用Topstep或其關聯公司提供的任何積分或獎勵（包括任何獎勵）購買或打開，並且（ii）是18歲或以上的美國公民或合法美國居民，並且不能列在OFAC特別指定的國民和被阻止人員名單（或其他類似名單）上清單或指定）。

如果Topstep自行決定，如果（i）此人無視這些條款，（ii）意圖惹惱，濫用，威脅或騷擾任何其他使用者，Topstep或其代理商或代表，（iii）貶低Topstep或其產品或服務，拓普斯特可以禁止任何使用者或潛在用戶參與給定的獎勵， 拓普的競爭對手或其產品或服務，拓普的關聯公司或與拓普斯特相關的任何其他個人或一方，或（iv）以任何其他破壞性方式行事。Topstep可以不經考慮且無需通知使用者，更改或取消Topstep認為違反這些條款的使用者所獲得的任何獎勵，無論此類活動是否與獲得此類獎勵有關。Topstep自行決定與獎勵相關的所有事項的決定是最終決定。

29. 其他重要條款

這些條款是您與Topstep之間的任何其他協議的補充：

這些條款中的任何內容均不得在您和Topstep之間建立或被視為建立合夥，代理，信託安排，信託關係或合資企業。您和Topstep均無權代表另一方行事或創建任何明示或暗示的義務。

您同意，違反這些條款的規定將對Topstep造成無法彌補的傷害和重大傷害，這既難以確定，也不能僅通過損害賠償來賠償。因此，您同意Topstep有權通過禁令（無需發佈保證金），特定履行或其他衡平法救濟來執行這些條款的規定，而不影響Topstep可能因您違反這些條款而擁有的任何其他權利和補救措施。

我們保留隨時自行決定：修改，暫停或終止我們的網站或服務或通過我們的網站或服務提供的任何服務，內容，功能或產品的權利，無論是否通知;收取與使用我們的網站和服務有關的費用;修改和/或免除與我們的網站或服務相關的任何費用;和/或為我們網站或服務的部分或全部使用者提供機會。您同意，對於我們網站或服務或服務，或通過我們的網站或服務提供的任何服務、內容、功能或產品的任何修改、暫停或終止，我們不對您或任何第三方承擔責任。

這些條款的每個段落都單獨運行。如果任何法院或相關機構裁定其中任何一段是非法的或不可執行的，其餘段落將保持完全有效。

本條款構成您與Topstep之間商定的完整條款和條件，並取代與本條款標的有關的所有先前協定，無論是口頭還是書面形式。

如果本條款的任何規定被認定為無效或無效，則應由其含義盡可能接近無效規定的規定取代。一項規定的無效性，不影響其他條款的效力。雙方之間確立的過去或未來慣例，以及本條款中未明確提及的與履約標的物有關的一般或行業內所維持的任何慣例，均不得適用，也不得從中為雙方產生任何權利和義務;此外，在解釋當事方意願的表現時，不應考慮到這些因素。

如果我們未能堅持要求您履行這些條款下的任何義務，或者如果我們沒有對您行使我們的權利，或者如果我們延遲這樣做，這並不意味著我們已經放棄了對您的權利，也不意味著您不必遵守這些義務。如果我們確實放棄了您的違約，我們只會以書面形式這樣做，這並不意味著我們將自動放棄您以後的任何違約。

Topstep可能會在未經您同意的情況下將這些條款或任何協定中的任何索賠轉讓給第三方。您同意，作為轉讓人，拓普可以將其在本條款或任何協定或部分下的權利和義務轉讓給第三方。您無權轉讓或讓與您在這些條款或其任何協定或部分項下的權利或義務。

我們可以隨時終止這些條款，恕不另行通知，因此，如果我們自行判斷您未能遵守這些條款的任何條款或規定，我們可能會拒絕您訪問我們的網站和服務。在終止日期之前發生的各方的義務和責任應在本條款終止後繼續有效。

30. 接受和修改這些條款

我們假設所有使用者都已閱讀本文檔並同意其內容。如果您不同意這些條款，您必須避免使用我們的網站和服務。

您承認您已仔細評估了條款可能產生的風險，並且您接受這些風險。

這些條款可能會不時更改。如果我們修改我們的條款，我們將通知您並在此處發佈修訂后的聲明，並附上更新的修訂日期。如果您在收到通知后不同意對這些使用條款的任何更改，則必須停止使用網站或服務。

31. 反饋

Topstep歡迎您的反饋。如果您向Topstep提交反饋，請注意，您的反饋將成為Topstep的財產，您特此不可撤銷地將反饋中的權利，擁有權和利益以及全球此類反饋中體現的所有版權和其他智慧財產權轉讓給Topstep。

© 2022 Topstep LLC.保留所有權利。

英文原文：TERMS OF USE

Last Modified: July 28, 2022

These Terms of Use govern access to and the use of the Sites or Services of Topstep LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its affiliated entities (collectively, “Topstep”, “we”, “our”, or “us”), by our account holders, users, and visitors (“you”, “your”, or “User”), however such Sites or Services are accessed, including any content, functionality, products and services, information about our products and services, your accounts, and other tools offered. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Privacy Policy which is incorporated herein by reference.

The Topstep Sites and Services are offered to you subject to your affirmative and unequivocal acceptance, without modification, of all the Terms in their entirety. When accepted by you, these Terms form a legally binding contract between you and Topstep. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of an entity, you represent that you have the legal authority to bind that entity.

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. BY REGISTERING FOR, ACCESSING, BROWSING, CREATING AN ACCOUNT, POSTING OR DOWNLOADING CONTENT, OR OTHERWISE USING THE TOPSTEP SITES OR SERVICES, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTOOD, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS, DO NOT ACCESS, BROWSE OR OTHERWISE USE THE TOPSTEP PRODUCTS AND CONTENT.

Once accepted, these Terms remain effective until terminated as provided for herein. We reserve the right to modify or change these Terms after providing notice to you. The form of such notice is at our discretion. For more information, please see Section 26 below. We may, in our sole discretion, elect to suspend or terminate access to, or use of, the Topstep Products and Content by anyone who violates these Terms.

The official language used by Topstep is English; in the event of a conflict between the English language version of this document and any version translated into any other language, the English language version shall prevail.

1. DEFINITIONS

“Account” means an account of a User that is registered with Topstep that has access to specified Services or functionality of Sites of Topstep.

“Content” means all information and other materials present on the Sites, including the Services, Topstep’s Products and Content, text, images, photos, trading ideas, publications, opinions, rumors, advice, charts, financial information, ratings, and reviews.

“Credit or Debit Card Information” means certain credit card or debit information, as the case may be, including your card number, CVV number, expiration date, phone number, name, billing address, and email address.

“Data” means information generated by you and other Users (whether aggregated or otherwise), including any and all information related to trading activity.

“Designated Agent” means the Topstep representative designated to receive notification of claimed infringement under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

“Fee” means regular payment for using the activated Account.

“Feedback” means your comments, feedback, information, or other materials regarding the Sites and Services.

“Force Majeure Event” means any act or event beyond our reasonable control, including strikes, lock-outs, or other industrial action by third parties, civil commotion, pandemic, riot, government orders, invasion, terrorist attack or threat of terrorist attack, war (whether declared or not) or threat or preparation for war, fire, explosion, storm, flood, earthquake, subsidence, epidemic, or other natural disaster, or failure of public or private telecommunications networks or impossibility of the use of railways, shipping, aircraft, motor transport, or other means of public or private transport.

“Intellectual Property” means Topstep’s Sites and Services, their contents, or any copyright, trademark, trade name, service mark or any other proprietary information of Topstep.

“Linked Website” means any website owned by a third party to which or from which Topstep’s Site is linked.

“Marks” means, collectively, the trademarks, service marks, slogans, logos, trade dress, and other identifiers displayed on Topstep Sites and Services.

“Orders” means requests for subscriptions or other services which are placed through the Sites or Services or through a third-party affiliate.

“Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person or any information that is used for the behavior profiling of a particular natural person, if that person is identified.

“Services” means, as applicable, the Trading Combine® or other services offered by an applicable affiliate of Topstep.

“Simulated Account” means an account using real-time simulated Data and any accounts relating to tracking education courses provided by Topstep including those described in Section 7. Trades in a simulated account are not made in live markets and do not incur actual profits or losses.

“Sites” means Topstep’s Websites, software, applications, online services, and products.

“System” means the integrated cloud computing solution for providing the Topstep Services, including applications, software, hardware, databases, interfaces, associated media, documentation, updates, new releases and other components or materials provided therewith.

“Terms” means the terms and conditions contained in these Terms of Use and all other operating rules, policies (including, our Privacy Policy at https://www.Topstep.com/privacy-policy/) and any future modifications thereof, and procedures that may be published from time to time on the Sites or Services or made available to you on or through the Topstep Services.

“Third Party Services” means products or services that are not under the control of or maintained by Topstep.

“TopstepFunded” means TopstepFunded LLC, an Illinois limited liability company.

“Trading Combine®” means a Simulated Account used for experiential learning where a User is provided tools to develop trading skills, with such User’s performance being evaluated for the opportunity to get funded with the trading capital of TopstepFunded or advance to another product or service offered by Topstep.

“Topstep Parties” means Topstep, its parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, any related companies, suppliers, licensors, and partners, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives of each.

“Topstep Products and Content” means the Website, Services, System, Content, and all other content, services and/or products available on or through the Sites.

“User Content” means blogs, comments, or other content submitted or posted by a User that is intended for public display on any of Topstep’s Sites or Services.

“User Credentials” means the unique email/username and password combination.

“User Section” means the user interface located on the Website.

“Website” means the compilation of all web documents (including images, php and html files) made available via the domains www.Topstep.com, www.FuturesMag.com, TopstepTrader.com, TopstepFX.com, or sub domains or domains with identical names under other top domains and owned by Topstep.

2. CONTACT INFORMATION/DESIGNATED AGENT

If you have any questions or comments or seek any additional information on Topstep, please email support@Topstep.com. You may also call us at (888) 407-1611 or write to us at: Topstep LLC, 224 N Des Plaines St., Ste. 350, Designated Agent, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60661. Inquiries or other correspondence for the Designated Agent should be sent to the above mailing or electronic address. You acknowledge that all communication from Topstep or its affiliates in connection with the provision of Services will take place through your e-mail address, which you register with us. Written electronic communication by e-mail or through the User Section is also considered to be written communication.

3. SERVICES 

The Trading Combine® is a Simulated Account where your performance is evaluated for the opportunity to get funded with the trading capital of TopstepFunded or advance to another product or service offered by Topstep, either of which shall be governed pursuant to separate or supplemental written agreement. Please click here for further information regarding the Services as they relate to the Trading Combine®. Certain affiliates of Topstep additionally host a Website called “Futures Mag.”

You can order the Services through the Website by completing the appropriate registration or order form. After registration, we will e-mail you the login details for the User Section and your Account and allow you to access the applicable Sites and Services.

The Services include products that may differ in scope based upon your Account (e.g., by analytical tools available to you). All Data that you provide to us through registration, your Account, or otherwise must be complete, true, and up-to-date. You must immediately notify us of any change in your Data or update the Data in your Account. You are responsible for all the provided Data being accurate and up-to-date; Topstep is not obligated to verify the Data. You acknowledge that if you provide an identification number, tax registration number or other similar information in the registration or order form or in Account details, or if you state that you are a legal entity the provisions of the Terms or the applicable law that grant rights to consumers will not apply to you. 

The fee for the Trading Combine® varies according to the option selected and depends on buying powers and parameters that must be fulfilled so that the conditions and objectives of the Trading Combine® are met. The final fee will be determined based on the option you select when completing the form for ordering the Trading Combine®. The fee is paid for allowing you to access the Trading Combine® and any Services or educational resources provided in connection therewith. You are not entitled to a refund of the fee, for example, if you cancel your Account or request the cancellation by e-mail, if you terminate the use of the Services prematurely (for example, fails to complete the Trading Combine®), you fail to meet the conditions of the Trading Combine®, or if you violate the Terms in any manner.

If you lodge an unjustifiable complaint regarding the paid fee or disputes the paid fee with your bank or payment service Topstep (e.g., through chargeback services, dispute services, or other similar services), on the basis of which an annulment, cancellation or refund of the fee or any part thereof is requested, Topstep is entitled, at its own discretion, to stop providing to you any Services and refuse any future provision of any Services.

Any Data entered in your registration form can be checked, corrected, and amended until the binding order of the Services. The order of the Services of your choice is made by submitting the registration. Topstep will confirm the receipt of your order to your e-mail address. In the case of the Trading Combine®, the order is completed upon the payment of the fee for the selected option, whereby the contract between you and Topstep is executed, the subject of which is the provision of the Trading Combine®.

You acknowledge that in order to use our Services, you must obtain the appropriate technical equipment and software, including third-party software at your own risk and expense. The Website is accessible from the most commonly used web browsers. The internet access, purchase of the equipment, and purchase of the web browser and its updates are at your own risk and expense. Topstep does not warrant or guarantee that the Services will be compatible with any specific equipment or software.

You acknowledge that the operators of trading platforms are persons or entities different from Topstep and that their own terms and conditions and privacy policies will apply when you use their services and products. Before engaging in any of the Services, you are obligated to read those terms and conditions and privacy policies.

In order that Topstep is able to deter and stop gambling type behavior, if you place an unusually large number of orders for the Services within an unreasonably short period of time (e.g., in excess of 3 resets in a given 24-hour period or having multiple Trading Combines®), we reserve the right to suspend any further orders of the Services by you. If we identify that the unusual behavior relates to the User’s involvement in Prohibited Conduct (see Section 26), we reserve the right to determine, at our own discretion, the nature of the behavior described and reasonable consequences, including the immediate termination of your access to the Sites and Services. A core tenant of Topstep’s mission is to educate Users and hone their skills to develop healthy trading habits. Topstep aims to provide a safe environment for Users to engage in Simulated Trading and reserves the right to take any action it deems prudent to deter any Use for engaging in gambling type behavior or other actions which Topstep, in its sole discretion, deems in conflict with its mission and values.

4. ELIGIBILITY

You represent and warrant that you are at least 18 years of age and reside in the United States. In jurisdictions, territories, and locations where the minimum age for permissible use of the Sites or Services is greater than 18 years of age, you represent and warrant that you meet the age requirement for the minimum age for permissible use of the Sites or Services. If you are under the minimum age for permissible use of the Sites or Services, in your jurisdiction, territory, or location, irrespective of whether your parent or guardian consents to your use of the Site or Services, you may not utilize the Sites or Services.

You represent and warrant that you have not been convicted of a felony, disciplined by the National Futures Association, or disciplined by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. You represent and warrant that you do not have an outstanding balance with a trading firm. If you are a convicted felon, have been disciplined by the National Futures Association, have been disciplined by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or have an outstanding balance with a trading firm, you are not eligible to use the Sites or Services.

You are solely responsible for ensuring that these Terms are in compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to you. The right to access the Sites or Services is revoked where these Terms or use of the Sites or Services are prohibited or to the extent offering, sale or provision of the Sites or Services conflicts with any applicable law, rule, or regulation. The Sites or Services are offered only for your use, and not for the use or benefit of any third party.

You may not, without our prior written consent, access Topstep Products and Content (a) for production purposes, (b) if you are a competitor of Topstep, (c) to monitor the availability, performance or functionality of the Topstep Sites or Services, or (d) for other benchmarking or competitive purposes.

5. NOT A BROKER-DEALER

You acknowledge and agree that we are not a broker-dealer, as such term is used in United States financial services regulations, and that we do not trade securities on our or another party’s behalf as part of the Sites or Services, nor do we directly offer any financial advice of our own as part of the Sites or Services. You acknowledge and agree that we are not liable for any losses or gains that may arise from your reliance upon information provided through the Sites or Services or your interaction with other Users.

6. RELIANCE ON INFORMATION SHOWN ON OUR SITES OR SERVICES (CONTENT PROVIDED BY TOPSTEP)

The information presented on or through the Sites or Services includes financial and market information. Such information is made available solely for entertainment and general information purposes. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, timeliness or usefulness of such information and such information has not been verified. Any reliance you place on such information is strictly at your own risk. We do not invite that any action be taken upon the information we provide. We disclaim all liability and responsibility arising from any reliance placed on such materials by you or any other visitor to our Sites or Services, or by anyone who may be informed of any of its contents.

The information presented has been prepared without regard to individual investment objectives, financial situations or means. Such information is not intended to constitute investment advice and is not designed to meet your personal financial situation. Many of the investments described on or through our Sites or Services involve significant risks, and any discussion of risks contained on the Sites or Services should not be considered a complete discussion of risks involved. We recommend that you consult with your financial advisers about investment options and whether any investment may be appropriate for your specific needs prior to making any investments. You acknowledge and agree that you have sole responsibility for your investment decisions and that you should not rely solely on any information provided through the Sites or Services with regard to any investment decisions you make.

The information and material provided on the Sites or Services is not to be construed as an offer to buy or sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell, any security, financial product, or instrument, or to participate in any particular trading strategy.

We use reasonable efforts to maintain the Sites or Services, but we are not responsible for any defects or failures associated with the Sites or Services, any content posted on the Sites or Services, any widgets or similar applications use, or any damages (including lost profits or other consequential damages, even if we have been informed of the same) that may result from any such defects or failures. The Sites or Services may be inaccessible or inoperable for any reason, including: (a) equipment malfunctions, (b) periodic maintenance procedures or repairs which we may undertake from time to time, or (c) causes beyond the control of Topstep or which are not foreseeable by Topstep.

Our Sites or Services include content provided by third parties, including materials provided by other users, company owners, bloggers and third-party licensors, syndicators, aggregators and/or reporting services. All statements and/or opinions expressed in any such materials, and all articles and responses to questions and other content, other than the content provided by us, are solely the opinions and the responsibility of the person or entity providing those materials. Any such materials do not necessarily reflect our opinion and have not been verified by us. The information in such publications may become outdated, and we have no obligation to update it. We are not responsible or liable to you or any third party for the content or accuracy of any materials provided by any third parties whether shown on the Sites or Services or otherwise.

If any of our Sites contain links to other sites and resources provided by third parties, those links are provided for your convenience only. This includes links contained in advertisements, including banner advertisements and sponsored links. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. If you decide to access any of the third-party Websites linked to our Sites or Services, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms of use for such Websites.

Topstep does not promote any financial instruments on the Sites or Services. Topstep does not receive any compensation from companies whose financial instruments appear on the Sites or Services.

We take no responsibility and assume no liability for any User Content. We have no obligation to pre-screen or monitor User Content. We reserve the right, upon notification or flagging from a third party, to delete or edit User Content, in whole or in part, in our sole discretion at any time and without notice.

THE SERVICES ARE NOT, AND MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED, INVESTMENT SERVICES. TOPSTEP DOES NOT GIVE OR PROVIDE TO YOU ANY GUIDANCE, INSTRUCTIONS, OR INFORMATION ABOUT HOW OR IN WHICH MANNER YOU SHOULD PERFORM TRANSACTIONS WHEN USING THE SERVICES OR OTHERWISE, OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR INFORMATION ABOUT THE INVESTMENT TOOLS TRADED, NOR DOES TOPSTEP ACCEPT ANY SUCH GUIDANCE, INSTRUCTIONS, OR INFORMATION FROM YOU. NONE OF THE SERVICES CONSTITUTE INVESTMENT ADVICE OR RECOMMENDATIONS. NO EMPLOYEES, STAFF, OR REPRESENTATIVES OF TOPSTEP ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE INVESTMENT ADVICE OR RECOMMENDATIONS. SHOULD ANY INFORMATION OR STATEMENT OF ANY EMPLOYEE, STAFF, OR REPRESENTATIVES OF TOPSTEP BE INTERPRETED AS INVESTMENT ADVICE OR RECOMMENDATIONS, TOPSTEP EXPLICITLY DISCLAIMS THAT THE SAME IS INVESTMENT ADVICE OR RECOMMENDATIONS AND SHALL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEM

ALL CONTENT PRESENT ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED “AS IS,” WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES CONCERNING THE CONTENT’S NATURE OR ACCURACY, EITHER WHEN POSTED OR AS A RESULT OF THE PASSAGE OF TIME, AND WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATIONS OR GUARANTEES.

7. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DISCLAIMER

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

The Services include access to tools for simulated exchange trading or trading with other instruments on other financial markets, the provision of analytical tools, training and educational materials, and other ancillary services. Financial market information is used in the simulated trading; however, you acknowledge that any trading that you perform through the Services is not real. You also acknowledge that the funds provided to you for Simulated Trading are fictitious and that you have no right to possess those fictitious funds beyond the scope of their use within the Services, and in particular that they may not be used for any actual trading and that you are not entitled to the payment of those funds. Unless expressly agreed otherwise, you will not be paid any remuneration or profits based on the results of your fictitious trading, nor will you be required to pay any losses.

8. USER SECTION

Except as expressly contemplated in advancing past the Trading Combine®, you may not transfer or combine your Account’s performance, service parameters, Data, or any other information between products or with any other User.

Access to your Account and the Services is protected by login Data, which you may not make available to, or share with, any third party. If you are registered as a legal entity, the Services may be used by the User’s employees and representatives. The User is responsible for all activities that are performed through the User’s Account. Topstep bears no responsibility, and the User is not entitled to any compensation, for any misuse of any part of the Services, nor is Topstep responsible for any negative consequences thereof.

The User acknowledges that the availability of the Sites and Services is not guaranteed and is subject to unavailability due to maintenance, upgrades, or any other reasons. In particular, Topstep bears no responsibility, and the User is not entitled to any compensation, for the unavailability of its Account and for damage or loss of any Data or other content that is uploaded, transferred, or saved on the Sites.

You may terminate at any time by emailing us support@topstep.com. Topstep will confirm the receipt of the request to the User by e-mail, and the contractual relationship between the User and Topstep will be terminated. User is not entitled to any refund of any fees or costs.

Users may perform any simulated trading in the Trading Combine® other than any such transaction which constitutes Prohibited Conduct. You also agree to follow good market standard rules and practices for trading on financial markets (e.g., risk management rules). Restrictions may also be imposed by the trading conditions that you have selected for trading. You acknowledge that Topstep has access to information about the trades that you perform on the Sites. You grant Topstep the right to share this information with its affiliates and use any such Data relating to your activity in the Site and Services for its legitimate business purposes. You agree that these activities may be performed automatically without any further consent, consultation, or approval on your part, and that you are not entitled to any remuneration or revenue associated with the use of the Data by Topstep. Topstep bears no responsibility for the information displayed on the Sites, nor for any interruption of, or delay or inaccuracy in the market information displayed through your Account. You agree to apply market standard risk management rules for trading on financial markets at all times while using the Services. You acknowledge that these standards are not met where you open substantially (i) larger position sizes compared to your other trades, or (ii) smaller or larger number of positions compared to your other trades.

Topstep reserves the right to determine, at its own discretion, whether certain trades, practices, strategies, or situations are Prohibited Conduct.

If you engage in any of Prohibited Conduct, Topstep may (a) consider it as a failure to meet the conditions of the particular Trading Combine®, (b) remove the transactions that violate the prohibition from your trading history and/or not count their results in the profits and/or losses achieved by such Simulated Trading, or (c) immediately cancel all Services provided to you and subsequently terminate this Agreement. If the User engages in any Prohibited Conduct, Topstep may prevent the User from accessing any or all Services, including the Account and the Sites, without any compensation or refunds. Topstep is not responsible for trading or other investment activities performed by you or otherwise related to the Services in real trading on financial markets, except as expressly agrees upon pursuant to any supplemental or separate written agreement.

DEVELOPMENTS IN FINANCIAL MARKETS ARE SUBJECT TO FREQUENT AND ABRUPT CHANGES. TRADING ON FINANCIAL MARKETS MAY NOT BE PROFITABLE AND CAN LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL LOSSES. ANY PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES AND PROFITS OF THE USER’S SIMULATED TRADING ARE NOT A GUARANTEE OR INDICATION OF ANY FURTHER PERFORMANCE.

9. TRADING COMBINE®

After paying the fee for the selected option of the Trading Combine®, the User will receive the relevant login Data at the e-mail address provided by the User. If you do not activate the Trading Combine® within 30 calendar days of the date on which it was made available to you, your access to it will be suspended. You can request the renewal of access via the User Section or by sending an e-mail to support@topstep.com within 6 months of the initial suspension, otherwise we will terminate the provision of the Services without any right to a refund of the fee. In order to graduate from the Trading Combine®, a User has to meet all profit targets, following applicable Trading Rules (defined in Section 26) and account parameters applicable to User’s Account for the applicable Trading Combine®, which remain subject to adjustment and change from time to time, without notice, and with a current schedule of Trading Rules and account parameters detailed here.

If during the Trading Combine® the User does not comply with some of the conditions specified in clause 9.2, the Trading Combine® will be evaluated as unsuccessful without refund and, if User wishes to continue Simulated Trading, User will be required to reset for a new Simulated Account at then-current rates.

If you are successful in graduating from the Trading Combine®, you will be offered the opportunity to get funded with the trading capital of TopstepFunded or advance to another product or service offered by Topstep, either of which shall be governed pursuant to separate or supplemental written agreement.

10. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES

Our Sites or Services may refer to Third Party Services. You are responsible for performing your own due diligence and evaluating whether any Third Party Services are appropriate for you. You agree that Topstep is not responsible for any injury, harm, damages, or negative experience you may encounter by accessing or using such Third Party Services. If you access, visit, or use any Third Party Services referred to on our Sites or Services, you do so at your own risk.

11. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

TOPSTEP EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE CONTENT INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. TOPSTEP DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE FUNCTIONS OR OPERATIONS OF TOPSTEP SITES OR SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, OR THAT TOPSTEP SITES OR SERVICES, ITS SERVERS, OR ANY E-MAIL SENT FROM TOPSTEP ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS.

TOPSTEP DOES NOT WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES OR USE OF THE SITES OR SERVICES ARE LAWFUL IN ANY PARTICULAR JURISDICTION AND, IN ANY EVENT, TOPSTEP SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS SUCH WARRANTIES. BY USING THE SITES OR SERVICES, YOU ACT AT YOUR OWN RISK, AND YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOUR ACTIVITIES ARE LAWFUL IN EVERY JURISDICTION WHERE YOU ACCESS OR USE THE SITES OR SERVICES.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE SERVICES AND OTHER CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH ALL THEIR ERRORS, DEFECTS AND SHORTCOMINGS AND THAT THEIR USE IS AT YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE ABOVE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TOPSTEP DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY WITH REGARD TO ANY LINKED WEBSITE. TOPSTEP DOES NOT ENDORSE AND IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CAPABILITIES OR RELIABILITY OF ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OBTAINED FROM A LINKED WEBSITE.

THE INFORMATION, PRODUCTS, SOFTWARE OR SERVICE DESCRIPTIONS PUBLISHED ON OUR SITE OR ON A LINKED WEBSITE MAY INCLUDE INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. THE COMPANY DISCLAIMS LIABILITY FOR SUCH ERRORS AND DOES NOT WARRANT OR REPRESENT THAT THE CONTENT ON OUR SITE OR A LINKED WEBSITE IS UPDATED OR COMPLETE. TOPSTEP HAS NO OBLIGATION TO UPDATE ANY CONTENT ON OUR SITE AND MAY CHANGE OR IMPROVE OUR SITE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE.

WE DO NOT ENDORSE AND ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE, OR STATEMENT MADE THROUGH OUR SITES OR SERVICES BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN US.

12. LIMITATION OF LIABILITIES

IN NO EVENT WILL TOPSTEP, ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, PARTNERS, OR AFFILIATES, OR THE RESPECTIVE SERVICE PROVIDERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OFFICERS, AND DIRECTORS OF EACH BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA OR LOST OPPORTUNITY, NOR MONETARY HARM OR PROPERTY DAMAGE EVEN IF YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS NOTIFIED US ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY CLAIMS BY ANY THIRD PARTIES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE ACCESS, USE, OR CONTENT OF OUR SITES OR SERVICES OR A LINKED WEBSITE OR IN RELIANCE OF ANY TOOL, FUNCTIONALITY INFORMATION OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES WHETHER SUCH CLAIMS ARE BROUGHT UNDER ANY THEORY OF LAW OR EQUITY.

Topstep reserves the right to modify, change, replace, add, or remove any elements and functions of the Services at any time without any compensation. Topstep is not responsible for its failure to provide the Services if that failure occurs due to technical or operational reasons beyond Topstep’s control, in the case of any crisis or imminent crises, natural disaster, war, insurrection, government action, pandemic, a threat to a large number of people or other force majeure events, or if Topstep is prevented from providing the Services as a result of any obligations imposed by law or a decision of a public authority.

TOPSTEP IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY PRODUCTS, SERVICES, APPLICATIONS OR OTHER THIRD-PARTY CONTENT THAT YOU USE IN CONNECTION WITH THE SERVICES.

IN NO EVENT WILL OUR LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM OF ANY KIND, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE, FOR ANY LOSSES OR DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, OR RESULTING FROM, THESE TERMS OR THE PERFORMANCE OR BREACH THEREOF, OR ANY PRODUCT OR SERVICE OR THE USE OR PERFORMANCE THEREOF, EXCEED THE GREATER OF (a) THE AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO TOPSTEP IN THE IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING MONTH FOR TOPSTEP’S PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OR (b) $100.

THIS LIMITATION ON LIABILITY INCLUDES TRANSMISSION OF VIRUSES THAT INFECTS YOUR EQUIPMENT, MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION LINES, TELEPHONE, OR OTHER INTERCONNECTS, UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, THEFT, OPERATIONAL ERRORS, OR ANY FORCE MAJEURE.

13. PURCHASES; CREDIT CARD AND OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Certain Sites of Topstep allows Users to place Orders. Upon placing an Order, you shall pay to Topstep the purchase price as set forth in the “Order Summary” page or similar ordering mechanism. Topstep or its third-party affiliates may utilize the services of certain third-party payment processors to process payments of credit cards and other accepted methods of payment. Your purchase is subject to any additional terms and conditions imposed by such third-party payment processors. The purchase price and any applicable fees or taxes shall be applied to your chosen method of payment upon submission of your Order.

Upon the purchase of an Order or other service rendered by Topstep through the Sites or Services, you acknowledge that Topstep will provide availability and access to the service requested. Your participation in, or failure to use, such purchased service does not entitle you to a refund.

Prices and availability of products are subject to change without notice. Errors will be corrected where discovered, and Topstep reserves the right to revoke any stated offer and to correct any errors, inaccuracies, or omissions including after an Order has been submitted and whether or not the Order has been confirmed and your payment method accepted and charged. In the event your payment method has been accepted and charged, Topstep will issue you the appropriate credit within a reasonable time after your Order has been revoked.

Service charges are inclusive of all taxes. Users are responsible for tax obligations, if any, in connection with the use of our Services in accordance with applicable law.

Topstep accepts payments via credit and debit card through our Sites or Services and may utilize the services of certain third-party payment processors to process payments of credit cards and other accepted methods of payment. Certain Credit Card and Debit Card Information will be encrypted and received via a secure page. You represent and warrant that you are an authorized signatory of the credit or debit card or other method of payment that you provide to Topstep or its third-party payment processor to pay any fees or taxes related to your purchases of products or services through our Sites or Services.

If you are directed to a third-party Website to make purchases, your purchase will be governed by the terms of such third-party Website. If you desire to supply Credit or Debit Card Information, Personal Data, or financial information to any third-party service provider or to any Linked Website, you do so at your own risk and discretion. We strongly recommend you review the terms and conditions and privacy policy of any third party before providing such information. Topstep is not responsible should you provide such information to any third party and is not responsible for the use of such information by any third party.

14. LINKING TO OUR SITES

You may link to our Sites or Services, provided that (a) you do so in a way that is fair, in compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and does not damage our reputation; and (b) you shall not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval, or endorsement on our part without our express written consent.

15. RESTRICTED SITES AND PASSWORDS/USER REGISTRATION

Certain functionality of the Sites or Services is limited to Users who have registered an Account for the applicable services. Such Users will have unique User Credentials issued for their Account. You represent and warrant that all Account information is truthful and accurate, and you will update such information to ensure its accuracy. You represent and warrant that you have provided a valid email address at the time of registration. You agree that all information you provide to register with our Sites or Services or otherwise, including through the use of any interactive features on our Sites or Services, is governed by our Privacy Policy, and you consent to all actions we take with respect to your information consistent with our Privacy Policy. You may update your personal information through our Sites or Services or by contacting us via the contact information provided above.

Users are responsible for the confidentiality of User Credentials and shall be responsible and liable for access to or use of the Sites or Services by such User or any other person or entity using such User Credentials (whether or not such access has been authorized). You agree that access to the Account will be limited to the User which subscribed under such account. You agree to immediately notify Topstep if you learn of, or have reason to suspect, any unauthorized use of your account or any other breach of security.

You acknowledge and agree that Topstep is authorized to act on all instructions received through your Account, and that Topstep may, but is not obligated to, deny access, or block any transaction made through use of your Account without prior notice if we believe that such Account is being used by someone other than its registered User, or for any other reason.

Topstep reserves the right to refuse to grant User Credentials to any individual for any reason, including, if such User impersonates someone else, is protected by trademark or other proprietary rights law, or is vulgar or offensive. Topstep shall not be liable for any loss or damage arising from a User’s failure to comply with this Section.

16. SUBMITTING CONTENT OR COMMENTS ON OUR SITES (CONTENT PROVIDED BY YOU)

If you submit User Content, you agree to abide by these Terms.

You shall not submit User Content on our Sites or Services that is: illegal, indecent, profane (either directly or indirectly through partially obscured words, letters, phrases, terminology, or the like), threatening, defamatory, derogatory, counter to Topstep’s Privacy Policy or otherwise injurious to Topstep or any third parties, constitutes commercial solicitation or advertising (except where pre-approved in writing by Topstep), or consist primarily of an unsolicited electronic mass mailing.

User Content shall not be abusive or harassing to any person. You may not submit materials that are or purport to be the personally identifiable information about others, such as full name, postal address, email address, telephone number, or any other personal attribute which would constitute an invasion of privacy. User Content shall not be obscene, objectionable, offensive, tortious, deceptive, fraudulent, or invasive of another’s privacy or publicity rights.

Topstep does not guarantee that User Content will remain private, even if such User Content is entered into a password-protected section of the Sites or Services. Accordingly, you should not provide User Content that you want protected from others.

User Content shall not contain a software virus, worm, spyware, Trojan horse, or other computer code, file or program designed to interrupt, impair, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.

User Content shall not infringe in any manner on the copyright, trademark, or other intellectual property rights of any person or entity, and shall not contain privileged, confidential, proprietary, or trade-secret information of any individual or entity, or any information that may violate the legal right of any person or entity in any jurisdiction or locale.

You are prohibited from impersonating any other individual or entity, or otherwise misleading any person or entity as to the origin of any of your comments.

You agree to disclose any conflict of interest, ownership interest, business, employment, or other financial relationship you have with any company or financial instruments named in any User Content. You agree not to submit User Content with the intent to increase or decrease a financial instrument’s price and sell or purchase such financial instrument because of such increase or decrease. If you submit User Content about any stock or financial instrument while intending to purchase or sell such stock or a related financial instrument within 72 hours, any such User Content shall include a statement regarding your intended purchase or sale.

You shall not submit User Content that violates any local, state, national, or international law, including but not limited to regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission or other securities laws and the rules of any securities exchange. You agree that User Content will not constitute illegal activity, give rise to civil liability, or violate the contractual, personal, intellectual property, or other rights of any other party.

17. CONTENT LICENSE

By submitting User Content, you grant Topstep an unrestricted, worldwide, non-exclusive, irrevocable, perpetual, fully paid-up and royalty-free right and license (the “License”), in any form or format, in whole or in part, to host, store, maintain, use, reproduce, distribute, display, publish, modify, prepare derivative works of, and otherwise exploit all or any portion of such User Content on the Sites or Services and on any other websites, channels, or distribution platforms, for any purpose whatsoever, without accounting, notification, credit or other obligation to you, and the right to license and sublicense and authorize others to exercise any of the rights granted hereunder to Topstep, in its sole discretion. All rights, licenses and privileges herein described are granted to Topstep immediately upon submission of User Content and shall continue perpetually and indefinitely. Any information that you wish to remain private should not be submitted with or as User Content.

Furthermore, your submission of User Content signifies your representation and warranty of the following:

• You have the right to submit the User Content and grant the License herein described;
• No further licenses, royalties, or permissions will be needed from a third party to use your User Content as herein described;
• User Content does not infringe any third party’s rights, including intellectual property and privacy rights; and
• User Content complies with Terms and all applicable laws.

18. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, TRADEMARKS, AND COPYRIGHTS

Topstep Sites or Services and their entire contents, features, and functionality (including all information, software, text, displays, images, video and audio, and the design, selection, and arrangement thereof), are owned by Topstep, its licensors, or other providers of such material and are protected by United States and international copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, and other intellectual property or proprietary rights laws and treaties. You shall not challenge the ownership or rights in Topstep’s Sites or Services or any component thereof.

You are granted a nonexclusive, nontransferable, limited, and revocable right to access, use, display, and navigate our Sites and Services solely for your personal, non-commercial, and non-public use. You shall not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any of our material, except for your personal, non-commercial, and non-public use. You shall not access or use for any commercial purposes any part of our Sites or Services.

If you print, copy, modify, download, or otherwise use or provide any other person with access to any part of our Sites or Services in breach of these Terms, your right to use Topstep Sites and Services will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return, or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. No right, title, or interest in or to our Sites or Services or any content on our Sites or Services is transferred to you, and all rights not expressly granted herein are reserved by Topstep. Any use of our Sites or Services not expressly permitted by these Terms is a breach of these Terms and may violate copyright, trademark, trade secret, and other laws.

The Marks displayed on our Sites and Services are the property of Topstep, unless otherwise disclosed. You are prohibited from using, removing, or altering any Marks for any purpose including use on other materials, in presentations, as domain names, or as meta-tags, without our written permission.

Except as expressly provided above, no Intellectual Property displayed on Topstep Sites or Services or on any of the Content may be reproduced, altered, removed, transmitted, published, or distributed, whether electronically, mechanically, by photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Topstep. Use of any Topstep trademarks as metatags on any third-party site is strictly prohibited. You may not Co-brand our Sites or display our Sites in frames (or any of the Content via in-line links) without prior written permission from Topstep. You agree to cooperate with Topstep in causing any unauthorized co-branding, framing, or linking to immediately cease. You may not remove, modify, or alter any copyright, trademark, or patent notice from any product delivered by us. You agree not to undertake any action that will interfere with or diminish our right, title, or interest in our Intellectual Property.

19. DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT

The following policy has been adopted pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (found at http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/legislation/dmca.pdf).

The address of the Designated Agent can be found above in Section 2. If you believe that content or material provided through the Sites or Services infringes a copyright, please send a notice containing the following information to the Designated Agent:

• a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed;
• identification of the material claimed to have been infringed or, if multiple works, a representative list of such works;
• identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material;
• information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an email address at which you may be contacted;
• a statement that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
• a statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

20. TERMINATION

Users may terminate receipt of any free service publications at any time by sending Topstep a request for removal from the relevant distribution list. All free service publication emails will include a link allowing a User to unsubscribe. If you wish to terminate receipt of such publications, please use the link on the attached email or see the contact information provided in Section 2.

Topstep reserves the right to refuse to permit or to terminate your access to any of the Topstep Sites or Services at any time at its sole discretion. Such termination may result from a violation of the Terms or other referenced agreements, unauthorized use or reproduction of any publication or information, or any or no reason, all determined in Topstep’s sole discretion. If such access is refused or terminated, you agree you will not attempt to establish a new Account under any name, real or assumed. All provisions of these Terms shall survive termination, including, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnities, and limitations of liability.

21. JURISDICTION AND ENFORCEABILITY

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois and the United States of America, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. You irrevocably consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in the City of Chicago, County of Cook, State of Illinois, USA in connection with any action arising out of or related to these Terms or their subject matter. You waive any objection based on lack of personal jurisdiction, place of residence, improper venue, or forum non conveniens in any such action.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the breach, termination, enforcement, interpretation, or validity thereof, including the determination of the scope or applicability of this Agreement to arbitrate, shall be determined by arbitration Chicago, Illinois before one arbitrator. The arbitration shall be administered by JAMS pursuant to its Comprehensive Arbitration Rules and Procedures and in accordance with the Expedited Procedures in those Rules. Judgment on the Award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The Parties shall evenly share the cost of arbitration. This clause shall not preclude Parties from seeking provisional remedies in aid of arbitration from a court of appropriate jurisdiction. In the event of litigation or arbitration concerning the subject matter of this Agreement, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to recover all costs incurred by it, including such Party’s reasonable attorneys’ fees. The Parties agree that:

• no arbitration proceeding hereunder whether a consumer dispute or a business dispute shall be certified as a class action or proceed as a class action, or on a basis involving claims brought in a purported representative capacity on behalf of the general public, other Users, or potential Users, or persons similarly situated, and
• no arbitration proceeding hereunder shall be consolidated with, or joined in any way with, any other arbitration proceeding. THE PARTIES AGREE TO ARBITRATE A CONSUMER DISPUTE OR BUSINESS DISPUTE ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND EACH WAIVES THE RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION

22. FORCE MAJEURE

We will not be liable or responsible for any failure to perform, or delay in performance of, any of our obligations under these Terms that is caused by a Force Majeure Event. Our obligations under these Terms will be suspended and the time for performance of our obligations will be extended for the duration of a Force Majeure Event.

23. VIOLATION OF THESE TERMS

IF THE USER VIOLATES ANY PROVISION OF THESE TERMS INCLUDING BY ACCESSING THE SERVICES IN CONFLICT WITH THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDING INCOMPLETE, UNTRUE OR NON-UPDATED INFORMATION, ACTING IN A MANNER THAT (A) MAY CAUSE TOPSTEP RISK OF OR ACTUAL REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE, OR (B) VIOLATES THE TRADING RULES, TOPSTEP MAY PREVENT COMPLETELY OR PARTIALLY RESTRICT YOUR ACCESS TO ANY OR ALL OF THE SERVICES, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE AND WITHOUT ANY COMPENSATION OR REFUNDS.

24. WAIVER OF CLASS ACTION RIGHTS

THE PARTIES WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO ASSERT ANY CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER PARTY AS A REPRESENTATIVE OR MEMBER IN ANY CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION, EXCEPT WHERE SUCH WAIVER IS PROHIBITED BY LAW OR DEEMED BY A COURT OF LAW TO BE AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY. TO THE EXTENT EITHER PARTY IS PERMITTED BY LAW OR COURT OF LAW TO PROCEED WITH A CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION AGAINST THE OTHER, THE PARTIES AGREE THAT: (A) THE PREVAILING PARTY SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO RECOVER ATTORNEYS’ FEES OR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PURSUING THE CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION (NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION IN THIS AGREEMENT); AND (B) THE PARTY WHO INITIATES OR PARTICIPATES AS A MEMBER OF THE CLASS WILL NOT SUBMIT A CLAIM OR OTHERWISE PARTICIPATE IN ANY RECOVERY SECURED THROUGH THE CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION.

EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT, OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

25. INDEMNIFICATION

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Topstep Parties, for all costs, liabilities and legal fees, from any claim or demand made by any third party arising out of or relating to (a) your access to or use of our Sites or Services, (b) your violation of the Terms, (c) the infringement by you, or any third party using your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity, (d) any funding of your account from any source and any payment methods used. Topstep reserves the right, at your expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter for which you are required to indemnify us, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of these claims. You agree not to settle any such matter without the prior written consent of Topstep. Topstep will use reasonable efforts to notify you of any such claim, action, or proceeding upon becoming aware of it.

26. PROHIBITED CONDUCT

Activity in the Trading Combine® is subject to the functioning of a real market. Taking advantage of the simulated environment to gain an edge in the Trading Combine® is not permitted. By way of example, slippage, preferential order in the que, market gaps, and high volume of trades within short periods of time are areas you are not permitted to take advantage of in the Trading Combine®. Trading activity in the Trading Combine® that knowingly or unknowingly circumvents targets and rules or generates profits that could not otherwise be achieved in live market trading, is a violation of the Terms. In the event of such foregoing action, Topstep retains the right to reject any claims of passing or advancing in the Trading Combine®, as well as render your Account ineligible and prohibit you from further use of any of Topstep’s Site or Services. If you are found to have profited from taking advantage of the simulated environment to gain an edge in your Trading Combine® at any time you have graduated past the Trading Combine®, or otherwise deemed to have engaged in other Prohibited Conduct (defined below) you will not be entitled to receive any withdrawals from any other account maintained with Topstep, all of which will be forfeited and closed immediately.

In connection with use of the Site or Services, User is prohibited from (collectively, “Prohibited Conduct”):

• Using any trading strategy intended to exploit or create errors in the Services such as errors in the display of prices or delay in their updates;
• Using any trading strategy that includes disruptive practices, including but not limited to spoofing strategies;
• Trading excessive or unrealistic number of contracts in the day (e.g., in excess of 200);
• Performing trades any time outside the best bid or offer;
• Performing trades using an external or slow Data feed; 
• Performing, alone or in concert with any other persons, including between connected accounts, or accounts held with different Topstep Parties, trades, or combinations of trades, the purpose of which is to manipulate, abuse, or give User an unfair advantage while using the Site or Services, for example, by engaging in any short term or high frequency trades or simultaneously entering into opposite positions;
• Performing trades in conflict with the terms and conditions of Topstep of the User Section and the terms and conditions of the Trading Combine®;
• Using any software, artificial intelligence, ultra-high speed, or mass Data entry which might manipulate, abuse, or give User an unfair advantage while using the Site or Services; 
• Otherwise performing trades in contradiction with how trading is actually performed in the applicable futures markets, or in a way that establishes justified concerns that Topstep might suffer financial or other harm as a result of User’s activities;
• Alone or in concert with others, including between connected or unconnected accounts, performing the same trading strategy (i.e., perform the same trades in the same time increments), opposite strategy, or other activity meant to pool or hedge risk of the aggregate accounts on multiple Simulated Accounts; or
• Using any instruments that may adversely affect the operation of the Site and Services or that would be intended to misuse any errors, bugs, or other deficiencies of the Sites and Services;
• Circumventing geographical restrictions of availability or any other technical restrictions; 
• Holding a position within 2% of a product’s lock limit;
• Making copies or back-ups of any information in the User’s User portal, including trade reports;
• Aggregating the activities of multiple individuals under a single User identity;
• Trading on behalf of others including but not limited to sharing any incentives as part of any business arrangement; or 
• Engaging in other conduct which in the sole discretion of Topstep, represents uncommercial activity, is intended to game the market, or otherwise is not a viable trading strategy.

All use of the Site and Services, including trading in the Trading Combine®, is subject to trading rules established by Topstep (collectively, “Trading Rules”), which are subject to change by Topstep in its sole and absolute discretion from time to time. The current Trading Rules are set forth on the Site. User acknowledges and agrees that User is solely responsible for staying current on Trading Rules, which remain subject to change at any time and from time to time, with or without notice.

Excessive or unrealistic single day trades or single trade profits will be subject to review by Topstep for any possible violations of these Terms or Trading Rules or engaging in any Prohibited Conduct or Prohibited Uses.

If Topstep, in its sole discretion, determines a User has violated any Trading Rules or engaged in Prohibited Conduct, Topstep may, in its sole determination, remove any Simulated Account profits, delete a trading day, reset an Account, or ban a User from any further use of the Site and Services.

27. OTHER PROHIBITED USES

You are solely responsible for any and all acts and omissions that occur under your Account, and you agree not to engage in unacceptable use of the Sites or Services or any User Content including:

• Posting, storing, or disseminating any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising, promotional materials, junk mail, spam, chain letters or other fraudulent schemes, or any other form of solicitation; 
• Using any manual or automated software, devices, or other processes to “crawl” or “spider” any web pages contained in the Sites or Services; 

• Using the Sites or Services to gain competitive intelligence about Topstep or the Sites or Services to compete with Topstep or its affiliates; and
• Harvesting or otherwise collecting any information about other users, including, email addresses or other contact information

28. REWARDS

In order to incentive healthier trading habits and utilization of Topstep’s educational materials, Topstep may provide certain prizes, rewards, or incentives from time to time (each, a “Reward” and collectively, “Rewards”). No Reward shall require any separate or specific fees or payments. Each Reward offered from time to time may have specific goals, rules, metrics, delivery or payment terms, and expiration dates applicable to such Reward. User is responsible for tracking each Reward and their eligibility for achieving such Reward. Each Reward with an expiration date will automatically be of no value or effect upon its stated expiration. Rewards are personal to a given User and are non-transferrable for any reason. Any redemption of a Reward is final and nonrefundable for any reason. Each Reward offered may only be earned by a User one time per Account. Each User is solely responsible for tracking their progress toward an achievement and Topstep has no obligation or responsibility to notify a User that a Reward eligibility has been achieved.

In order to be eligible to participate in earning Rewards, a User must (i) have an active Funded Account or Trading Combine that has not been purchased or opened with any credits or rewards offered by Topstep or its Affiliates, including any Rewards, and (ii) be a U.S. citizen or legal U.S. resident 18 years old or older and cannot be listed on the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List (or other similar list or designation).

Topstep may prohibit any User or potential User from participating in a given Reward, if, at the sole discretion of Topstep, (i) such person shows a disregard for these Terms, (ii) acts with an intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other User, Topstep, or its agents or representatives, (iii) disparages Topstep or its products or services, Topstep’s competitors or their products or services, Topstep Affiliates or any other person or party affiliated with Topstep, or (iv) acts in any other disruptive manner. Topstep may, for no consideration and without any notice to a User, alter or cancel any Reward earned by such User that Topstep deems to have violated these Terms, regardless of if such activity was or was not related to earning such Reward. Topstep’s decisions, in its sole discretion, as to all matters related to Rewards are final.

29. OTHER IMPORTANT TERMS

These Terms are in addition to any other agreements between you and Topstep:

Nothing in these Terms shall create or be deemed to create a partnership, agency, trust arrangement, fiduciary relationship, or joint venture between you and Topstep. Neither you nor Topstep shall have any right, power, or authority to act or create any obligation, express or implied, on behalf of the other party.

You agree that breach of the provisions of these Terms would cause irreparable harm and significant injury to Topstep which would be both difficult to ascertain and which would not be compensable by damages alone. As such, you agree that Topstep has the right to enforce the provisions of these Terms by injunction (without necessity of posting bond), specific performance, or other equitable relief without prejudice to any other rights and remedies Topstep may have for your breach of these Terms.

We reserve the right at any time in our sole discretion to: modify, suspend, or discontinue our Sites or Services or any service, content, feature, or product offered through our Sites or Services, with or without notice; charge fees in connection with the use of our Sites and Services; modify and/or waive any fees charged in connection with our Sites or Services; and/or offer opportunities to some or all users of our Sites or Services. You agree that we shall not be liable to you or to any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuance of our Sites or Services, or any service, content, feature, or product offered through our Sites or Services.

Each of the paragraphs of these Terms operates separately. If any court or relevant authority decides that any of them are unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining paragraphs will remain in full force and effect.

The Terms constitute the complete terms and conditions agreed between you and Topstep and supersede all prior agreements relating to the subject matter of the Terms, whether verbal or written.

If any provision of the Terms is found to be invalid or ineffective, it shall be replaced by a provision whose meaning is as close as possible to the invalid provision. The invalidity or ineffectiveness of one provision shall not affect the validity of the other provisions. No past or future practice established between the parties and no custom maintained in general or in the industry relating to the subject matter of the performance, which is not expressly referred to in the Terms, shall be applied and no rights and obligations shall be derived from them for the parties; in addition, they shall not be taken into account in the interpretation of manifestations of the will of the parties.

If we fail to insist that you perform any of your obligations under these Terms, or if we do not enforce our rights against you, or if we delay in doing so, that will not mean that we have waived our rights against you and will not mean that you do not have to comply with those obligations. If we do waive a default by you, we will only do so in writing, and that will not mean that we will automatically waive any later default by you.

Topstep may assign any claim from these Terms or any agreement to a third party without your consent. You agree that Topstep may, as the assignor, transfer its rights and obligations under these Terms or any agreement or parts thereof to a third party. You are not authorized to transfer or assign your rights or obligations under these Terms or any agreements or parts thereof.

We may terminate these Terms at any time without notice, and accordingly may deny you access to our Sites and Services, if in our sole judgment you fail to comply with any term or provision of these Terms. The obligations and liabilities of the parties incurred prior to the termination date shall survive the termination of these Terms for all purposes.

30. ACCEPTANCE OF AND MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS

We assume that all Users have read this document and agree to its content. If you do not agree with these Terms, you must refrain from using our Sites and Services.

You acknowledge that you have carefully assessed the possible risks arising from Terms and you accept those risks.

These Terms may change from time to time. If we modify our Terms, we will notify you and post the revised statement here, with an updated revision date. If you do not agree to any changes to these Terms of Use after receipt of notice, you must discontinue your use of the Sites or Services.

31. FEEDBACK

Topstep welcomes your Feedback. If you submit Feedback to Topstep, please note that your Feedback shall become the property of Topstep, and you hereby irrevocably assign to Topstep all right, title, and interest in and to the Feedback and all copyrights and other intellectual property rights embodied in such Feedback on a worldwide basis.

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