TeleTrade can decide your trading was abusive and cancel what you made. Clause 7.2 needs only a suspicion, formed in its own judgement, to make every affected trade and its profit void. Clause 7.4 names one trigger: a trade opened and closed inside two (2) minutes.
A manifest error means an obvious mistake by the broker.
Why this matters
A fast trade is a normal trade, and this clause turns it into a reason to take the money back. If TeleTrade uses it, clause 7.3 says TeleTrade itself settles the dispute, so there is nobody else to ask.
Exhibit 1Every flagged clause gets its own number so you can point at this one. The number does not change, so a link to it keeps working.CriticalHow much this clause can cost you, in our reading. Critical can take your money or your profit. Warning can delay or limit it. Notice is simply worth knowing before you sign.Harder than usualHow ordinary this wording looks next to the contracts we read. This is our reading of the clause, not a count of other brokers.2The figure this clause puts a number on, taken from the broker's own words.
will render all conducted Transactions and/or profits or losses void. The Company reserves the right to suspend, close, or cancel any Transaction resulting from a configuration error, technical issue, or if the Company suspects any fraud, manipulation, or voluntary or involuntary engagement by the Client in arbitrage unrelated to market inefficiencies.
Firms licensed by the FCA or CySEC must publish how they execute orders, and may cancel an executed trade only under manifest error rules written down in advance. This contract lets TeleTrade void trades on suspicion, on a test it writes and applies itself.
TeleTrade is not licensed by these regulators, so this is a comparison of practice, not a finding of any breach.
- Worse together with Exhibit 3Read these two clauses together. Each one costs more because the other exists.TeleTrade can void a profit at any time, and you have three business days from the trade to object.