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National Futures Association (NFA) Commodity Futures Risk Disclosure
This brief statement does not disclose all of the risks and other significant aspects of trading in futures and options. In light of the risks, you should undertake such transactions only if you understand the nature of the contracts (and contractual relationships) into which you are entering and the extent of your exposure to risk. Trading in futures and options is not suitable for many members of the public. You should carefully consider whether trading is appropriate for you in light of your experience, objectives, financial resources and other relevant circumstances.
*Valuable information can be found here: Futures Trading Bill of Rights
*Additional Risk Disclosures can be found here: Risk Disclosure Document for Futures Trading

Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Disclaimer
Futures and Options trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk.
You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to invest in the futures and options markets.
Don't trade with money you can't afford to lose.
This is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options.
No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profits or losses similar to those discussed on this website.
The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.

The CFTC has not passed upon the merits of participating in any of these trading programs nor on the adequacy or accuracy of any of these disclosure documents.

CFTC RULE 4.41 - HYPOTHETICAL OR SIMULATED PERFORMANCE RESULTS HAVE CERTAIN LIMITATIONS. UNLIKE AN ACTUAL PERFORMANCE RECORD, SIMULATED RESULTS DO NOT REPRESENT ACTUAL TRADING. ALSO, SINCE THE TRADES HAVE NOT 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 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 SHOWN.

RISK OF LOSS
OnTheBid.com provides a web portal to many commodity futures trading related businesses including research, analysis, education, online courses, seminars, webinars, conferences, books, newsletters, magazines, computers, quote feeds (live and delayed), news feeds, brokerages and other products and services. We do this as a service to our users and make no claims as to the appropriateness of any product listed on our site for consumption by the general public. Our site is designed to be use by people who have experience trading commodity futures. If you do not have knowledge of commodity trading and the risks involved, you should contact an NFA registered representative at a brokerage firm of your choice for a consultation. A directory or registered firms along with their regulatory history is available from the NFA website at http://www.nfa.futures.org

OnTheBid.com will make appropriate attempts to screen Vendors for suitability and verify registration with both the NFA and CFTC before we list them. We make no claims as to the suitability of the services and products listed on OnTheBid.com or if the Vendor is in compliance with CFTC and /or NFA Requirements.

We offer very expensive and complicated products and services for sophisticated consumers, ultimately it is your responsibility to make sure you understand your purchase and the risks associated with implementing any trading strategy with risk capital. The use of the services and products on OnTheBid.com in many cases can lead to losses in your trading account, OnTheBid.com is in no way liable for any such losses you incur through the use of a product found on our site. All ideas, material, information, opinions, projections or suggestions expressed on OnTheBid.com are entirely those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by OcoMoc LLC or any of its divisions, including OnTheBid.com.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIABILITY
UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. YOU EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT YOUR USE OF THIS SITE IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. IN NO EVENT SHOULD THE CONTENT OF ANY ONTHEBID.COM PUBLICATION BE CONSTRUED AS AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE, GUARANTEE OR IMPLICATION BY OR FROM OCOMOC THAT YOU WILL PROFIT FROM THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED THEREIN OR THAT YOUR LOSSES IN CONNECTION THEREWITH CAN OR WILL BE LIMITED IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER. NO SUCH PROMISES, GUARANTEES OR IMPLICATIONS ARE GIVEN. OCOMOC LLC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANYONE ELSE FOR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN DIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, OR SIMILAR DAMAGES) EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. YOU AGREE THAT THE LIABILITY OF OCOMOC, ITS AFFILIATES, AGENTS AND LICENSORS, IF ANY, ARISING OUT OF ANY KIND OF LEGAL CLAIM (WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH ONTHEBID.COM OR THE CONTENT IN ONTHEBID.COM SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT PAID TO OCOMOC IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR PURCHASES IN THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO SUCH CLAIM. THIS SITE AND ALL INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) AND SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE ARE PROVIDED BY ONTHEBID.COM ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, UNLESS OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN WRITING. ONTHEBID.COM MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO THE OPERATION OF THIS SITE OR THE INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE. TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMISSIBLE BY APPLICABLE LAW, ONTHEBID.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ONTHEBID.COM AND ITS AFFILIATES DO NOT WARRANT THAT THIS SITE; INFORMATION, CONTENT, MATERIALS, PRODUCTS (INCLUDING SOFTWARE) OR SERVICES INCLUDED ON OR OTHERWISE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS SITE; THEIR SERVERS; OR E-MAIL SENT FROM ONTHEBID.COM ARE FREE OF VIRUSES OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS

COPYRIGHT
All content included on this site, such as text, graphics, logos, button icons, images, audio clips, digital downloads, data compilations, and software, is the property of OnTheBid.com or its content suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws. The compilation of all content on this site is the exclusive property of OnTheBid.com and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws. All software used on this site is the property of OnTheBid.com or its software suppliers and protected by United States and international copyright laws.

LICENSE AND SITE ACCESS
OnTheBid.com grants you a limited license to access and make personal use of this site. This License prohibits users from downloading (except page caching) or modifying it, or any portion of it, without the express written consent of OnTheBid.com. This license does not include any resale or commercial use of this site or its contents; any collection and use of any product listings, descriptions, or prices; any derivative use of this site or its contents; any downloading or copying of account information for the benefit of another merchant; or any use of data mining, robots, or similar data gathering and extraction tools. Any unauthorized use terminates the permission or license granted by OnTheBid.com. You may not frame or utilize framing techniques to enclose any trademark, logo, or other proprietary information (including images, text, page layout, or form) of OnTheBid.com without our express written consent. You may not use any meta tags or other "hidden text" utilizing OnTheBid.com's name or trademarks without the express written consent of OnTheBid.com. This site or any portion of this site may not be reproduced, copied, sold, resold, visited, duplicated, or exploited for any other commercial purpose without the express written consent of OnTheBid.com.

YOUR ACCOUNT
You must be 18 years or older and have a major credit card to make transactions on or with any vendor of OnTheBid.com. If you use this site, you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account and password and for restricting access to your computer. You agree to accept responsibility for all activities that occur under your account or password. OnTheBid.com reserve the right to refuse service, terminate accounts, remove or edit content at its sole discretion. If you believe someone has accessed OnTheBid.com using your user name and password without your authorization, contact OcoMoc (888) 676-2479 or by e-mail at admin@ocomoc.com.

REVIEWS, COMMENTS AND OTHER CONTENT
Visitors may post reviews, comments, and other content and submit suggestions, ideas, comments, questions, or other information, so long as the content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights, or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable and does not consist of or contain software viruses, political campaigning, commercial solicitation, chain letters, mass mailings, or any form of "spam." You may not use a false e-mail address, impersonate any person or entity, or otherwise mislead as to the origin of a card or other content. OnTheBid.com reserves the right (but not the obligation) to remove or edit such content, but does not regularly review posted content. If you do post content or submit material, and unless we indicate otherwise, you grant OnTheBid.com and its affiliates a nonexclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, and fully sublicensable right to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, and display such content throughout the world in any media. You grant OnTheBid.com and its affiliates and sublicensees the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such content, if they choose. You represent and warrant that you own or otherwise control all of the rights to the content that you post; that the content is accurate; that use of the content you supply does not violate this policy and will not cause injury to any person or entity; and that you will indemnify OnTheBid.com or its affiliates for all claims resulting from content you supply. OnTheBid.com has the right but not the obligation to monitor and edit or remove any activity or content. OnTheBid.com takes no responsibility and assumes no liability for any content posted by you or any third party.

LINKS
OnTheBid.com contains links to other related Internet sites and resources. Please note that by clicking on a link you will be leaving the OnTheBid.com web site. We are not responsible for the adequacy or accuracy of the information provided on external sites. You should direct any concerns regarding any external link to the site administrator or Webmaster of such site, we do however welcome the reporting of any broken links on OnTheBid.com. Direct any reports to links@onthebid.com.

FuteresStore.com has several thousand products with unique links. It is impossible for us to validate every link on a continuous basis. From time to time links will be broken and have the potential to send you to a dead or possibly even fraudulent location. Use caution to ensure that the site you are intending to go to is the one you land on. We are not liable for any losses you incur due to a fraudulent link originating from this site.

You should always conduct your own independent research from third parties before implementing any trading plan. You need to be aware of the NFA Background Affiliation Status Information (BASIC) to make an informed decision about the firm you're considering working with before you make a final purchase decision. www.nfa.futures.org. The NFA database is updated continuously and may contain information we are unaware of. We check the NFA and CFTC backgrounds for our Vendors when they sign up and on an annual basis but it is your ultimate responsibility to conduct your own due-diligence as your personal criteria and motivations are likely to differ substantially from ours. Please take the time to gain the appropriate knowledge by using OnTheBid.com as an educational resource; it is not intended as a source of quick profits.

LINKS TO ONTHEBID.COM
You are granted a limited, revocable, and nonexclusive right to create a hyperlink to the home page of OnTheBid.com so long as the link does not portray OnTheBid.com in a false, misleading, derogatory, or otherwise offensive matter.

COPYRIGHT COMPLAINTS
OnTheBid.com and its affiliates respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please follow our Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement, click here.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS
OnTheBid.com and its affiliates attempt to be as accurate as possible. However, OnTheBid.com does not warrant that product descriptions or other content of this site is accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free. In almost all cases the Vendor provides all product descriptions and details and is wholly responsible for their content.

PRICING
Except where noted otherwise, the List Price displayed for products on our website represents the full retail price listed on the product itself. Our Vendors offer items for sale and they set and list the price. Despite our best efforts, a small number of the items on our site may be mispriced. Please make sure to double check with the Vendor, the price they quote in their checkout is the price they will charge.

APPLICABLE LAW
By visiting OnTheBid.com, you agree that the laws of the state of Nevada, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any dispute of any sort that might arise between you and OnTheBid.com or OcoMoc LLC.

DISPUTES
Any dispute relating in any way to your visit to OnTheBid.com or to products you purchase through OnTheBid.com shall be submitted to confidential arbitration in Carson City, Nevada, except that, to the extent you have in any manner violated or threatened to violate OnTheBid.com's intellectual property rights, OnTheBid.com may seek injunctive or other appropriate relief in any state or federal court in the state of Nevada, and you consent to exclusive jurisdiction and venue in such courts. Arbitration under this agreement shall be conducted under the rules then prevailing of the American Arbitration Association. The arbitrator's award shall be binding and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, no arbitration under this Agreement shall be joined to an arbitration involving any other party subject to this Agreement, whether through class arbitration proceedings or otherwise.

SITE POLICIES, MODIFICATION, AND SEVERABILITY
Please review our other policies, such as our privacy policy, posted on this site. These policies also govern your visit to OnTheBid.com. We reserve the right to make changes to our site, policies, and these Terms of Use at any time. If any of these conditions shall be deemed invalid, void, or for any reason unenforceable, that condition shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining condition.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
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PRIVACY
Please review our Privacy Notice, which also governs your visit to OnTheBid.com, to understand our practices.

OUR ADDRESS
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Trading in futures and options is not suitable for many members of the public. You should carefully consider whether trading is appropriate for you in light of your experience, objectives, financial resources and other relevant circumstances.

Trading in futures and options involves substantial risk of loss.

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