Axitrader Limited (Axi) BCN 25417 BC 2019: Margin Foreign Exchange & Contracts For Difference Client Agreement
Axitrader Limited (Axi) BCN 25417 BC 2019: Margin Foreign Exchange & Contracts For Difference Client Agreement
Axitrader Limited (Axi) BCN 25417 BC 2019: Margin Foreign Exchange & Contracts For Difference Client Agreement
These terms and conditions form part of the agreement between AxiTrader Limited (Business Company
Number 25417 BC 2019) (“Axi”, “we”, “our” or “us”) and you, the client (you or yourself). They govern our
dealings with you in relation to our Products.
You should carefully read this Agreement in its entirety, including all documents listed below, as well as
our Privacy Policy (which you can find on our Website).
• the terms and conditions as set out in this document; and any additional terms and conditions issued by
us and accepted by you, in connection with our dealings with you (together, the Agreement).
You are referred to other materials that explain the basis of our dealings with you, but which are not part of
the Agreement, including:
• our Website.
Transactions you enter into pursuant to the terms of this Agreement carry a high level of risk and can
result in losses that can exceed your initial deposit. A more detailed explanation of the risks associated
with these transactions is set out in section 5 of the Product Disclosure Statement and in the Product
Schedule. You should ensure that you fully understand such risks before entering into this Agreement or
any transaction with us.
By signing and submitting the Application Form by post or electronically via our Website, or by taking any
action consistent with your agreement to these terms and conditions, you confirm that you:
• have received, read and understood this Agreement, including our current PDS; and
• agree that we will provide our Products and Services to you on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement.
Contracts that arise out of the Positions we enter into with you under this Agreement are legally binding and
enforceable. You must therefore read this Agreement carefully and seek professional advice, if necessary.
We particularly draw your attention to those terms and conditions which deal with Margin, those that set
out our rights to terminate and/or close out a Position and those that relate to the termination of this
Agreement and closing of your Account, as you need to clearly understand these important terms and the
implications arising from your failure to comply with these conditions.
(a) to satisfy ourselves as to the suitability of any Position for you (see section 2 of the PDS for our general
client suitability obligations);
(c) prevent you from trading beyond your means or ability or to protect you; or
For a discussion about the risks associated with our Products, please refer to section 5 (Risk Warning) of our
PDS.
Our trading service is an online service and you specifically consent to the receipt of documents and
information about us and our services, costs and charges and our notices via email, website or other
electronic means. Upon your request we will send you the PDS and FSG in paper form at no charge.
You undertake that in the event that you are unable for any reason whatsoever to open or close a Position
because of technical difficulties you may be having with our Trading Platform, you will immediately
telephone our CX team.
The “Contact Us” page of our Website provides international toll-free telephone numbers for clients from a
number of countries and an international telephone number for clients from other countries.
1.4 DEFINITIONS
In this Agreement capitalised terms and expressions have, unless the context otherwise requires, the
meanings given to them in the PDS.
1.5 INTERPRETATION
(a) Headings are for convenience only, and do not affect interpretation. The following rules also apply in
interpreting this document, except where the context makes it clear that a rule is not intended to
apply.
(E) anything (including a right, obligation or concept) includes each part of it.
(iii) A word which suggests one gender includes the other genders.
(iv) If a word or phrase is defined, any other grammatical form of that word or phrase has a
corresponding meaning.
(b) If an example is given of anything (including a right, obligation or concept), such as by saying it includes
something else, the example does not limit the scope of that thing.
(c) Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, a reference in this Agreement to a transaction, asset, act
or liability of any nature of you includes your transactions, assets, acts or liabilities as trustee of the
Trust (if applicable).
(d) If you enter into this Agreement in your capacity as trustee of a Trust, this Agreement will be binding on
you personally and in your capacity as trustee of the Trust.
(e) If there is any inconsistency between a Confirmation and this Agreement, the Confirmation
will prevail.
2 ACCOUNT OPERATION
2.1 OPENING
After we accept your Application, we will open an Account in your name. The Account may be split into
different sub-accounts denominated in different currencies or commodities. References in this Agreement to
your Account are taken to include reference to sub-accounts or the relevant sub-accounts as the case may
be. We may at our absolute discretion refuse to open an Account with you for any reason we consider
appropriate. Each account will have a Base Currency.
(a) You undertake and warrant to us that any information provided to us at any time is true and correct
and that you will immediately inform us of any change to that information.
(b) You are required to keep confidential all security information relating to the Account, including, but
not limited to, any user name, account number, user ID and password. Once you have established
this security information, we have no obligation to verify the authority of anyone using this
information to operate your account. If you are aware or suspect that these items are no longer
confidential, you should contact us immediately.
You understand and agree that if your Account with us is introduced by an Introducing Broker, the
Introducing Broker:
You may, by written notice, change the persons who are authorised to give us instructions on your behalf.
This can include an Introducing Broker, but we will require an authorisation by you under a power of
attorney or other permissible evidence of authority granting such Introducing Broker the right to trade on
your Account. You agree to produce the original of any such power of attorney or other permissible evidence
of authority to us on request (or a copy that has been certified as a true copy in a manner acceptable to us).
We are not bound to act according to any such variation until we receive written notice and agree to such
requested change. We may act upon the orders or instructions of any Authorised Person, or any person who
appears to us to be an Authorised Person, despite the fact that the person may not be authorised. We are
under no obligation to verify the authority of any person who purports to be authorised by you in
connection with this Agreement.
(a) You agree to pay the interest, charges and fees as specified in this Agreement from time to time and
to receive the benefits set out in this Agreement.
(b) Any charges will be deducted from your Account the day following the day on which the charges
were incurred, and benefits will be paid the day on which they are derived. Deductions from your
Account will be made any time without notice or recourse provided to you.
(c) If we discover that we have made an error in respect of any fee calculation, we will rectify that error
by giving you written notice within 28 days.
(d) If a Position is closed at a loss, that loss will immediately be deducted from your Account and your
available trading resources will be adjusted accordingly.
(e) If a Position is closed at a profit, that profit will immediately be credited to your Account and your
available trading resources will be adjusted accordingly, subject to this clause 2 and clause 3.
Please refer to the terms and conditions contained in section 2.5 of the PDS.
We will provide Confirmations and Reports to you via our Trading Platform or by email.
Any Confirmation or Report will, in the absence of obvious error, be conclusive unless you notify us in writing
to the contrary within two (2) Business Days of the Confirmation or Report being issued. You will access and
use the Trading Platform to confirm all your Positions with us, to download and view the Confirmations and
Reports and to monitor your obligations under this Agreement.
At any time, you execute a transaction with us, a confirmation of the executed trade will appear in the
Trading Platform. Daily and monthly statements will also be made available to you through the Trading
Platform following their respective trading periods. You may print these daily and monthly statements for
your records.
When using our Trading Platform your Positions may be viewed at any point in real-time, as well as all deals,
orders, pending orders and available statements using the dealing platform. You agree to use the Trading
Platform to:
The summary of your financial Position will provide you with your Margin Position, and indicate to you
whether you are approaching your minimum Total Equity balance. It will also indicate the excess funds
available, if any, that you may either use to open new Margin FX Contracts or CFD Positions or withdraw.
It is very important that you remain aware of your daily Total Equity balance, your Total Margin
Requirement for your open Position(s), and any Free Equity available.
3 TRADING
3.1 INSTRUCTIONS
You may issue trading instructions by using our Trading Platform through a computer connected to the
internet or your mobile telephone.
We will not accept orders or instructions from you through any other means, such as by email or telephone.
If you execute an order on the Trading Platform, you are deemed to be making an offer to trade at the
quoted price. A Product contract and the quoted price offered by you will not be binding until your order has
been accepted and confirmed by the Trading Platform. We reserve the right to decline to enter into any
Position proposed by you and are under no obligation to provide you with a reason. We will, however,
provide you with prompt notice in accordance with clause 19 of this document in such event.
We may, from time to time, require instructions from you in respect of any Position or proposed Position.
You must promptly provide us with those instructions through the Trading Platform. If you do not, we may,
in our absolute discretion, take all steps we consider reasonably necessary for our or your protection, which
will be at your cost.
The size of your Positions must exceed the Minimum Trading Size.
3.3 CURRENCY
(a) All Positions will be entered into in the currency specified for the trade and will be converted into
the Base Currency of your Account at the previous day’s closing Exchange Rate for the purposes of
calculating the components of your account summary.
(b) All payments made by you to us and by us to you will be converted into the Base Currency of your
Account unless otherwise agreed.
You may run opposing Positions in the same market. A Position in a market where you have an opposing
Position already open may be deemed to be an instruction to close out the earlier Position (to the extent of
any overlap).
Errors in pricing may occur from time to time. In these circumstances, we may adjust any element of your
Position. See section 3.7 of the PDS for more information about the basis on which we can do this.
In some circumstances, we may be unable, after using all reasonable efforts, to acquire, substitute, maintain,
unwind or dispose of any underlying hedge position we consider necessary to hedge or protect our exposure
to the market and other risks arising from an open Position. In such circumstances, we may, at our absolute
discretion, close that open Position at the Contract Price.
4 MARGIN
4.1 INITIAL MARGIN
Upon placing a trade that creates an open Position you are required to pay into your Account the Initial Margin
for that Position as calculated by us.
(a) You must pay to us such amounts of Margin as we may require under this Agreement.
(b) It is your sole responsibility to monitor at all times through the Trading Platform any notifications
that we may, but are not obliged to, provide, the Margin deposited or any Minimum Margin
requirement under this Agreement having regard to such matters as:
(iii) the volatility of the Underlying Market and the markets generally;
(v) the time it will take for you to remit sufficient cleared funds to us.
(c) You must always ensure your Account balance meets the higher of the Margin Requirement or the
Minimum Margin Requirement.
(d) We may, in our absolute discretion, provide you with further time to meet your Margin
Requirements. Such permission will only be effective once confirmed in writing by us, in accordance
with clause 19 of this document, and only to the extent specified in that written notice.
(a) We may vary the Margin Percentage in respect of any Position at any time by giving notice in
accordance with clause 19.
5 DAILY VALUATION
5.1 CONTRACT VALUE
We will calculate the Contract Value for each Position, as at each Valuation Time during the term of a
Position. The Contract Price for each Position at Close of Business is to be calculated, in respect of each
relevant Product, in accordance with sections 3, 5 & 7 of the PDS and the Product Schedule.
5.2 VALUATION
(a) the Contract Value exceeds the Contract Value at the preceding Valuation Time, the Short Party will
pay to the Long Party the value of such excess; and
(b) the Contract Value at the preceding Valuation Time exceeds the current Contract Value, the Long
Party will pay to the Short Party the value of such excess.
Any payments due under this clause 5 will, subject to clause 10 of this Agreement, be made by us debiting or
crediting the Account with effect immediately after the relevant Valuation Time.
6 CLOSING POSITIONS
6.1 GENERAL
(a) You may provide instructions through the Trading Platform to close out a Position at any time. We
will act on those instructions as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) Details of the last day and time for closing out a Position are available on request. It is your
responsibility to be aware of the last day and time for closing out a particular Position as set out in
the Product Schedule, on the Website, and available on the Trading Platform.
(c) The close out provisions are set out in section 5 of the PDS.
A Position may close automatically on the fifth anniversary of the date on which the Position was first
entered into unless the Position has already been closed in the circumstances described in clause 6.1 above.
Any payment due by either us or you under this clause 6 in respect of dates on or after the Closing Date will
be made by us debiting or crediting your Account at Close of Business on the Settlement Date. If you have
insufficient funds in your Account to meet a payment obligation, you must immediately pay to us as a debt
an amount equal to the shortfall.
(a) independence: we operate independently of any Introducing Broker who is not an authorised
representative or related body corporate of ours, or any other third- party vendors that you may
interact with in relation to a Position under this Agreement. You understand that any agreement
between us and an Introducing Broker does not establish a joint venture or partnership and any
such Introducing Broker is not an agent or employee of ours. You also acknowledge that we make
no warranty as to an Introducing Broker's or a third party's regulatory status, compliance with
Applicable Laws or their quality of service they provide to you in relation to any Products entered
into under this Agreement;
(b) spread: We may remunerate an Introducing Broker for introducing you to us and such
remuneration may be on a per-trade basis or other basis. Such remuneration to the Introducing
Broker may require you to make an additional payment above and beyond the ordinary spread
generally provided by us. This payment could take the form of wider spreads, commissions, fees or
other charges. We will provide you with information as to the precise nature of such remuneration
upon request; and
(c) acting as principal: In our dealings with you, we will act as a principal counterparty to all of your
Positions. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, you will also deal with us as principal, and not as an
agent or representative of another person.
You represent, warrant and undertake to us, at the time of entering into this Agreement and each time you
provide instructions through the Trading Platform or to us directly:
NATURAL PERSONS
(a) status: you are not bankrupt, of unsound mind or incapable of managing your own affairs;
CORPORATE ENTITIES
(b) authorisation: where applicable, you are empowered by, and have obtained, all necessary
authorities under your constitution and at law to enable you to:
(i) properly execute this Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated;
(ii) ensure this Agreement is legal, valid, binding and admissible in evidence; and
(iii) enable you to properly carry on your business as it is now being conducted
and you are complying with any conditions to which any of these authorisations is subject;
(d) this Agreement: this Agreement constitutes your legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable
against you in accordance with its terms;
(e) consents: where applicable, you have obtained all necessary consents and have the authority to
enter into this Agreement;
(f) compliance with laws: you are complying with all laws to which you are subject;
(h) solvency: you are able to pay your debts as and when they fall due and are not otherwise insolvent
or presumed to be insolvent under any law;
(i) information accurate: at all times the information provided by you to us in connection with this
Agreement, whether in the Application Form or otherwise will be complete, true and accurate and
not misleading (including by omission);
(j) disclosure of relevant information: you have disclosed to us all the information that we require for
an assessment by us of the risks that we assume by entering into this Agreement with you;
(k) no contravention: neither your execution of this Agreement nor your carrying out of the
transactions under this Agreement contemplates does or will:
(i) contravene any law to which you or any of your property is subject or any order of any
Government Agency that is binding on you or any of your property;
(l) payment: you will pay any amount due and payable by you under this Agreement when it is due;
(m) AML: You acknowledge that by entering into this Agreement, we may require further information
from you from time to time to comply our obligations under the Anti- Money Laundering and
Terrorist Financing Regulations (“AML Regulations”). By entering into this Agreement, opening an
account and transacting with us, you undertake to promptly provide us with all additional
information and assistance that we may reasonably require to comply with the AML Regulations.
(i) you are not aware and have no reason to suspect that:
i. the moneys used to fund your transactions have been or will be derived from or related to
any money laundering, terrorism financing or other illegal
ii. the proceeds of your investment will be used to finance any illegal activities; and
(ii) neither you nor your directors are a politically exposed person or organisation as the term is
used in the AML Regulations.
Where you are the trustee of a trust, settlement or fund (the Trust) you further represent, warrant and
undertake to us, at the time of entering into this Agreement and each time you provide instructions to us:
(a) status of the Trust: The Trust is validly constituted and has not terminated, nor has the date or any
event occurred for the vesting of the assets of the Trust. You will notify us immediately in writing if
the Trust is determined or ceases to exist;
(b) status as trustee: you are the sole trustee or trustees of the Trust and you have been validly
appointed. You have not given any notice of resignation and no action has been taken to remove
you or to appoint an additional trustee of the Trust. You will notify us immediately in writing if you
cease for any reason to be the trustee of the Trust;
(c) trust power: you have power under the instrument that constitutes the Trust (Trust Deed) to:
(i) own the Trust assets and carry on the business of the Trust as it is now being conducted; and
(ii) enter into this Agreement and to perform your obligations under this Agreement. You will
ensure that your powers under the Trust Deed are not revoked or modified;
(d) trust authority: all action has been taken that is necessary or desirable under the Trust Deed or at
law to:
(i) authorise your entry into the Agreement and to perform your obligations under this
Agreement;
(ii) ensure that this Agreement is binding on you as trustee of the Trust; and
(f) benefit of beneficiaries: you are entering into this Agreement as part of the proper administration
of the Trust, for the commercial benefit of the Trust and for the benefit of the beneficiaries of the
Trust;
(i) you have the right to be indemnified out of the Trust assets in relation to any liability arising
under or in connection with the proper performance of your rights and obligations under
this Agreement; and
(ii) the Trust assets are sufficient to satisfy that right in full; and
(iii) you have not released or disposed of your equitable lien over the Trust assets;
(h) right of beneficiaries: the rights of the beneficiaries to and their interest in the Trust assets are
subject to:
(i) our rights and interests in the Trust assets under this Agreement; and
(i) priority against beneficiaries: this Agreement has priority over the interests of the beneficiaries of
the Trust;
(j) terms of Trust: you have disclosed to us the full particulars of the Trust and of any other trust or
fiduciary relationship affecting the Trust assets and have given us a complete and up-to-date copy of
the Trust Deed;
(k) compliance: you will comply with all of your obligations as trustee of the Trust, whether under the
terms of the Trust Deed or otherwise;
(l) no breach: you are not in breach of any of your obligations as trustee of the Trust, whether under
the terms of the Trust Deed or otherwise;
(m) no termination: no action has been taken nor is there any proposal or requirement to wind up,
terminate, reconstitute or resettle the Trust, and that no date or event for the vesting of the Trust is
contemplated to occur before the final vesting date for distribution specified in the Trust Deed;
(n) no other business: you will not act as trustee of any other trust or fund, or carry on any business
except as trustee of the Trust, without our consent;
(o) no distribution of capital or income: you will not make any distribution of any income or capital or
assets of the Trust that results in there being insufficient assets of the Trust to meet any of your
liabilities under this Agreement;
(p) right of indemnity: you will not release, dispose of or otherwise prejudice your:
and, at our request, must exercise those rights and that lien and facilitate the subrogation of our
rights to them;
(q) other information: you will give us promptly on request and in any event, within five (5)
Business Days any information relating to the financial condition, business, assets and affairs of the
Trust that we reasonably request. As at the date of this Agreement or, if given later, when given
you represent and warrant that:
(i) the other information and reports (if any) relating to the Trust that you have given to us in
connection with this Agreement are true and accurate in all material respects and not
misleading in any material respect (including by omission); and
(ii) any forecasts, projections and opinions in that other information and reports are fair and
reasonable (and were made or formed on the basis of recent historical information and
reasonable assumptions after inquiry and consideration).
You undertake that throughout the term of this Agreement you will promptly notify us of:
(a) any change to the details supplied by you in your Application Form; and
(b) any change to your officeholders, share structure or control and any material or anticipated change in
your financial circumstances.
The following constitute Events of Default, which upon their occurrence give us the right to take action in
accordance with clause 9.2:
(b) you are an individual and you die or become of unsound mind;
(c) you fail to provide any Margin or other sum due under this Agreement in respect of any Position, or the
Margin held by us in respect of your Positions falls below our Margin Requirement;
(d) you are in breach of any representation, warranty or undertaking made under this Agreement or any
other material term of this Agreement and/or any information provided to us in connection with this
Agreement is or has become untrue or misleading;
(e) you knowingly take advantage of an incorrect price when dealing with us and a reasonable person in
your position would have known the price offered was incorrect or we consider that you have, or have
attempted to, manipulate the Trading Platform or any other system of ours in any way;
(f) any fee or charges or other payments due to us are not paid in accordance with this Agreement;
(g) at any time or for any period deemed reasonable by us you are not contactable, or you do not respond
to any notice or correspondence from us;
(h) we reasonably believe it is prudent for us to take any or all of the actions described in clause 9.2 in light
of any relevant legal or regulatory requirement applicable either to you or to us;
(i) we reasonably consider it necessary for the protection of our rights under this Agreement;
(j) we reasonably consider that you may be in breach of or have failed to comply with any Applicable Law;
(k) we are so requested by any government body, regulatory body or other authority;
(l) your Account balance falls below the Minimum Margin Requirement;
(m) any Dispute occurs, or litigation is commenced and, in view of the subject matter of or any issues in
dispute in relation to that litigation, we reasonably decide that we cannot continue to deal with you
while the litigation is pending;
(n) where we have not received, within ten days of a written request, all information which we have
requested in connection with this Agreement;
(o) where we believe on reasonable grounds that you are unable to manage the risks that arise from your
Positions;
(p) any restriction on your Position size is, or is likely to be, exceeded;
(q) where you are trustee of a Trust, and without our consent, you cease to be sole trustee of the Trust, or
any step is taken to:
(ii) bring any part of the Trust assets under the control of any court; or
(iii) any of the following were to occur where you are trustee of a Trust:
(iii) you are required to wind up the Trust under the Trust Deed or applicable
law; or
(iv) the winding up of the Trust commences for any other reason;
(r) where you are trustee of a Trust, the Trust is held, or is conceded by you, not to have been properly
constituted;
(s) where you are trustee of a Trust, you cease to be authorised under the Trust Deed or at law to own the
Trust assets in your name or to perform your obligations under this Agreement; or
(t) where you are trustee of a Trust, you breach any of your obligations as trustee of the Trust.
If an Event of Default occurs, we may take all or any of the following actions;
(a) immediately require payment of any amount you owe us, including Margin;
(c) close or limit the size of all or any of your open Positions or the number of Positions you have with us;
(f) convert any ledger balances to the Base Currency of your Account;
(g) exercise our rights under this clause 9 and clause 10 below;
(h) change the Margin level at which we may close your Account;
(l) enter into any transaction at such rates and times as we may determine in order to meet or hedge any
obligation you may have incurred under a Position; or
(m) retain any amount owed by us to you against any contingent liability of yours to us, so long as the
contingency exists.
10 SET OFF
(a) This Agreement and all Positions under it form part of a singular agreement between us and you.
(ii)
calculate all amounts owing by you to us or us to you, under this Agreement or otherwise
(including any costs arising from the Event of Default) to form a single net sum;
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(iii) if a relevant amount in clause 10(b)(i) or 10(b)(ii) above is denominated in a currency other
than the Account Currency, then we shall determine the amount in US Dollars that would be
required to purchase the equivalent amount of the other currency on the date of the
calculation at a rate as we in, our absolute discretion, shall reasonably determine;
(iv) as soon as reasonably practicable, following our determination of the above amounts, we
shall aggregate all such amounts and set-off the total of all amounts due from us to you
against the total of all amounts due from you to us, and the only net difference between
those amounts (the Net Termination Amount) is payable by the relevant party having a net
payment obligation; and
(v) we will notify you in writing, pursuant to clause 19 of this document, of our calculation of the
Net Termination Amount promptly following our determination. The Net Termination
Amount shall be payable on the date on which such notice is effective.
(c) The Net Termination Amount shall accrue interest at the rate reasonably determined by us from (and
including) the date of the close out (but excluding) the date on which the relevant Net Termination
Amount is paid in full.
(d) For the avoidance for doubt, we have a right of set-off across all Accounts and sub- accounts you hold
with us.
11 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
11.1 PROCEDURE
Please refer to section 12 of the PDS for our procedure for complaints and dispute resolution.
Despite the existence of a Dispute, the parties must continue to perform their respective obligations under
this Agreement, unless the parties have agreed otherwise in writing. If you have submitted your complaint to
us (or an alternative external dispute resolution service), you are still required to do what you can to mitigate
your losses.
(a) any Loss or Claim in respect of an alleged loss of profits, loss of revenue or loss of opportunity;
(c) any action we may take under this Agreement, so long as we act within the terms of its provisions;
(d) any action taken by or on the instruction of a market, clearing house or regulatory body;
(e) any breach of this Agreement, except in the case of our fraud, negligence or wilful default;
(h) any error or inaccuracy in, or unsuitability of, or omission from the Agreement, or any other
information provided by us, whether negligent or otherwise;
(i)
any Loss or Claim suffered or incurred by you in respect of our Trading Platform including due to the
unavailability of the Trading Platform or Trading Platform, system and data errors, delays, inaccuracies,
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errors or omissions in data provided to you, software or computer viruses or the unauthorised use of
the Trading Platform at any time; and
(j) any errors, actions or inactions of any Introducing Broker, Associate or any other third party.
We give no warranty as to the availability, accessibility, description, quality, performance or fitness for
purpose for you of the Trading Platform or any component of the Trading Platform. We reserve the right to
remove altogether or reduce the Trading Platform service at any time for any purpose, without incurring any
liability to you, however will provide written notice of our intention to do so in accordance with clause 19.
12.3 INDEMNITY
You agree to indemnify us against, and you must pay on demand, all Losses or Claims (including without
limitation loss of profit or business opportunity and loss of or damage to reputation) which may be suffered
or incurred or brought against us or in connection with or caused by:
(a) a breach by you of your obligations under this Agreement or, where relevant, by any of your
officers, employees, agents or contractors;
(b) any wilful, unlawful or negligent act or omission by you or, where relevant, any of your officers,
employees, agents or contractors;
(c) any Loss suffered by us as a result of any computer viruses, worms, software bombs or similar items
introduced by you into the system via the Trading Platform or any software provided by us to you in
order to enable you to use the Trading Platform;
(e) us taking any action under clause 9 and clause 10 of this Agreement,
unless such Loss or Claim is suffered or incurred as a result of our fraud, negligence or wilful default.
We may amend or replace this Agreement at any time by giving written notice to you of the changes.
13.2 TERMINATION
Notwithstanding any other termination rights, we have under this Agreement, we may immediately
terminate this Agreement at any time by giving you written notice in accordance with clause 19 of this
document. You may terminate this Agreement at any time by giving us ten (10) Business Days' written notice
in accordance with clause 19 of this document. Your Account will be closed as soon as reasonably practicable
after the expiry of the termination notice period, with all open Positions, or orders cancelled, and all your
obligations discharged.
If you provide such notice under clause 13.2, we reserve the right to refuse to allow you to enter into any
further Positions or orders which may lead to you holding further open Positions during the termination
notice period.
(a) You may not assign any of your rights or delegate any of your obligations under this Agreement to
any person without our prior written consent.
(b) You may not create any security interest over any of your rights under this Agreement, including
any rights to deposits held by us.
(c) We may assign, novate or otherwise transfer our rights or delegate any of our obligations under this
Agreement to any person, in whole or in part, without your prior consent on giving not less than
seven (7) Business Days’ notice in accordance with clause 19 of this document.
(d) If you are in default of any of your obligations under this Agreement, we will be entitled (without
prejudice to any other rights we may have) to assign to any person with immediate effect all or any
of our rights in respect of moneys owing to us under this Agreement, as well as any security or other
remedies available to us in respect of such moneys. You may be required to acknowledge in writing
to us that the assignee has assumed our rights and obligations under this Agreement in relation to
the relevant moneys owing by you.
14 FORCE MAJEURE
14.1 DEFINITION OF FORCE MAJEURE EVENT
A Force Majeure Event refers to any occurrence or non-occurrence as a direct or indirect result of which a
party is prevented from or delayed in performing any of its obligations (other than a payment obligation)
under this Agreement and that is beyond the reasonable control of that party, including forces of nature,
industrial action and action or inaction by a government agency.
A Force Majeure Event includes:
(a) us, in our opinion, becoming unable to maintain an orderly market in respect of a Product for one or
more of the Underlying Instruments as a result of the occurrence of any act, omission or event
(including a strike, riot, civil unrest or failure of power supply, communications or other
infrastructure);
(b) the suspension, closure, liquidation or abandonment of any relevant market or Underlying
Instruments; or
(c) the imposition of limits or special or unusual terms in the relevant markets or Underlying
Instruments; or
(d) the excessive movement, volatility or loss of liquidity in the relevant markets or Underlying
Instruments; or
(e) where we reasonably anticipate that any of the circumstances listed in sub-sections (a) to (d) above are
about to occur.
(a) that party must immediately give the other prompt notice of that fact including:
A party claiming a Force Majeure Event must use reasonable endeavours to remove, overcome or minimise
the effects of that Force Majeure Event as quickly as possible. This does not require a party to settle any
industrial dispute in any way that it considers inappropriate. If the party comes to the view that the Force
Majeure Event is not amenable to such actions, it must notify the other party as soon as possible.
(a) If a Force Majeure Event continues for more than five (5) Business Days, either party may
terminate this Agreement immediately by giving written notice to the other party in accordance
with clause 19 of this document; and
(b) In the event of termination under paragraph (a), neither party is liable to the other except to the
extent of rights or obligations which accrued before the termination.
Notwithstanding clauses 14.2 and 14.3 above, if we reasonably determine that a Force Majeure Event exists
then we may (without prejudice to any other rights under this Agreement and at our sole discretion) take
any one or more of the following actions:
(c) amend or vary this Agreement and any transaction contemplated by this Agreement, including any
Position, insofar as it is impractical or impossible for us to comply with our obligations to you;
(d) close any or all existing Positions, cancel instructions and orders as we deem to be appropriate in
the circumstances; or
(e) take or omit to take all such other actions as we deem to be reasonably appropriate in the
circumstances having regard to the Positions of us, you and other clients.
To the extent practicable, we will take reasonable steps to notify you, in accordance with clause 19, of any
action that we propose to take under this clause 14.5. If it is not practicable to give you prior notice, we will
notify you promptly after taking any such action.
14.6 LIABILITY
If we reasonably determine in our absolute discretion that a Force Majeure Event exists, we will not be liable
to you for any failure, hindrance or delay in performing our obligations under this Agreement or for taking or
omitting to take any action in accordance with clauses 14.2 or 14.3 of this Agreement.
(a) If you receive any data, information or software via the Trading Platform other than that which
you are entitled to receive pursuant to this Agreement, you will immediately notify us and will not
use, in any way whatsoever, such data, information or software.
(b) You will promptly take all reasonable steps to delete such date, information or software from your
systems if we request you to do so.
(a) ensure that your systems are maintained in good order and is suitable for use with the Trading
Platform;
(b) carry out virus checks on a regular basis;
(c) not at any time leave the terminal from which you have accessed the Trading Platform or let
anyone else use the terminal until you have logged off the Trading Platform;
(d) run such tests and provide such information to us as we reasonably consider necessary to
establish that the system satisfies the requirements notified by us to you from time to time; and
(e) inform us immediately of any system defect, or any unauthorised access to the Trading Platform
or any unauthorised transaction or instruction which you know of or suspect and, if within your
control, cause such unauthorised use to cease and cease all use of such Trading Platform until you
have received permission from us to continue.
In the event, you become aware of a defect, malfunction or virus in your systems or in the Trading Platform,
you will immediately notify us of such defect, malfunction or virus and cease all use of such Trading Platform
until you have received permission from us to resume use.
All rights in patents, copyrights, design rights, trade-marks and any other intellectual property rights
(whether registered or unregistered) relating to the Trading Platform remain vested in us or our licensors.
You will not copy, interfere with, tamper with, alter, amend or modify the Trading Platform or any part or
parts thereof unless expressly permitted by us in writing, reverse compile or disassemble the Trading
Platform, nor purport to do any of the same or permit any of the same to be done, except in so far as such
acts are expressly permitted by law. Any copies of the Trading Platform made in accordance with law are
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. You must ensure that all the licensors trademarks and
copyright and restricted rights notices are reproduced on these copies. You must maintain an up-to-date
written record of the number of copies of the Trading Platform made by you. If we so request, you must as
soon as reasonably practicable, provide to us a statement of the number and whereabouts of copies of the
Trading Platform.
We have the right, unilaterally and with immediate effect, to suspend or withdraw permanently your ability
to use the Trading Platform, or any part thereof, without notice, where we consider it necessary or advisable
to do so. In addition, your use of the Trading Platform will be terminated automatically, upon the termination
(for whatever reason) of (i) any licence granted to us that relates to the Trading Platform; or (ii) this
Agreement.
If either party terminates your use of the Trading Platform for any reason, upon request by us, you must, at
our option, return to us or destroy all hardware, software and documentation that we have provided you in
connection with the Trading Platform and any copies thereof.
17 CONFIDENTIALITY
Each party agrees not to disclose information provided by any other party that is not publicly available
(including the existence or contents of the Agreements) except:
(a) with the consent of the party who provided the information (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld);
(b) if allowed, compelled or required by law, the Agreements, our Privacy Policy or required by any
market exchange;
(c) in connection with any legal proceedings relating to the Agreements; or
(d) to any person in connection with an exercise of rights or when dealing with rights or obligations
under the Agreements (including in connection with preparatory steps such as in relation to
assignments).
This clause does not apply in relation to Personal Information (as defined and as set out in clause 16 above).
18 SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS
Clauses 1, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13.3, 17, 18, 19 and 20 survive any termination or expiry of this Agreement.
Subject to clause 19.2, any notice or other communication (including any Confirmations, Reports, statements
or supplementary PDS) given or made under or in connection with the matters contemplated by this
Agreement will, except where oral communication is expressly provided for, be in writing and will be sent to
the address below:
(a) Us: The “Contact Us” page of our Website provides our business addresses for the purposes of
written notifications or alternatively email [email protected]. Our registered address is AxiTrader
Limited, Suite 305, Griffith, Corporate Centre, PO Box 1510, Beachmont, Kingstown, Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines.
(b) You: The address and electronic mail address provided by you in the Application Form.
A notice in writing can be provided by letter, email or, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, the
Website including the Trading Platform.
(b) if sent by mail, when it would be delivered in the ordinary course of post, but in any event
(i) not later than seven (7) Business Days after posting.
(c) if sent by electronic transmission, when received by the recipient in readable form:
(i) by 5.00 pm (local time in the place of receipt) on a Business Day – on that day; or
(ii) after 5.00 pm (local time in the place of receipt) on a Business Day, or on a day that is not a Business
Day – on the next Business Day; and
(d) if it is given in any other manner permitted by law, when actually received by that person, unless a later
time of receipt is specified in it.
You may alter the address (including electronic mail address) to which Confirmations, Reports, notices and
other communications are issued, by written notice to us. Such change, however, will not be actioned until
approved by us. You agree and acknowledge that you are solely responsible for ensuring that we have your
current address, telephone number, and electronic mail address.
This Agreement, and each Position between us and you will be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
20.2 JURISDICTION
Both parties submit irrevocably, for our benefit only, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the laws of Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines. Both parties waive any objection they may have to proceedings being brought in such
courts, waive any claim that such proceedings have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waive
the right to object, with respect to such proceedings, that such courts do not have any jurisdiction over such
party. For the avoidance of doubt, this clause will not prevent us from commencing proceedings in any other
relevant jurisdiction.
21 MISCELLANEOUS
21.1 CONSENT TO RECORDING OF TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONS
You consent to the electronic recording of your telephone discussions with us, emails logs, and chat records,
and the use of recordings or transcripts from such recordings for any purpose.
Despite any other provision of this Agreement, in providing the Services in this Agreement, we will be
entitled to take any action as we consider necessary in our absolute discretion to ensure compliance with all
Applicable Laws.
(a) Details of how we handle your Client Money can be found in section 6 of the PDS.
In agreeing to these terms, you are providing written agreement to be classified as a retail or wholesale
client in accordance with the client money procedures in section 6 of the PDS.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing with you, we are solely entitled to any interest or earnings derived
from your money;
(i) withdraw, deduct or apply any amounts payable by you to us under this Agreement from your
account, including, without limitation making a payment for, or in connection with, the
margining, adjusting or settling of dealings in Positions entered into by you or the payment of
interest or fees or charges to us, it being acknowledged and agreed by you that such amounts
belong to us under this Agreement and may be used by us in our business from time to time,
including for the payment of amounts to our counterparties;
(ii) deal with any property, other than money, given to us in accordance with the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation:
A. dealing with such property in connection with the margining, adjusting or settling of
dealings in Positions entered into by you: or
B. selling or charging in any way any or all of your property which may from time to time be
in the possession or control of us or any of our Associates following the happening an
Event of Default.
(a) Any provision of this Agreement which is unenforceable or partly unenforceable is, where possible,
to be severed to the extent necessary to make this Agreement enforceable, unless this would
materially change the intended effect of this Agreement.
(b) If there is any inconsistency between the English version of this Agreement and any
translation of this Agreement, the English version will prevail to the extent of any
inconsistency.
The rights and remedies contained in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or
remedies provided by law.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to confer on any person other than us or you any right to enforce any
term of this Agreement.
(a) No delay or omission on our part in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law
or under this Agreement, or partial or defective exercise thereof, will:
(i) impair or prevent further or other exercise of such right, power or remedy; or
Trading hours for Margin FX Contracts and CFDs vary and will depend on the relevant Underlying
Instrument’s hours of operation. They are published on our Website.
We are under no obligation to quote prices or accept orders or instructions on Contracts to which Limited
Trading Hours applies.
If a party to this document is made up of more than one person, or a term is used in this document to refer to
more than one party, then unless otherwise specified in this document:
(c) any other reference to that party or that term is a reference to each of those persons
separately, so that (for example):
(i) a representation, warranty or undertaking relates to each of them separately; and
(ii) a reference to that party or that term in clause 8 is a reference to each of those persons
separately.
Each party must pay its own expenses incurred in executing this Agreement and negotiating any additional
terms and conditions as it relates to a Position.
Each party must do anything (including execute any document) and must ensure that its employees and
Authorised Person does anything (including execute any document), that any other party may reasonably
require to give full effect to this Agreement.