Trading Disclaimer

What this product is

Hermetic Trader is an educational and record-keeping platform. It consists of:

• The Sphinx framework — TradingView indicators that visualize session structure, volume profile, and divergence patterns
• The Vigil journal — software for logging trades and rituals and reviewing your own performance

It is a tool for organizing your own thinking. Nothing produced by the software is a recommendation, signal, or advice to trade any specific instrument at any specific time.

What this product is not

• It is not a brokerage. Hermetic Trader does not execute trades, hold customer funds, or have any custodial relationship with your money.
• It is not financial advice. We are not registered investment advisors. The indicators and journal commentary reflect a framework, not a recommendation tailored to your circumstances.
• It is not a signals service. The indicators highlight market structure; they do not tell you when to buy or sell.
• It is not a guarantee of anything. Past performance — whether of the framework, of any indicator, or of any individual trader using them — is not indicative of future results.

Trading involves risk

Trading futures, equities, options, and other financial instruments involves substantial risk of loss. You can lose money — including more than your initial investment, in the case of leveraged products.

Specifically with respect to futures trading: the leverage available through futures contracts means that small adverse moves can cause large losses relative to your account size. Margin requirements can change without notice. Stop-loss orders can fail in fast or gapping markets. The fact that the Sphinx indicators are tuned for index futures (ES, NQ, MES, MNQ) does not reduce the risk of trading those instruments; it just provides one framework for thinking about their structure.

Your decisions are yours

Every trade you place is your own decision. You are responsible for:

• Understanding the products you trade and the risks they carry
• Sizing your positions appropriately for your account, experience, and risk tolerance
• Complying with the laws and regulations applicable in your jurisdiction
• Choosing whether the framework presented here is appropriate for you — and stopping using it if it isn't

If you are not in a position to absorb the financial losses that trading can cause, do not trade. If you are uncertain whether trading is suitable for you, consult a licensed financial professional before continuing.

Backtest and historical-performance limitations

Any historical performance discussed on this site or within the platform reflects a specific interpretation of past data. Backtests do not account for slippage, commissions, taxes, emotional decision-making, or the fact that knowing what would have worked in the past tells you nothing reliable about what will work in the future. We make no claim that any historical scenario will recur.

Indicators are tools, not oracles

The Sphinx indicators (Trinity, Equinox, Ledger) display market data through specific lenses. They have bugs. They have edge cases that produce false signals. They will sometimes paint patterns that didn't actually exist in real time (a phenomenon known as "repainting" in indicator-development circles), and we cannot guarantee that any signal you see now will look the same when the bar closes.

Use the indicators as inputs to your own analysis, never as substitutes for it.

The journal is a mirror, not a coach

Vigil's scoring system reflects what you tell it. If you log honestly, the scores reflect reality. If you lie to it, the scores reflect lies. The journal cannot detect, correct, or compensate for incomplete or inaccurate logging.

Contact

Questions about this disclaimer or about how the framework should be interpreted: [email protected].