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Updated: August 21, 2026

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS CAREFULLY. THEY CONTAIN A BINDING INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION PROVISION AND CLASS ACTION WAIVER (SECTION 15), A LIMITATION OF LIABILITY (SECTION 13), AND IMPORTANT DISCLOSURES REGARDING TRADING RISK AND THE NATURE OF ASTRAL’S SERVICES (SECTION 4). YOU MAY OPT OUT OF ARBITRATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 15.6.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a binding contract between you (“you,” “your,” or “User”) and Astral Trading, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Astral,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms govern your access to and use of our websites, web-based terminal, mobile applications, application programming interfaces (“APIs”), model context protocol (“MCP”) interfaces, integrations, and related products and services (collectively, the “Services”).

You accept these Terms by checking the box or clicking the button presented when you create an account or otherwise indicating your agreement where these Terms are presented to you, or, if earlier, by accessing or using the Services. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Services.

1. Definitions

“Additional Disclosures” means any supplemental disclosures, assumptions, or disclosure documents that Astral presents or makes available to you within the Services or by an accessible link, including any “AI Disclosure” or similar document. Additional Disclosures are incorporated into these Terms by reference only to the extent they are made accessible to you. If an Additional Disclosure conflicts with these Terms, these Terms control unless the Additional Disclosure expressly states that it modifies these Terms.

“AI Content” means Input and Output, collectively.

“AI Features” means features of the Services that use machine learning, large language models, or other artificial intelligence techniques to generate, transform, summarize, analyze, or explain content from Input you submit.

“Astral Technology” means the Services and Astral’s underlying and reusable technology, including software, user interfaces, designs, models, algorithms, workflows, analytics, templates, datasets, libraries, system prompts, methods, know-how, infrastructure, and generalized or reusable components and logic.

“Broker” means a third-party broker-dealer, exchange, digital asset trading platform, or other third-party financial venue at which you maintain an account and that may accept, handle, or execute orders or instructions. Where these Terms refer to a Broker, the applicable rights, duties, and protections may differ depending on whether the Broker is a registered broker-dealer, a digital asset trading platform, or another type of venue, as described in Section 4.11.

“Connected Account” means a brokerage, exchange, or digital asset trading account that you link to the Services, whether directly or through a Connectivity Provider or other integration method Astral makes available.

“Connectivity Provider” means a third-party service provider that enables technical connections between the Services and one or more Broker accounts.

“Content” means text, data, quotes, news, information, charts, indicators, analytics, alerts, strategy templates, simulations, software, and other materials made available through the Services by Astral or its licensors. Content does not include User Content, Output, or User Strategy Output.

“De-Identified Data” means data processed so that it cannot reasonably be used to identify an individual, consistent with applicable law and commercially reasonable practices.

“Deterministic” means that, given the same strategy logic, parameters, and input data, the software produces the same result, without model-generated variability and without the software selecting an outcome that the applicable logic and parameters do not specify.

“Input” means User Content you provide to AI Features.

“Output” means information or content returned by AI Features based on Input, market data, public information, or other data made available to the Services. Output does not include Trade Instructions generated by Deterministic execution of a deployed strategy. Outputs do not reflect an individualized assessment of your financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, tax situation, or suitability.

“Trade Instructions” means electronic messages, order parameters, or instructions that you originate through the Services, or that are generated by Deterministic execution of strategy logic and parameters that you selected, configured, and approved, and that are transmitted by the Services to a Broker, directly or through a Connectivity Provider for delivery to a Broker. Trade Instructions are not orders accepted by Astral and do not constitute trade execution by Astral.

“User Content” means content you submit to the Services, including prompts, strategies, configurations, watchlists, notes, comments, uploads, and integration data you choose to connect or provide. Feedback is treated as described in Section 8.3.

“User Strategy Output” means the particular strategy definition, parameter configuration, and strategy expression generated specifically for you by the Services in response to your Input and saved to or made available through your account, excluding Astral Technology and third-party materials as described in Section 8.

2. Eligibility; Account Registration

2.1 Age

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, if higher) to use the Services.

2.2 Account

Some features require you to create an account. You agree to provide accurate, complete, and current information and to update that information as needed.

2.3 Security

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your credentials and for all activity under your account. You must promptly notify Astral if you believe your account or credentials have been compromised.

2.4 Territory; U.S.-Only Services; Export Controls

(a) U.S.-Only. The Services are offered and intended for use only within the United States. Astral does not represent that the Services are appropriate, available, or lawful for access or use outside the United States.

(b) No International Offering. Any access to or use of the Services from outside the United States is unauthorized, is at your own risk, and may constitute a material breach of these Terms.

(c) Location Controls. Astral may use reasonable methods to determine your approximate location. Astral does not guarantee that any access control will detect or prevent all access to the Services from outside the United States.

(d) Export and Sanctions Compliance. You may not use the Services in violation of U.S. export-control, sanctions, or similar laws, and you represent that you are not prohibited from using the Services under applicable U.S. law.

2.5 User Representations

By accessing or using the Services, you represent and warrant that: (a) you are at least 18 years of age; (b) you are located in the United States; (c) your access to and use of the Services will comply with applicable laws, regulations, Broker requirements, and these Terms; and (d) any Connected Account you link is an account that you own and are authorized to control, you are the beneficial owner of the assets in it, and you are not accessing or using the Services on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any other person.

2.6 Right to Restrict

Astral may restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to the Services or your account as described in Section 11, including if Astral reasonably believes that you are ineligible to use the Services or are accessing them from an unauthorized location.

3. Scope of Services; Plans; Availability

3.1 General Description

Astral provides a software platform that may include market research, charting, indicators, strategy building, backtesting and simulation, watchlists, alerts, paper trading, manual order-entry tools, automated strategy deployment, AI-enabled analysis tools, APIs, MCP interfaces, and related integrations. The Services provide software, market-data, analytical, informational, and technical functionality and do not provide personalized investment advice or recommendations tailored to any individual user’s financial circumstances.

If you choose to link a Connected Account, the Services may also provide technical functionality that enables Trade Instructions to be generated and transmitted by the Services, at your direction, to your Broker or to a Connectivity Provider for delivery to your Broker. Astral’s role with respect to trading is limited as described in Section 4.6.

3.2 Plans; Paid Services; Changes

The Services may be offered on free and paid plans. Paid features, pricing, and plan inclusions may change from time to time. Certain features may be offered as beta, preview, trial, early-access, or limited-release features. Astral may add, modify, suspend, limit, or discontinue any feature, Broker integration, asset class, market-data source, or other part of the Services at any time, subject to applicable law.

3.3 Availability; No Service Levels

While Astral aims to provide a reliable service and will use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Services, Astral does not guarantee uptime, availability, uninterrupted access, or that any particular feature, Broker integration, market, asset, or data source will remain available. The Services may experience delays, outages, maintenance periods, or other interruptions. Astral does not provide any service level agreement unless expressly agreed in a separate written agreement signed by Astral.

4. IMPORTANT: No Investment Advice; No Brokerage Services; Risk Disclosures

4.1 No Investment Advice

The research, analytical, educational, and informational features of the Services, including market data, charting, indicators, screeners, research, AI Features, backtesting, simulation, and paper trading are provided for informational and educational purposes. The order-entry, strategy-deployment, and connectivity features of the Services are software tools that operate at your direction to generate and transmit Trade Instructions to your Broker. Neither category constitutes investment, financial, legal, or tax advice.

Astral does not provide investment, financial, legal, or tax advice, does not evaluate your personal financial circumstances, investment objectives, risk tolerance, tax situation, or suitability, and does not hold itself out as an investment adviser, financial planner, or financial advisor. Any examples, strategies, analyses, or Outputs available through the Services are generated from user Inputs, user-selected parameters, general market information, or other data available to the Services and are not individualized investment recommendations based on your personal financial circumstances.

Nothing in the Services constitutes an offer by Astral to buy or sell, or a solicitation by Astral of an offer to buy or sell, any security, digital asset, commodity interest, or other financial instrument.

4.2 Not an Investment Adviser or Broker-Dealer; Compensation

Astral is not registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or under the securities laws of any state, and is not registered as a broker-dealer under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Astral is not a member of FINRA or SIPC.

Astral does not: (a) provide personalized investment recommendations or suitability-based advice; (b) exercise investment discretion over any user’s account or assets; (c) act as a broker-dealer, exchange, custodian, clearing firm, or other financial intermediary for user transactions; or (d) receive transaction-based compensation in connection with user trades.

Fees charged by Astral to you under these Terms are software and platform fees for access to the Services and, where applicable, separately disclosed non-transactional service fees or third-party pass-through charges. Astral does not charge you any fee that is based on the size, value, or occurrence of your individual transactions, and Astral does not charge you asset-based, assets-under-management, or performance-based investment-management compensation.

Astral may receive compensation from Brokers, Connectivity Providers, market-data vendors, technology partners, advertisers, and other third parties for software licensing, integration, distribution, referral, marketing, enterprise, connectivity, data, or platform services. Such compensation is not based on the size, value, or occurrence of your individual transactions. Where Astral receives compensation of this kind that creates a material conflict of interest relevant to your use of the Services, Astral will disclose that arrangement in the Services or in an applicable disclosure document. Brokers, exchanges, Connectivity Providers, market-data vendors, and other third parties may charge separate fees under their own terms.

4.3 User Responsibility

You are solely responsible for your investment decisions and actions, including whether to use, modify, deploy, pause, or stop any strategy and whether to originate any Trade Instruction. You are responsible for reviewing the accuracy and appropriateness of your User Content, Inputs, strategies, parameters, capital allocations, and settings before relying on or deploying them.

4.4 Market Risk; Backtests; Paper Trading; No Guarantees

Investing and trading involve risk, including loss of principal. Past performance is not indicative or predictive of future results. Backtests, paper trading, simulations, projections, historical analyses, and hypothetical results do not represent actual trading and may not reflect real-world constraints, including commissions or fees, spreads, slippage, liquidity, latency, market impact, order priority, partial fills, rejects, borrow availability, data quality, or execution quality. Actual results may differ materially.

4.5 Data Inaccuracies; Delays

Market data and other Content may be delayed, incomplete, inaccurate, stale, or unavailable. Astral does not guarantee the correctness, timeliness, completeness, or continued availability of market data, account data, pricing, positions, balances, buying power, order status, or other information displayed through the Services.

4.6 Order Entry and Transmission; No Execution by Astral

If you enable a Connected Account, the Services may allow you to create, modify, cancel, or transmit Trade Instructions, including manual orders and automated strategy instructions. The Services transmit Trade Instructions, at your direction and without discretion, to your Broker or to a Connectivity Provider for delivery to your Broker.

Astral does not: (a) accept, hold, or handle customer orders; (b) act as a broker-dealer, exchange, alternative trading system, custodian, or clearing firm; (c) execute trades; (d) clear or settle transactions; (e) custody funds, securities, or digital assets; (f) extend credit or margin; (g) maintain customer brokerage accounts; or (h) provide brokerage services. You select the Broker or venue to which your Trade Instructions are transmitted; Astral does not choose among execution destinations for you and does not make your Broker’s order-routing decisions. Order handling, routing, execution quality, and any best-execution obligations are the responsibility of your Broker.

All Trade Instructions are user-directed or are generated pursuant to an automated strategy that you have selected, configured, approved, and deployed under Section 4.7. Astral does not review Trade Instructions for suitability, legality, accuracy, or profitability and does not exercise investment discretion over any account or asset.

Your Broker retains control over order handling and is solely responsible for whether any Trade Instruction is received, accepted, rejected, modified, canceled, routed, executed, partially executed, or left unfilled, and for the price, timing, venue, and other handling of any execution. Astral does not guarantee that any instruction, modification, or cancellation request will be received, accepted, or executed.

Information shown in the Services about an order, position, balance, fill, or transaction may be delayed, inaccurate, or inconsistent with your Broker’s records. Your Broker’s records and confirmations control with respect to your brokerage account and transactions.

4.7 Automated Strategy Authorization

Before you deploy or activate an automated strategy, you select and approve the strategy logic, the parameters, the eligible instrument or instruments (or the objective rules by which instruments are selected), the capital allocated, and the applicable risk settings. An instrument suggested or identified by an AI Feature during strategy creation becomes part of a strategy only upon your approval. Your deployment of a strategy constitutes your standing, non-discretionary instruction to apply the approved logic and parameters and, through Deterministic software, to generate and transmit Trade Instructions within those parameters until the strategy is undeployed, disabled, paused, or otherwise stopped. If the Services permit you to approve changes to a deployed strategy, your approval of those changes constitutes your instruction to apply the revised logic and parameters. Astral will not apply a material change to a deployed strategy’s logic or parameters without your approval.

After deployment, Trade Instructions are generated by Deterministic execution of the strategy logic and parameters you approved. No AI Feature generates, modifies, approves, or transmits a live Trade Instruction. AI Features may assist you in researching, creating, modifying, backtesting, or explaining a strategy before deployment, and in explaining or analyzing a strategy after deployment, but the strategy that executes is the one you approved.

Your authorization under this Section is an instruction to non-discretionary software. It is not a grant of trading authority, discretionary authority, or a power of attorney to Astral, and Astral does not accept any such grant. Astral does not determine which securities or digital assets you should hold, does not select instruments outside the rules you approved, does not act as your agent, representative, or fiduciary, and does not exercise investment discretion over any account or asset.

You may revoke your authorization for the generation of new Trade Instructions by undeploying or disabling the strategy through available functionality. Undeploying, disabling, pausing, suspending, or terminating a strategy is intended to stop the generation of new Trade Instructions, but it does not automatically liquidate existing positions and does not guarantee cancellation of Trade Instructions or Broker orders that were already transmitted or accepted.

Astral may automatically pause, suspend, or undeploy a strategy when reasonably necessary for system integrity, security, data integrity, connectivity, repeated Broker rejections, system-protective risk controls, legal or compliance reasons, or other operational reasons. Any such action stops the generation of new Trade Instructions only: Astral will not, on its own initiative, place, modify, or cancel any order, close any position, or liquidate any holding, and no such action creates a duty for Astral to monitor or intervene in your account.

Automated trading functionality depends on market data, Astral systems, network connectivity, Broker systems, Connectivity Providers, and other third-party services. Delays, outages, stale or erroneous data, rejected instructions, and other failures may cause a strategy to operate differently from its intended logic, may prevent intended Trade Instructions from being generated or transmitted, or may cause a strategy to pause. A paused or interrupted strategy may miss signals that occur during the interruption. You are responsible for monitoring your deployed strategies and your Connected Account.

4.8 Trading Risks; Manual and Automated Trading

Trading and investing involve substantial risk, including the risk of partial or total loss. By using any trading-related functionality of the Services, including manual order entry or automated strategy deployment, you acknowledge that you are solely responsible for your orders, strategies, settings, capital allocations, and investment decisions.

Orders may be delayed, rejected, canceled, duplicated, partially filled, or executed at prices different from those displayed in the Services due to volatility, spreads, slippage, illiquidity, market conditions, trading halts, extended-hours or after-hours conditions, latency, outages, data issues, Broker restrictions, Connectivity Provider failures, or other technical or third-party issues. Market, quote, position, buying power, and order-status information shown in the Services may be delayed, incomplete, or inaccurate.

Limit, stop, bracket, and other conditional orders may fail to execute, may execute only in part, may trigger at unexpected times or prices, or may behave differently depending on Broker rules.

Short selling and trading on margin involve heightened risk. A short position exposes you to potentially unlimited loss. Short sales depend on borrow availability and may be subject to forced buy-ins, recalls, hard-to-borrow fees, and locate requirements imposed by your Broker. Margin trading may result in margin calls, and your Broker may liquidate positions in your account, without notice to you or to Astral and independently of any strategy logic, to satisfy margin or risk requirements. Astral does not extend margin, does not monitor margin requirements, and is not responsible for any Broker margin call, liquidation, or buy-in.

Automated strategies may contain design errors, coding errors, faulty assumptions, runtime failures, or unexpected behavior and may generate unintended Trade Instructions or fail to generate intended Trade Instructions. Astral has no duty to monitor, intervene in, cancel, or warn you about any order, strategy, position, or market event.

Astral makes no guarantee regarding execution, timing, fill quality, system availability, strategy performance, or investment results and is not responsible for the acts or omissions of any Broker, Connectivity Provider, exchange, market-data provider, or other third party.

4.9 Alerts and Monitoring

Alerts and notifications are informational software features and may be delayed, missed, duplicated, incomplete, or inaccurate because of market-data latency, device settings, notification-service limitations, network conditions, service interruptions, or third-party failures. You should not rely on an Astral alert or notification as your sole means of monitoring a Connected Account, order, position, strategy, or market condition. Broker records and confirmations control with respect to your brokerage account and transactions.

4.10 No Fiduciary Duty or Agency

Your use of the Services does not create an advisory relationship, fiduciary duty, brokerage relationship, or agency relationship between you and Astral. Astral owes no duty of loyalty, duty of care, suitability obligation, or duty to monitor your account, strategies, positions, or investments by virtue of your use of the Services.

4.11 Digital Assets

Digital assets involve risks that differ from those associated with securities. The classification of a particular digital asset under U.S. federal and state law may be uncertain, may be disputed, and may change. Digital assets held at a Broker, exchange, or digital asset trading platform are generally not protected by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC) and are not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and may not be subject to the customer-protection, segregation, or asset-verification requirements that apply to securities held at a registered broker-dealer.

Digital asset markets may operate continuously, including outside U.S. market hours, may lack trading halts, circuit breakers, or comparable volatility controls, and may experience extreme price movements, limited liquidity, wide spreads, network congestion, protocol changes, chain reorganizations, and venue outages. The venue at which you hold or trade digital assets may fail, suspend withdrawals or trading, become subject to insolvency proceedings, or suffer security incidents, and you bear the counterparty and platform risk associated with that venue. A strategy that operates continuously may generate Trade Instructions at times when you are not monitoring your account. Astral does not custody digital assets and does not hold or control your funds or assets.

4.12 Trade Errors

Astral does not adjust, break, cancel, or reimburse executed transactions and has no obligation to seek the adjustment, cancellation, or reversal of any transaction. Resolution of any trade error, disputed execution, or account discrepancy is between you and your Broker, subject to your Broker’s policies and applicable market rules.

5. AI Features; Inputs and Outputs; Required Acknowledgements

5.1 Inputs and Outputs

You may provide Input to AI Features. The Services may return Output based on that Input and other data available to the Services. User Strategy Output is subject to the ownership provisions in Section 8.

5.2 User Acknowledgement

By using AI Features and accepting these Terms, you acknowledge and agree that:

(a) Experimental; “As Is.” AI Features are probabilistic and may produce Output that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, inappropriate, or out of date. AI-generated Outputs do not constitute individualized investment advice and should not be the sole or primary basis for any investment decision.

(b) Independent Verification; Human Review. You will independently evaluate and verify Output before relying on it, including reviewing strategy logic, parameters, code, assumptions, and resulting Trade Instructions where appropriate.

(c) Additional Disclosures. You agree to the Additional Disclosures, which are incorporated by reference as described in Section 1.

5.3 Variability

Output may vary for the same or similar Inputs, including over time. Similar or identical strategies, code, analyses, or other Output may be generated for different users.

5.4 No Discretion

Astral does not exercise investment discretion over any user’s account or assets. Outputs are generated in response to user-supplied Inputs and user-initiated use of AI Features. Trade Instructions are generated from user-directed actions or, after you deploy a strategy, through Deterministic software applying the strategy logic and parameters that you selected or approved. Astral does not independently select, allocate, or manage securities, digital assets, trading strategies, or capital for any user.

6. Acceptable Use; Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to, and not to attempt to:

(a) use the Services for illegal activities or to violate any law, regulation, exchange rule, Broker rule, or third-party right;

(b) engage in fraud, deception, manipulation, abusive conduct, market manipulation, front-running, spoofing, wash trading, or other prohibited trading activity;

(c) reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to extract source code, underlying models, system prompts, or non-public APIs, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by law;

(d) scrape, crawl, harvest, or systematically extract data from the Services, except as expressly permitted in writing by Astral;

(e) bypass access controls, rate limits, technical restrictions, or security measures;

(f) upload malware or interfere with the security, integrity, or operation of the Services;

(g) infringe third-party rights or submit content you do not have the right to use;

(h) sublicense or use the Services for commercial time sharing, rental, outsourcing, or service-bureau use, except as expressly permitted in writing by Astral;

(i) use the Services or Content to build or train a competing model, product, or service, or to conduct commercial benchmarking, except as expressly permitted in writing by Astral;

(j) access, manage, direct, or transmit instructions to any account belonging to another person; manage assets for any other person; or use the Services to provide investment advisory, brokerage, or asset-management services to any other person, whether or not for compensation.

7. Third-Party Services; Market Data; Integrations

7.1 Third-Party Providers

The Services may display, access, or rely on third-party content, market data, tools, integrations, links, software, or services. Astral does not control and is not responsible for third-party providers or their content, systems, availability, security, accuracy, products, or services. References or links to third parties do not imply endorsement. Your use of a third-party provider is at your own risk and may be subject to separate terms, privacy policies, eligibility requirements, fees, and procedures.

7.2 Market Data Terms

Certain market data may be subject to additional vendor or exchange rules, including redistribution, display, attribution, entitlement, and professional-use requirements. You agree to comply with any additional terms or certifications presented to you in connection with market data.

7.3 Broker Connectivity; Account Data; Permission Scope

If you link a Connected Account or connect another third-party service, you authorize Astral to access, receive, process, display, and use the data and permissions you grant, consistent with these Terms and our Privacy Policy. Depending on the connection and permissions you authorize, this may include account identifiers, balances, cash, buying power, holdings, positions, orders, order status, fills, transaction history, connection status, and related account information.

If you enable order-transmission functionality, you authorize the Services to transmit Trade Instructions generated through your use of the Services, including through your strategies and settings, to your Broker or to a Connectivity Provider for delivery to your Broker, as applicable to the connection you use.

The permissions Astral requests for a Connected Account are limited to reading account information and transmitting Trade Instructions. Astral does not request, hold, or use credentials or permissions that enable the transfer or withdrawal of funds, securities, or digital assets from a Connected Account.

You are responsible for reviewing your configurations, monitoring your Connected Account, maintaining sufficient funds or buying power, and ensuring that your Connected Account is eligible and authorized for the transactions you direct.

7.4 Connectivity Providers and Brokers; Third-Party Terms; No Responsibility for Execution

Connectivity Providers and Brokers are third parties, and your use of them is subject to their separate terms, policies, permissions, and procedures. Astral does not control and is not responsible for any Connectivity Provider or Broker, including their systems, outages, order-handling rules, execution venues, eligibility determinations, risk controls, margin or liquidation policies, or other actions or omissions. Astral makes no guarantee that any Trade Instruction will be received, accepted, processed, routed, executed, modified, or canceled by any Broker or Connectivity Provider.

7.5 Changes to Integrations

Astral may add, remove, suspend, or modify access to any Broker, Connectivity Provider, market-data source, or integration at any time. A third party may also change or discontinue its API, permissions, services, or relationship with Astral without notice to you. Astral is not responsible for losses or reduced functionality resulting from such third-party changes, except to the extent required by law.

7.6 Own Account Only

You may link only a brokerage, exchange, or digital asset trading account that you own and are authorized to control. You may not use the Services to access, manage, direct, or transmit instructions to an account belonging to any other person, to manage assets for any other person, to provide investment advisory or brokerage services to any other person, or to exercise trading authority granted to you over another person’s account. This restriction applies to all interfaces, including web, mobile, API, and MCP interfaces.

7.7 APIs, MCP Interfaces, and Programmatic Access

If you use Astral’s APIs, MCP interfaces, or other programmatic access, you are responsible for all activity conducted through your credentials, including activity initiated by software, scripts, or tools you configure, authorize, or connect. You must keep credentials confidential, must not share them, and must promptly notify Astral if they are compromised.

A Trade Instruction created or transmitted through an API or MCP interface at your direction, or generated by a strategy you deployed through such an interface, is your Trade Instruction and is subject to Sections 4.6 and 4.7 in the same manner as an instruction you enter manually. Deploying a strategy through an API or MCP interface constitutes your review and approval of that strategy’s logic and parameters under Section 4.7. Astral does not review, validate, or approve programmatically generated Trade Instructions and does not exercise investment discretion over them. Astral may impose rate limits, require confirmation steps, restrict which operations are available programmatically, and suspend or revoke programmatic access at any time.

8. Ownership; Intellectual Property; Data Rights; Sharing

8.1 Astral IP

As between you and Astral, and except for User Content and for the rights in User Strategy Output expressly granted to you under Section 8.2, Astral owns all right, title, and interest in and to the Services, Content, and Astral Technology, including all intellectual property rights therein. Astral also owns all improvements, enhancements, derivative works, models, and know-how that Astral develops or derives in the course of providing, securing, or improving the Services, including any developed or derived from De-Identified Data. Astral reserves all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. Nothing in these Terms operates as an assignment, transfer, or license of Astral Technology to you except as expressly stated in Section 8.2.

8.2 User Content and User Strategy Output Ownership

You retain ownership of your User Content, subject to the licenses granted in these Terms. As between you and Astral, you own your User Strategy Output, subject to Astral Technology, third-party rights, and the licenses in these Terms. To the extent Astral has any right, title, or interest in User Strategy Output generated specifically for you, Astral assigns that right, title, and interest to you.

User Strategy Output does not include, and no ownership rights are transferred in, Astral Technology, even when Astral Technology is used to generate, support, test, or execute User Strategy Output or is embodied in it. Any Astral template, library, or generalized or reusable logic embodied in, or required to interpret or execute, User Strategy Output remains Astral’s property and is licensed to you only as part of, and for use through, the Services. To the extent use of User Strategy Output requires access to Astral Technology, your right to use Astral Technology is limited to the license and functionality made available through the Services.

Astral does not represent or warrant that User Strategy Output is unique, exclusive, novel, patentable, copyrightable, or free from similarity to strategies, code, logic, or Output generated for or by other users. You acknowledge that the Services generate output from shared models, templates, libraries, and generalized logic, and that Astral, other users, and third parties may independently create, generate, receive, or use strategies, parameters, code, or logic that are the same as or similar to your User Strategy Output. You agree not to assert any claim against Astral, any other user, or any third party on the basis that such independently generated or developed output is the same as or similar to your User Strategy Output. This paragraph does not limit your rights with respect to unauthorized copying of your own User Content. Third-party and open-source materials included in, or used to generate, Output remain subject to their applicable rights and licenses, and your use of such materials is subject to those licenses.

8.3 License to Provide, Secure, and Improve the Services; Feedback

You grant Astral a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable license, sublicensable to Astral’s service providers, to host, store, reproduce, process, technically modify, display, transmit, and otherwise use your User Content and User Strategy Output as reasonably necessary to: (a) provide, maintain, personalize, and secure the Services; (b) operate features you request, including saving, backtesting, deployment, alerts, sharing, and integrations; (c) troubleshoot, prevent abuse or fraud, enforce these Terms, and comply with law; and (d) improve and develop the Services and AI Features, subject to Section 8.5, the Privacy Policy, applicable settings, and applicable law. This license survives termination of these Terms to the extent reasonably necessary for backups, dispute resolution, legal compliance, and the continued use of improvements, models, and De-Identified Data developed while the license was in effect.

If you provide suggestions, ideas, or other feedback regarding the Services (“Feedback”), you grant Astral a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, and exploit the Feedback for any purpose, without restriction or obligation to you. Feedback is not subject to the ownership provisions of Section 8.2.

8.4 AI Training and Improvement

Unless prohibited by law or restricted by settings Astral provides, you agree that Astral may use User Content, User Strategy Output, AI Content (including prompts and outputs), and related signals such as Feedback, ratings, and corrections to develop, improve, test, evaluate, and secure the Services and AI Features, including for model evaluation, tuning, safety, and development of new products and services, subject to Section 8.5 and the Privacy Policy.

8.5 Astral Commitments Regarding Identifiable Strategy Content

(a) No sale of identifiable strategy content. Astral will not sell your identifiable User Content or User Strategy Output, including identifiable strategies and prompts, to third parties.

(b) No proprietary fund use without consent. Astral will not use your identifiable User Content or User Strategy Output to operate, seed, or manage a fund, ETF, or proprietary trading system without your explicit consent.

(c) De-identified use. Astral may de-identify User Content and User Strategy Output and use the resulting De-Identified Data as permitted by these Terms, the Privacy Policy, and applicable law.

8.6 Strategy Sharing; Explore and Community Features

The Services may allow you to publish, share, distribute, or otherwise make User Content or User Strategy Output available to other users, including through explore, community, or strategy-sharing features (“Shared Content”). If you choose to do so, you grant: (a) to Astral, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable, and transferable license to host, store, reproduce, reformat, display, distribute, and make the Shared Content available in connection with the operation and promotion of the sharing features; and (b) to each user who receives the Shared Content through the Services, a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to view, save, copy, modify, test, deploy, and use it through the Services. If you remove Shared Content, Astral will cease displaying it through the sharing features within a commercially reasonable period, but the licenses granted to users who accessed it before removal, and copies already made, survive removal. You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to share your Shared Content and that it does not infringe or misappropriate the rights of any third party.

Shared Content is not confidential. Sharing does not transfer ownership of Astral Technology and does not create any warranty, advisory relationship, fiduciary duty, or obligation between users or between you and Astral.

Astral does not review, verify, validate, endorse, or recommend any Shared Content, any description of Shared Content, or any performance information associated with Shared Content. Any performance, backtest, or simulation information displayed in connection with Shared Content is hypothetical or historical, is derived from the sharing user’s configuration or from simulations, is subject to Section 4.4, and is not verified by Astral. The availability, ordering, ranking, or display of Shared Content in the Services is not a recommendation by Astral and is not an indication that any strategy is suitable for you. If the Services permit you to deploy another user’s Shared Content as a strategy, your deployment constitutes your own review and approval of that strategy’s logic and parameters under Section 4.7, and you are solely responsible for that decision.

You may not use sharing features to: (a) provide investment advice for compensation, solicit advisory or brokerage clients, or hold yourself out as an investment adviser, financial advisor, or broker, unless you are lawfully registered or exempt and comply with all applicable requirements; (b) solicit, request, or receive compensation from other users for Shared Content; (c) make any performance guarantee or any statement of past or expected performance that is false, unsubstantiated, or misleading; or (d) share content you do not have the right to share.

8.7 Reporting; Moderation; Copyright

Astral provides mechanisms within the Services for users to report Shared Content that violates these Terms and to block other users. Astral may review, refuse, limit the distribution of, remove, or disable access to Shared Content, and may suspend or terminate accounts, at its discretion and without notice, including for violations of Section 6 or Section 8.6.

10. Advertising, Promotions, and Partner Content

Astral may display advertisements, sponsored content, partner offers, or promotional content within the Services, including contextual or interest-based advertising where permitted. Advertising, measurement, attribution, and related data practices are subject to applicable law and are described in the Privacy Policy. Where applicable law or platform rules require consent for tracking or targeted advertising, Astral will request that consent separately.

Advertisements, sponsored content, partner offers, and promotional content are not recommendations, endorsements, or investment advice by Astral and are not an indication that any Broker, product, asset, or service is suitable for you. Astral may receive compensation in connection with displaying such content or in connection with referrals to Brokers or other partners, including compensation for accounts opened or funded. Astral will disclose material compensation arrangements of this kind in the Services or in an applicable disclosure document. As described in Section 4.2, Astral does not receive compensation based on the size, value, or occurrence of your individual transactions.

11. Suspension; Termination; Account Deletion

Astral may suspend or terminate your access to the Services or your account if Astral reasonably believes that you have violated these Terms, pose a legal, compliance, security, financial, or operational risk, or if suspension is reasonably necessary to protect the Services, Astral, a Broker, a Connectivity Provider, or other users. You may stop using the Services at any time, and you may request deletion of your account through the Services or by contacting Astral; deletion is subject to the retention practices described in the Privacy Policy and to Astral’s legal and compliance obligations.

Suspension or termination of your access may stop the generation of new Trade Instructions by any deployed strategy. It does not close your Broker account, does not liquidate positions held at your Broker, does not cancel Trade Instructions or Broker orders that were already transmitted or accepted, and does not otherwise manage your Connected Account. You remain responsible for monitoring and managing your Broker account and any open positions or orders. Where practicable, and where consistent with the circumstances giving rise to the action and with applicable law, Astral will provide notice before suspending or terminating access in a manner that would stop an active strategy; Astral may act without prior notice where reasonably necessary to protect the Services, Astral, a Broker, a Connectivity Provider, or other users, or where required by law.

12. Disclaimers

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ASTRAL DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

ASTRAL DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE, OR AVAILABLE AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME; THAT ANY CONTENT, MARKET DATA, ACCOUNT DATA, AI CONTENT, OUTPUT, ALERT, BACKTEST, PAPER-TRADING RESULT, OR STRATEGY WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE, CURRENT, OR RELIABLE; OR THAT ANY TRADE INSTRUCTION WILL BE RECEIVED, ACCEPTED, ROUTED, EXECUTED, MODIFIED, OR CANCELED BY A BROKER.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ASTRAL DISCLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ACTS, OMISSIONS, SYSTEMS, DATA, SECURITY, AVAILABILITY, OR PERFORMANCE OF BROKERS, CONNECTIVITY PROVIDERS, EXCHANGES, MARKET-DATA PROVIDERS, PAYMENT PROCESSORS, APP STORES, AI PROVIDERS, AND OTHER THIRD PARTIES.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

(a) ASTRAL WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUES, DATA, GOODWILL, TRADING OPPORTUNITY, OR INVESTMENT VALUE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES, EVEN IF ASTRAL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, TRADING LOSSES, LOST OR FOREGONE TRADING OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHANGES IN THE VALUE OF ASSETS IN A CONNECTED ACCOUNT ARE SUBJECT TO THE EXCLUSIONS AND THE CAP IN THIS SECTION, WHETHER CHARACTERIZED AS DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES; AND

(b) ASTRAL’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (I) $100 OR (II) THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID TO ASTRAL FOR THE SERVICES DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM.

(c) Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, willful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. If any exclusion or limitation in this Section is held unenforceable as to a particular claim, the remaining exclusions and limitations will continue to apply to that claim and to all other claims.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions or limitations of liability. In those jurisdictions, the exclusions and limitations above apply only to the maximum extent permitted by law.

14. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Astral and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, and affiliates from and against third-party claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to: (a) your unlawful or unauthorized use of the Services; (b) your User Content or Shared Content; (c) your violation of these Terms or applicable law; (d) your infringement or misappropriation of a third party’s rights; or (e) your Trade Instructions, trading activity, or use of a Connected Account, including any claim brought by a Broker or a Connectivity Provider. Astral will provide you with reasonably prompt notice of any matter subject to indemnification. Astral reserves the right to control the defense of any such matter, and you agree to reasonably cooperate; you will not settle any such matter without Astral’s prior written consent.

15. Dispute Resolution; Arbitration; Class Waiver

15.1 Informal Resolution

Before filing a claim, you and Astral agree to attempt to resolve the dispute informally. The party asserting a dispute must provide written notice describing the issue and the relief sought. Notice to Astral must be sent to legal@heyastral.ai or to Astral Trading, Inc., Attn: Legal, 13300 Query Mill Road, North Potomac, MD 20878. Notice to you will be sent to the email address associated with your account. The parties will use good-faith efforts to resolve the dispute for at least thirty (30) days after notice before initiating arbitration, unless immediate injunctive relief is reasonably necessary.

15.2 Binding Arbitration

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT.

If a dispute is not resolved through the informal process above, then, except for the exceptions in Section 15.5, the dispute will be finally resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by JAMS under the rules applicable to the dispute, including the JAMS Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards where applicable. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this arbitration provision.

The arbitrator, and not a court or agency, will have authority to resolve disputes concerning the interpretation, applicability, enforceability, or formation of these Terms or this arbitration provision, except that a court of competent jurisdiction will decide: (a) issues concerning the enforceability of the class action waiver in Section 15.4; and (b) any dispute about whether Section 15.7 has been complied with.

The arbitrator may award any individual relief that would be available in a court under applicable law. The award will be in writing and may be entered as a judgment in any court of competent jurisdiction.

15.3 Arbitration Fees and Location

Astral will pay all JAMS filing, administrative, and arbitrator fees to the extent they exceed the filing fee you would have paid to file the claim in the state or federal court of general jurisdiction where you reside, and in any event as required by the applicable JAMS consumer rules and minimum standards. Each party otherwise bears its own attorneys’ fees and costs, except where applicable law or the arbitrator’s award provides otherwise. If the arbitrator finds that a claim was filed for purposes of harassment or is patently frivolous, the arbitrator may reallocate fees as permitted by the applicable JAMS rules and applicable law.

Arbitration will be conducted, at your election: (a) by telephone or video conference; (b) by written submissions only; or (c) in person in the county or judicial district where you reside. Nothing in these Terms requires you to travel outside your county or judicial district of residence to pursue or defend a claim in arbitration.

15.4 Class Action Waiver; Severability of Waiver; Public Injunctive Relief

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, YOU AND ASTRAL AGREE TO BRING CLAIMS ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT CONSOLIDATE THE CLAIMS OF MORE THAN ONE PERSON (EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 15.7) AND MAY NOT PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING.

If the class action waiver in this Section 15.4 is held unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief, then that claim or request for relief, and only that claim or request for relief, will be severed from the arbitration and may be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, and all remaining claims and requests for relief will be resolved in individual arbitration as set forth in this Section 15. In no event will any class, collective, consolidated, or representative claim proceed in arbitration.

Nothing in these Terms waives, or requires arbitration of, any right you may have to seek public injunctive relief, to the extent such a waiver or requirement would be unenforceable under applicable law. If a claim for public injunctive relief cannot lawfully be waived or arbitrated, that claim will be severed and stayed in court pending the outcome of arbitration of all arbitrable claims.

15.5 Exceptions

Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court if the claim qualifies for that court’s jurisdiction. In addition, either party may seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction solely to prevent actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property rights, unauthorized access to the Services, or a security incident, pending a final determination in arbitration.

15.6 Your Right to Opt Out of Arbitration

You may opt out of Sections 15.2 through 15.4 by sending written notice to legal@heyastral.ai within thirty (30) days after you first accept these Terms. Your notice must include your name, the email address associated with your account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opting out will not affect any other provision of these Terms and will not affect your access to the Services. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved as described in Section 16.

15.7 Coordinated Claims

If twenty-five (25) or more demands for arbitration raising substantially similar claims are submitted against Astral and the claimants are represented by the same or coordinated counsel, you and Astral agree that the demands will be administered in batches of no more than fifty (50) demands per batch, with a single arbitrator appointed for each batch and a single set of administrative and filing fees due per batch. You and Astral agree to cooperate in good faith with JAMS to implement this process, and any applicable statute of limitations will be tolled for demands awaiting batch assignment from the date a compliant demand is first submitted. This Section applies notwithstanding any contrary JAMS rule to the extent permitted by applicable law and the applicable JAMS consumer minimum standards.

16. Governing Law; Venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, except to the extent federal law applies; provided that nothing in this Section deprives you of the protection of any mandatory consumer protection provision of the law of the state in which you reside. If arbitration does not apply to a dispute, exclusive venue will be in the state or federal courts located in Delaware, except where applicable law requires otherwise, and each party consents to jurisdiction there.

17. Changes to the Services or Terms

Astral may modify the Services as described in Section 3.2. Astral may also modify these Terms from time to time. If Astral makes a material change to these Terms, Astral will provide at least thirty (30) days’ notice before the change takes effect, by updating the effective date and by email, in-app notice, or another reasonable means. Material changes apply prospectively only and will not apply to any dispute of which Astral had written notice before the effective date of the change.

If you do not agree to a modified version of these Terms, you may reject it by ceasing use of the Services and cancelling any subscription before the effective date. Your continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms to the extent permitted by law.

Any change to Section 15 (Dispute Resolution) applies prospectively only and does not apply to any dispute of which Astral had written notice before the effective date of the change. You may reject a change to Section 15 by sending written notice to legal@heyastral.ai within thirty (30) days after notice of the change; if you do so, the most recent version of Section 15 that you accepted (or did not timely reject) will continue to apply to you.

19. Privacy

Astral’s collection, use, disclosure, retention, and protection of personal information is described in the Astral Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. If you connect a third-party service or link a Connected Account, the third party’s own privacy policy and terms may also apply.

20. Miscellaneous

20.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, any Additional Disclosures, and any other terms expressly incorporated by reference constitute the entire agreement between you and Astral regarding the Services, except for any separate written agreement signed by Astral that expressly governs particular services.

20.2 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remainder of these Terms will remain in effect, except as otherwise provided in Section 15.4.

20.3 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms without Astral’s prior written consent. Astral may assign or transfer these Terms to an affiliate or in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, corporate restructuring, or sale of assets or business.

20.4 No Waiver

A failure by either party to enforce any provision of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of that provision or any other provision.

20.5 Force Majeure

Astral will not be liable for delay or failure to perform caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including acts of God, natural disasters, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, epidemics, government actions, internet or telecommunications failures, power failures, third-party service outages, market closures, exchange interruptions, or other similar events.

20.6 Relationship of the Parties

These Terms do not create a partnership, joint venture, employment, fiduciary, or agency relationship between you and Astral.

20.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries

Except as expressly provided in Section 21 with respect to Apple, these Terms do not confer any rights or remedies on any person other than you and Astral.

20.8 Survival

Sections 1 (Definitions), 4 (No Investment Advice; No Brokerage Services; Risk Disclosures), 6 (Acceptable Use), 7.6, 7.7, 8 (Ownership; Intellectual Property; Data Rights; Sharing), 9 (with respect to fees accrued before termination), 11 (Suspension; Termination), 12 (Disclaimers), 13 (Limitation of Liability), 14 (Indemnification), 15 (Dispute Resolution), 16 (Governing Law; Venue), 19 (Privacy), and 20 (Miscellaneous), together with any other provision that by its nature should survive, will survive termination or expiration of these Terms and any termination or deletion of your account.

20.9 Notices

Legal notices to Astral must be sent to legal@heyastral.ai or to Astral Trading, Inc., Attn: Legal, 13300 Query Mill Road, North Potomac, MD 20878. Astral may provide notices to you by email to the address associated with your account, by in-app notice, or by other reasonable means as described in Section 18.

21. Additional Terms for Applications Obtained Through the Apple App Store

The following applies to the extent you access the Services through an application obtained from the Apple App Store (the “Application”). These Terms are concluded between you and Astral only, and not with Apple Inc. (“Apple”), and Astral, not Apple, is solely responsible for the Application and its content. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the Application. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no warranty obligation with respect to the Application; in the event of any failure of the Application to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the Application (if any) to you, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be Astral’s sole responsibility.

Astral, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the Application or your possession and use of the Application, including: (a) product liability claims; (b) any claim that the Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation. In the event of any third-party claim that the Application or your possession and use of the Application infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, Astral, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such claim to the extent required by these Terms.

You represent and warrant that: (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country; and (b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the Application, and your use of the Application is subject to the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. You and Astral acknowledge and agree that Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as they relate to your license of the Application, and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

Contact Us

Astral Trading, Inc.

Attn: Legal, 13300 Query Mill Road, North Potomac, MD 20878

Email: legal@heyastral.ai