Trading crypto assets and other financial instruments carries significant risk. You can lose part or all of the money you invest, and this type of activity may not be suitable for everyone. This page summarises the main risks and what you can do to manage them. It is not financial advice or an investment recommendation.
General warning. Past results do not guarantee future results. Prior experience, or the lack of it, does not remove the risk of losing money, and neither does automation. Before depositing, consider your goals, your financial situation and how much risk you can tolerate.
The prices of cryptocurrencies and other assets can move sharply within hours, up or down. A sudden fall can cause significant losses, including the loss of all the capital you set aside for trading.
What you can do: Decide in advance how much you are willing to lose and do not use money you need for basic expenses, debts or emergencies.
In moments of low volume or high stress it can be hard to fill an order at the expected price. The gap between the expected price and the executed price is called slippage and can raise the cost of a trade or reduce the result.
What you can do: Prefer assets with good volume and check the estimated cost we show before you confirm each trade.
The connection to an exchange relies on API keys. A configuration mistake, a key with too many permissions, an exposed key or an exchange failure can affect trading or put the funds you hold there at risk.
What you can do: Create keys with read and trade permissions, without withdrawal, restrict them by IP where possible and revoke them if you stop using them.
Funds you hold at an exchange or with an outside provider depend on that third party's solvency, security and decisions. Swap Adipex Ai does not control those entities and is not responsible for their failures, suspensions or insolvency.
What you can do: Research the exchange you choose, do not concentrate all your capital in one place and withdraw what you are not using.
Systems can suffer software errors, infrastructure failures, connection drops or delays in sending orders. These problems can mean a trade is not executed, is executed late or is executed differently from what was planned.
What you can do: Check the dashboard regularly, keep your contact details up to date and tell support about any odd behaviour.
Credential theft, unauthorised access and fake messages that imitate a platform are a constant threat in the crypto world. If someone gets your sign-in details or your codes, they can trade or try to withdraw funds.
What you can do: Turn on two-step sign-in, use unique passwords, always check the official domain and never share codes. More in the security page.
Algorithms and bots trade based on rules and past data. They can fail in situations that were not in that data, such as unexpected news or abrupt changes of regime. Automation is not a guarantee: no model can ensure results.
What you can do: Understand the strategy you turn on, start with moderate amounts and check its results often, without handing over responsibility entirely.
The platform may be unavailable during maintenance, because of technical faults or because of incidents at providers it depends on. During those periods you may not be able to view the dashboard, change strategies or send requests.
What you can do: Keep in mind that these periods can coincide with strong market moves, and do not rely on a single channel to manage your positions.
This table pulls together the essentials of the eight risks above. Use it to review before depositing and to look at again when you change your setup. It does not replace reading each point in full, and no measure removes the possibility of losing money altogether.
| Risk | What can happen | A measure that helps |
|---|---|---|
| Market | Sharp falls and partial or total loss of capital | Loss limit and moderate amounts |
| Liquidity | Orders filled at a worse price than expected | Assets with volume and checking the estimated cost |
| API | Exposed or badly configured keys | Minimum permissions, IP restriction, revocation |
| Counterparty | Failures, suspensions or insolvency of an exchange | Not concentrating all capital in one place |
| Operational | Software errors, connection drops, delays | Checking the dashboard and keeping contact details current |
| Cybersecurity | Credential theft or fake messages | Two-step sign-in, unique password, checking the domain |
| Automation | A strategy that fails in new situations | Understanding the strategy and checking it often |
| Availability | Platform out of service for a while | Not relying on a single management channel |
Keep in mind that risks combine. A market fall at a time of thin liquidity, while the exchange has a fault, is worse than each of those events separately. That is why we recommend spreading your capital, not putting the whole balance into one strategy and keeping a reserve outside the platform.
It also helps to remember that risk is not only about losing money at once. Small, repeated costs such as fees and spreads add up over time, and an over-active strategy can eat into results even when the market moves in your favour. Ask your manager to walk you through the cost of each setup before you activate it, and compare it with what you expect to gain, keeping in mind that expectations are not guarantees.
Finally, regulations and market conditions change. A rule that applies today may be different next year, and an exchange that looks solid today can run into trouble tomorrow. Revisit this page from time to time and review your setup whenever something important changes in your life or in the market.
Anyone before their first deposit, but above all people who arrive with no experience. It is common to think that a platform with artificial intelligence and a personal manager cuts risk to almost zero, and it does not: it reduces manual work and setup errors, not market uncertainty. If after reading this page you feel the level of risk is not one you want to take on, not depositing is a perfectly reasonable decision.
Before depositing, take the time to go through these points. None of them guarantees a result, but they help your decision to be a more conscious one and help you know what to do if things do not go as you expected.
If you still have doubts after reading this page, write to [email protected]. We also recommend reading the Terms of Use, the crypto basics guide and the fees page.