To manage risk and reduce transaction costs, we may act as the direct counterparty in certain trades initiated in your Account. These trades are executed at prices provided by the Broker. This approach ensures that you receive real market execution for your trades, while allowing us to dynamically manage risk by routing existing positions or future orders to third parties for execution, as deemed appropriate.
We believe that executing trades in simulated accounts does not provide the same level of real market execution or cost-effectiveness. Regardless of whether we act as the counterparty to your trades, the calculation of gains or losses on your Live Account remains unchanged. However, acting as the counterparty introduces a potential conflict of interest, as your trades do not result in a net gain or loss for us, unlike scenarios where we are not the direct counterparty.