Risk Disclosure

Last updated: 21 October 2026

This page explains the main risks of trading binary options and of using the information and tools published on optencis.com (the “Site”). Read it in full before you open a trading account or make any trade. It does not describe every possible risk.

1. You can lose all the money you invest

Binary options are high-risk products. Each trade has only two outcomes: if your prediction is right when the option expires, you receive a fixed payout; if it is wrong, you lose the whole amount invested in that trade. A series of losing trades can wipe out your account in minutes. Regulators in several countries have found that most retail clients lose money trading binary options.

Only trade with money you can afford to lose entirely. Never trade with borrowed money, savings you need, or money set aside for rent, bills or essential expenses.

2. The odds are against you

When you win, the payout is usually less than the amount invested (for example 85%), but when you lose, you lose 100% of it. With an 85% payout, you must win more than 54% of your trades just to break even. Over many trades, this structure works against the trader. No strategy, signal or system removes this disadvantage.

3. Short-term trades are especially unpredictable

Many binary options expire within minutes or even seconds. Over such short periods, price movements are largely random and can be driven by spreads, liquidity and sudden news. Fast trades also encourage quick, emotional decisions and overtrading. This applies fully to our signals of 1 to 60 minutes, and even more to our ultra-short signals of 5 to 15 seconds: at that scale, a delay of a fraction of a second or a small price difference can change the outcome.

Many short signals are given on the broker’s OTC assets. Their prices are provided by the broker itself, not by an exchange, are available when the underlying market is closed, and can differ from the prices of that market.

4. Market and event risk

Prices can move sharply and unexpectedly, especially around economic announcements, central bank decisions and major news. Markets can gap, become illiquid or behave in ways that past data did not suggest. News may reach the market before it reaches the Site.

5. Broker and counterparty risk

When you trade binary options, the broker is usually the counterparty to your trades: it pays your payout when you win, and the amount invested goes to the broker when you lose. This is how the product is built, and it means the broker’s revenue partly depends on the results of its clients’ trades. Brokers that offer binary options to the public are often based or licensed in jurisdictions that offer less investor protection than major financial regulators. You may have limited remedies in a dispute, and deposits, withdrawals and account access depend entirely on the broker. Read the broker’s terms carefully, including its rules on bonuses and withdrawals, before depositing any money.

6. Legal and regulatory risk

Binary options are prohibited or restricted for retail clients in many countries, including the countries of the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia and Israel. This list is not exhaustive. It is your responsibility to make sure that trading binary options is legal where you live. Trading from a country where it is prohibited can leave you without any legal protection.

7. Risks of our signals and tools

Optencis signals, Wire ideas and tools are information, not advice or instructions. They are produced from market data and news sources, partly by automated rules and artificial intelligence, and can be wrong, incomplete or delayed. They can be unavailable because of technical problems, data errors or connection issues. Past performance of a signal, strategy or tool is not indicative of future results, and any performance figures we show are not a promise of what you will achieve. The share of signals in the right direction can be below the break-even rate (section 2): following every signal then loses money over time.

8. Risks of trades opened for you

If you link your Pocket Option account, Optencis can open trades for you: when you press “Launch” on a signal, with automatic copy, or during a pack of ultra-short signals. This does not reduce the risks above, and it adds others:

• Trades run without you. Automatic copy and packs open trades one after another, faster than you could follow by hand. Losses can add up before you notice. Check your account regularly, and use “Stop everything” as soon as you are in doubt.
• Execution can differ. A trade can be refused, opened late, at another price or with another payout, or not opened at all, because of a connection problem, the broker’s platform, a closed asset or an insufficient balance. Your results can therefore differ from the results of the signals.
• The martingale multiplies losses. With the martingale, the amount increases after each losing trade so that one win covers the previous losses. A series of losses grows very fast: starting from $1 with a 90% payout, five losing trades in a row cost about $37 in total, and seven cost about $168. A lost session or pack loses that whole amount. Longer losing series than you expect happen regularly.
• Demo is not real. Results on the demo account do not show how you will react with real money, and execution on a real account may differ.
• Real account. Trades on your real account use real money. Choose an amount and a daily limit you can afford to lose entirely.

The same applies to signals copied from the Optencis Telegram bot (demo account only), which also depend on Telegram working properly.

9. Technology risk

Trading depends on your internet connection, your device and the broker’s platform. Outages, slow connections, platform errors or delays can prevent you from opening or closing a trade or cause it to execute at an unexpected price.

10. Conflict of interest

Optencis is an affiliate of the broker Pocket Option and receives commissions when users register through its links. These commissions can depend on the trading activity of referred users, including their deposits and the revenue the broker earns from their trading. We may therefore earn money when you trade, including when you lose. Keep this in mind when reading any content on the Site. Pocket Option is not authorised or registered by major financial regulators, such as the FCA in the United Kingdom or the CFTC in the United States.

11. Trading can become compulsive

Fast trades, all-or-nothing outcomes and the urge to win back losses can make trading behave like gambling. Set strict limits on the money and time you spend, and stop if trading affects your finances, your work or your relationships. Most brokers offer limits and self-exclusion. If you find it hard to stop, talk to someone you trust or seek help from an organisation such as Gamblers Anonymous.

12. Taxes

Gains from trading may be taxable where you live. You are responsible for declaring them and paying any tax due.

13. No advice

Nothing on the Site is investment, financial, legal or tax advice. You alone are responsible for your decisions. If you are unsure whether binary options are suitable for you, do not trade, and seek advice from an independent, properly licensed professional. See also our Terms of Use.