FIRMS OR ENTITIES: If you are a firm or other entity, you are a Professional Subscriber with respect to the receipt of market data and you can jump directly to the
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INDIVIDUALS: If you know that you are a Professional Subscriber, you can jump directly to the
new client sign-up page. Otherwise, please see the below information regarding the requirements to qualify as a Non-Professional Subscriber with respect to your receipt of market data.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR NON-PROFESSIONAL SUBSCRIBERS: If you are an individual customer, in order to qualify as a Non-Professional Subscriber with respect to the receipt of market data, you must comply with ALL of the criteria set forth in the Declaration of Non-Professional Status. For your convenience, the criteria is also set forth below. If you qualify as a Non-Professional Subscriber, you must sign and submit the Declaration of Non-Professional Status which included as Attachment A in the EMS Subscriber Agreement for Non-Professional Subscribers.
To determine if you qualify for
Non-Professional Subscriber status, please read carefully the following criteria which you must certify in the signed Declaration of Non-Professional Status.
CRITERIA WHICH ARE REQUIRED FOR STATUS AS A NON-PROFESSIONAL SUBSCRIBER:
- I am subscribing as a natural person and not as a principal, officer, partner, subcontractor, independent contractor, employee or agent of any business, nor on behalf of any other individual;
- I will use the data provided solely for my personal, non-business use;
- I will not receive the data provided for my business or any other entity. I will not use the data provided with this service for any commercial or business purposes worldwide, such as commercial securities trading, the professional management of third party assets, or for my activities with a credit institution, a financial services institution, or any other company which is subject to any domestic or foreign banking, stock exchange, securities trading or investment supervision;
- I am not currently registered or qualified with the SEC or CFTC;
- I am not currently registered or qualified with any securities agency, any securities exchange, association or regulatory body, or any commodities or futures contract market, association or regulatory body, within or outside of the United States;
- I do not perform, within or outside of the United States, any functions that are similar to those that require an individual to register or qualify with the SEC, the CFTC, any other securities agency or regulatory body, any securities exchange or association, or any commodities or futures contract market, association or regulatory body;
- I am not engaged as an asset manager or to provide investment advice to any individual or entity;
- I do not use the capital of any other individual or entity in the conduct of my trading;
- I do not conduct trading for the benefit of a corporation, partnership or other entity;
- I have not entered into any agreement to share the profit of my trading activities or receive compensation for my trading activities;
- I am not receiving office space, equipment, or other benefits in exchange for my trading or work as a financial consultant to any person, firm or business entity;
- I will not use the data provided with this service for any commercial or business purposes worldwide, such as commercial securities trading, the professional management of third party assets, or for my activities with a credit institution, a financial services institution, or any other company which is subject to any domestic or foreign banking, stock exchange, securities trading or investment supervision;
- I will not use the data provided with this service for the purpose of assisting third parties, such as the non-professional management of third party assets or within the framework of a non-commercial investment club;
- I will not distribute to or make available the data provided with this service to third parties, in particular to third parties who do not qualify as Non-Professional customers;
- I am not subject to any domestic or foreign banking, stock exchange, securities trading, or investment supervision;
- I am not engaged as an "investment advisor" as that term is defined in Section 202(a)(11) of the Investment Advisor's Act of 1940 (whether or not registered or qualified under that Act); and
- I am not employed by a bank or other organization exempt from registration under Federal and/or state securities laws to perform functions that would require him or her to be so registered or qualified if he or she were to perform such functions for an organization not so exempt.
