Privacy Policy

Information Collected by BLUMARKETS.

The categories of non-public personal information which BLUMARKETS shall collect include:

Information provided by the Customer when opening an account, or to process a transaction, such as a name, address, assets, bank information, prior trading experience, etc.
Information used to verify the identity of the Customer, including copies of government-issued identification materials such as passports, drivers’ licenses, and credit reports.
Information resulting from transactions between the Customer and BLUMARKETS or an affiliate of BLUMARKETS, such as withdrawal and deposit forms.
Information derived from the Customer’s navigation and usage of BLUMARKETS’s website and online platforms, including account trading statements.
Information disclosed by BLUMARKETS and to whom BLUMARKETS discloses the information.

Except as permitted by law, BLUMARKETS does not share non-public personal information about our clients or former customers with anyone. For example, BLUMARKETS may provide information to non-affiliated third parties, as permitted by law, in providing financial services to you. This includes a consumer reporting agency that prepares your credit report.

Furthermore, BLUMARKETS may provide information, as permitted by law, to the government or regulatory agencies and to comply with a legal summons, court order, subpoena, or a similar legal process, audit, or investigation. We may also disclose your non-public personal information if you authorize such disclosure.

Confidentiality and Security Procedures.

Using your personal information:

1.1 As well as checking your identity, the personal information we hold may be used for: Considering any of your applications. Carrying out risk assessments. Performing our obligations under any contract we have with you. Administering our relationship with you including resolving queries or issues. Establishing and managing your account. Reviewing your ongoing needs. Providing you with the information, products, and services that you request from us. Investigating any complaint, you may make. Providing evidence in any dispute or anticipated dispute between you and us. Enhancing our customer service and products. Undertaking product development and analysis. Detecting or preventing fraud or other crimes.

1.2 Where you have consented to receive updates from us, we may contact you from time to time by post, email, telephone, SMS, or other electronic messaging services.

1.3 Only those personnel for whom the information is necessary to complete a given transaction shall possess the authority to access the information. BLUMARKETS, its personnel, and its affiliates shall strictly adhere to security practices and procedures to ensure the confidentiality of its customers’ information. BLUMARKETS maintains numerous safeguards that comply with regulations to guard your non-public personal information.

1.4 BLUMARKETS will continue to protect the privacy of former customers’ non-public personal information in the same manner as when they were customers. Unlike continuing customers, however, former customers will not receive annual privacy notices.

1.5 BLUMARKETS will provide a notice of our privacy policy annually, as long as the customer maintains an Account with BLUMARKETS. BLUMARKETS reserves the right to make changes to this policy. This policy may always be reviewed on www.blumarkets.co.

CONSENTS AND FURTHER AGREEMENTS

CONSENT TO ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF CONFIRMATIONS & ACCOUNT STATEMENTS.

The Customer hereby consents to have the Customer’s account information and trade confirmations available on the Internet, in lieu of having such information delivered to Customer via mail or email, as specified in paragraphs labeled “Statements and Confirmations” and “Communications” of the Customer Agreement. Authorization to Transfer Funds.
The Customer hereby agrees that BLUMARKETS may, at any time and from time to time, in the sole discretion of BLUMARKETS, apply and transfer from any of the Customer’s accounts with BLUMARKETS to any of the Customer’s other accounts, whether held at BLUMARKETS or other approved financial institutions, any of the contracts, currencies, securities or other property of the Customer held either individually or jointly with others to another account.
Agreement To Use Collateral. The Customer authorizes BLUMARKETS to sell, pledge, rehypothecate, assign, invest, commingle, and otherwise use any Collateral held by BLUMARKETS, including, but not limited to, using the Contracts as collateral for a loan to BLUMARKETS, and, further trading with the Collateral, as provided in the Customer Agreement (including, but not limited to Paragraph 6 thereof).
Where the Customer’s account consists of more than one Account, this authorization shall apply to all of the Customer’s accounts with BLUMARKETS.
This agreement to Use Collateral shall remain in effect so long as the Customer’s account with BLUMARKETS remains open or the Customer has any obligations of any kind to BLUMARKETS, under the Customer Agreement. Social Security / Tax ID Certification.
The Customer hereby certifies, under penalty of perjury, that (1) the number provided on the Customer Application is the Customer’s correct Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number and (2) the ownership, or beneficiary, of the Customer’s account, is not subject to backup withholding under Section 3406(a)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code.

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT.

Any dispute, claim, or controversy between the Customer, on one hand, and BLUMARKETS and/or its officers, directors, agents, or employees, on the other hand, arising out of or relating to the Customer Agreement, the Customer’s account with BLUMARKETS or any other trading between the Customer and BLUMARKETS shall be resolved by binding arbitration.
The forum of the arbitration may be American Arbitration Association (“AAA”), within the United States of America (“USA”), in accordance with the AAA arbitration rules in effect at the time such arbitration is commenced, or another appropriate arbitration forum within the United States.
If the forum of arbitration is outside of the USA, any dispute between the Customer and BLUMARKETS shall be resolved in the international division of AAA, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”), in accordance with the International Arbitration Rules in effect at the time such arbitration is commenced.
The award in such arbitration proceeding shall be final and binding and may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The arbitration shall be held unless the forum is not reasonably convenient for the Customer, at which time an alternate forum shall be determined by the arbitrator. The Customer and BLUMARKETS agree to take all steps and execute all documents necessary for the implementation of arbitration proceedings.
All statutes of limitations applicable to any dispute apply to any arbitration between the Customer and BLUMARKETS. The provisions of this Arbitration Agreement shall survive termination, amendment, or expiration of the Customer’s account relationship or the governing BLUMARKETS Customer Agreement or any other relationship between Customer and BLUMARKETS. Either Customer or BLUMARKETS may require the submission of the dispute to binding arbitration at any reasonable time, notwithstanding that a lawsuit or other proceeding has been commenced.
Neither the Customer nor BLUMARKETS shall be entitled to join or consolidate disputes by or against others in any arbitration, or to include in any arbitration any dispute as a representative or member of a class, or to act in any arbitration in the interest of the general public or of a private attorney general. Neither a party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence, content, or result of any arbitration hereunder without the prior written consent of both parties, except as may be required by law.

TRADING RULES AND PROCEDURES

The following Trading Rules and Regulations will outline procedures and policies regarding trading and setting up an Account with BLUMARKETS. All customers are required to read, understand, and adhere to these rules and regulations. BLUMARKETS reserves the right to change any rules or regulations at its sole discretion and at any time.

Trading Hours:

The BLUMARKETS normal trading week begins at 19:00 (7:00 PM EST) on Sunday and ends at 16:00 (4:00 PM EST) on Friday (time is subject to change.)
BLUMARKETS will announce and display on a best-efforts basis a holiday schedule on the website when trading will not take place.
In the event of a holiday, BLUMARKETS will on a best-efforts basis pre-announce the start-up time when trading will resume in advance and display the information on the website.
BLUMARKETS reserves the right at its sole discretion to conduct special technical maintenance times when trading electronically may not be available.

Deposit and Account Information:

Liquidation level: BLUMARKETS reserves the right to automatically liquidate the position and the Customer will be responsible for all losses as a result of the liquidation. BLUMARKETS reserves the right to change the Liquidation Level at its sole discretion.
Prices from BLUMARKETS are independent of prices found elsewhere. Customers acknowledge that the prices reported by BLUMARKETS for buying and selling are independent and can differ from the prices displayed elsewhere or from other liquidity providers in the interbank changes in liquidity from interbank to BLUMARKETS, an unbalanced position or exposure at BLUMARKETS, or differing expectations of price movements. BBLUMARKETS expects that in most cases the prices provided to its customers will be in line with the general interbank market but does not warrant or imply that this will always be the case.
Rollover rates for open positions are determined by BLUMARKETS and are independent of prices found elsewhere in the Interbank market. The Customer acknowledges that when applicable, all existing open positions that remain open over the end of the business day for BLUMARKETS, defined as 5:00 PM EST/EDT, are automatically rolled over to the next available Spot Settlement Date at a net debit or credit to the Customer(s) Account as determined by spot interest rates determined solely by BLUMARKETS. Rollover debits and credits are also influenced by the number of days that the position must be rolled. For positions that need to be rolled from a spot settlement date from Friday to Monday, the debit or credit will reflect rollover from Friday to Monday or three business days. For rollovers from Monday to Tuesday, Tuesday to Wednesday, Wednesday to Thursday, and Thursday to Friday, the rollover debit or credit is for only one business day. If there is a holiday and BLUMARKETS is closed, the rollover would take into consideration the holiday. For example, if Tuesday is a holiday, rollovers from Monday will be for two (2) business days (i.e. from Monday to Wednesday). Since rollover debits and credits are determined by the respective short-term spot interest, a large spread can cause a large debt or credit rollover amount. This spread can result but is not limited to, countries tightening of credit conditions in order to dissuade speculators from shorting one trading product versus another. A BLUMARKETS reserves the right to change the credits or debits at its sole discretion if the original amounts are wrong due to an error or omission.
Sweep rates for balances other than USD are determined by BLUMARKETS and may be independent of prices found elsewhere in the Interbank market. Profits that are calculated in a foreign currency are “swept” into dollars when the open positions are closed, and the Profit and Loss realized. There is No Guarantee of Profit from Trading with BLUMARKETS: the Customer acknowledges that neither BLUMARKETS nor any of its representative’s guarantees to the Customer that they will profit from trading. The Customer further acknowledges that they could sustain the loss of their entire Risk Capital deposited in their Account and are financially able to withstand any losses incurred.
There is no guarantee that BLUMARKETS will be able to execute stop-loss orders, limit orders, or OCO Orders at the Customer Entered Price. The customer acknowledges and agrees that there may be a market, liquidity, or other conditions that will prevent BLUMARKETS from executing customer-specific stop-loss orders, limit orders, or OCO orders at the Customer’s designated price. In some cases, the orders will be executed at prices that are less favorable to the price entered and desired by the Customer. The Customer acknowledges and agrees that they are still responsible for trades executed at levels different from their orders and that BLUMARKETS is not liable for failure to do so.
There is a technology risk inherent in trading online or via a software application. Although BLUMARKETS has invested a lot of resources developing, testing, configuring, and integrating the Trading Platform and other relevant software and hardware, the Customer acknowledges and agrees that BLUMARKETS does not guarantee that the Customer will be able to successfully execute a transaction, monitor their positions, or perform other essential tasks of BLUMARKETS while using the public Internet and other technology from BLUMARKETS or from third-party vendors known or not known for which BLUMARKETS may rely on. BLUMARKETS cannot control, without limitation, the routing, Internet connectivity, reliability of customer or BLUMARKETS equipment, network connections, or any other technology hardware malfunction caused by BLUMARKETS hardware, hardware, and connectivity that makes up the public Internet, or hardware at the Customers location. Nor does BLUMARKETS guarantee, although all effort has been made to the contrary, that the Trading Platform and Associated Back Office and Broker Software Interfaces nor any other code or application including but not limited to the interface with BLUMARKETS liquidity provider(s) or the interface with the escrow Account institution or other technology application that would come under the heading software, are error-free and would not lead to communications problems, computer software or hardware breakdowns, malfunctioning errors, and any and all problems or glitches associated with computer problems or any other technical cause or causes. Customer acknowledges and agrees that BLUMARKETS provides Trading Platform and Associated Back Office and Broker Software Interfaces “as is,” without any warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or other express or implied warranties.
Trades Done Using chat applications. BLUMARKETSmay incorporate the use of an electronic conversational application or other chat-like programs. Such an application will be used by BLUMARKETSto give customers another way to communicate order details to the BLUMARKETS Trading Desk.
Source of Funds. The Customer confirms to have sufficient funds and risk capital available for immediate transfer to support a margin-based brokerage account with BLUMARKETS, for over-the-counter and/or off-exchange trading products. The Customer understands the high degree of risk associated with trading and waives BLUMARKETS of all liability. The Customer understands that these funds act as a protection for any of their own customers who may take trading positions that result in loss, negative balance, or margin call.
KYC (Know Your Customer) Policy. Know Your Customer policies have become increasingly important worldwide lately, especially among banks and other financial institutions, in order to prevent identity theft, money laundering, financial fraud, and terrorist activity. BLUMARKETS holds a zero-tolerance fraud policy and is taking all measures possible to prevent it. Any fraudulent activity will be documented and all related accounts to it will be immediately closed. All funds in these accounts will be forfeited.
Deposits can be made via a wire transfer. Funds are not available for trading until they clear at the bank and posted to the Customer’s trading account.
All bank fees such as wire transfer fees into and out of the Account will be debited to the Customer’s trading account as they occur.
In instances where the Customer is closing an account with instructions to wire the remaining balances, the wire transfer fee will be deducted from the Final Account Balance forwarded to the Customer.
All deposits are accepted in U.S. Dollars only unless otherwise agreed. The Customers from foreign countries have the option to convert the foreign currency into US Dollars before wiring to BLUMARKETS clearing bank, or wire foreign currencies to our clearing bank at which point our clearing bank will convert the balances into US Dollars at their current conversion rate for that currency.
A minimum deposit of $10 is required to open an Account with BLUMARKETS.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will BLUMARKETS accept payment or deposit into an account by a person or entity other than the person or entity whose name appears on the Account.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will BLUMARKETS make payment to a person or entity other than the person or entity whose name appears on the Account.
Under NO CIRCUMSTANCES will BLUMARKETS transfer funds from one account with BLUMARKETS to another account at BLUMARKETS with different Account Authorization information.
Telephone Orders. BLUMARKETS has qualified staff that can execute customer’s trade orders over the telephone. Telephone execution is intended for those circumstances when trading via the Trading Platform is not available due to technical problems on the Customer’s internet or in situations when the Customer has no other connectivity option. This option can only be executed on the provision that the technical problems are not related to a general BLUMARKETS server problem. The following steps should be used to transact via the telephone:
The BLUMARKETS representative will ask for the Customer’s Username and Account Number and confirm that each match and confirm the identity of the Customer.
Once confirmed, BLUMARKETS will ask for the Customer’s Order. (i.e. “What is your Order?”)
The Customer should provide the desired Order Type, Trade Action, Number of Lots, Trading Product, and Price (if not a Market Order).

PREVENTION:

BLUMARKETS aims to ensure the integrity of any sensitive data it obtains, such as your account information and the transactions you make, using a variety of security measures and fraud controls. Securing your electronic transactions requires us to be provided with certain data from you, including your preferred deposit method.

When you deposit funds we will require the following documents:

A copy of your valid passport with the signature page
Copies of your credit cards used to make the deposit (the Front side with only the 4 last digits visible, backside with the CVV covered).
A copy of a recent utility bill in your name and address.
Signed purchase history of your online transactions.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our customer support: [email protected]

When do I need to provide these documents?

We highly appreciate you taking the time to provide us with all the necessary documents as soon as you can, in order to avoid any delays in processing your transactions. We require the receipt of all the necessary documents prior to making any cash transactions for your benefit.

Some circumstances may require us to request these documents before allowing any other activities in your account, such as deposits or trades.

Please note that if we will not receive the required documents on file, your pending withdrawals will be cancelled and credited back to your trading account. We will notify you of such an event via our system.

How can I send you these documents?

Please scan your documents, or take a high-quality digital camera picture, save the images as jpegs, then upload them in your BLUMARKETS portal.

How do I know my documents are safe with you?

BLUMARKETS holds the security of documentation at the highest priority and treats all documents it receives with utmost respect and confidentiality. All files we obtain are fully protected using the highest level of possible encryption at every step of the review process.

We thank you for your cooperation in helping us make BLUMARKETS a safer place to trade.

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING.

BLUMARKETS does not tolerate money laundering and supports the fight against money launderers. BLUMARKETS follows the guidelines set by the UK’s Joint Money Laundering Steering Group. The UK is a full member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the intergovernmental body whose purpose is to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. BLUMARKETS now has policies in place to deter people from laundering money.

These policies include: 

Ensuring clients have valid proof of identification.
Maintaining records of identification information.
Determining that clients are not known or suspected terrorists by checking their names against lists of known or suspected terrorists.
Informing clients that the information they provide may be used to verify their identity.
Closely following clients’ money transactions.
Not accepting cash, money orders, third-party transactions, exchange houses transfers or Western Union transfers.

Money laundering occurs when funds from an illegal/criminal activity are moved through the financial system in such a way as to make it appear that the funds have come from legitimate sources.

Money laundering usually follows three stages:

Firstly, cash or cash equivalents are placed into the financial system.
Secondly, money is transferred or moved to other accounts (e.g. futures accounts) through a series of financial transactions designed to obscure the origin of the money (e.g. executing trades with little or no financial risk or transferring account balances to other accounts).
Finally, the funds are re-introduced into the economy so that the funds appear to have come from legitimate sources (e.g. closing a futures account and transferring the funds to a bank account).

Trading accounts are one vehicle that can be used to launder illicit funds or to hide the true owner of the funds. Specifically, a trading account can be used to execute financial transactions that help obscure the origins of the funds.

BLUMARKETS directs funds withdrawals back to the original source of remittance, as a preventative measure. International Anti-Money Laundering requires financial services institutions to be aware of potential money laundering abuses that could occur in a customer account and implement a compliance program to deter, detect, and report potentially suspicious activity.

These guidelines have been implemented to protect BLUMARKETS and its clients.

For questions/comments regarding these guidelines, please contact us at [email protected]

Legal Restrictions. without limiting the undermentioned provisions, you understand that laws regarding financial contracts vary throughout the world, and it is your responsibility to make sure you properly comply with any law, regulation, or guideline in your country of residence regarding the use of the Site. To avoid any doubt, the ability to access our Site does not necessarily mean that our Services and/or your activities through the Site are legal under the laws, regulations, or directives relevant to your country of residence.

The Customer will be charged a $10 inactivity fee or equivalent in the alternative currency if they have not traded within the last 6 months.

The Customer also hereby confirms that these funds are free of any liens or debts, are clean and non-criminal in origin, and do not originate from the United States of America or any country on the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) List. As such, the Customer agrees to comply with any request to provide additional documentation that is requested by BLUMARKETS and its representatives.