Privacy Policy

General

This privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) explains how Melissinos Trading, LLC (“MEL”) may collect and process information about you. Please read it carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we collect and process it.

By submitting personal data to MEL (referred to as “we”, “us” or “our” in this Privacy Policy), you agree to us collecting and processing your personal data as set out in this Privacy Policy. We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review and may amend it from time to time, so please review it carefully and periodically to keep informed of any changes. Your use of our website www.melissinostrading.com (“MEL Website”) constitutes your acceptance to the terms of this Privacy Policy as revised by us and applicable from time to time.

Information we collect from you and how we process it

We may collect and process the following personal data about you:

  • Information you provide by filling in forms on the MEL Website. This includes personal data that you provide to us through an on-line form on the MEL Website.
  • The subscription document you submitted at the time of your initial investment with MEL.
  • Records of your transactions with us.
  • If you contact us, we may keep records of such correspondence or oral communications.
  • Surveys for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
  • Details of your visits to our website, including but not limited to:
  • Communication through email, or any other form of communication to us. We may process this data for the purposes of communicating with you and for record keeping.
  • Data about how you use our website. We may process this data to operate our website and ensure relevant content is provided to you and for the security of our website.
  • Technical data about your use of our website such as your IP address, any login data, details about your browser, length of visit to pages on our website, page views and navigation paths, details about the number of times you use our website, time zone settings and other technology on the devices you use to access our website. The source of this data is from analytics tracking systems. We may process this data to analyze your use of our website, to administer and protect our business and website, to deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and to understand the effectiveness of our advertising.
  • Data about your preferences in receiving marketing from us and our third parties and your communication preferences. We may process this data to enable you to participate in our promotions such as free guides, books, podcasts and other content, to deliver relevant website content and advertisements to you and measure or understand the effectiveness of this advertising.

In addition, we may collect and process your personal data and information about you to:

  • Send you our newsletters and news alerts, updates and other marketing materials from time to time. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the Unsubscribe link in the footer of every email you receive from us.
  • To perform any contract with you or in order to comply with a legal obligation.
  • Ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you.
  • Provide you with updated information on products or services including notifying you of changes to our website and services.

Cookies

MEL uses cookies to help us improve the Website and to deliver a good experience when you browse. Cookies are small text files that a website transfers to your hard drive or browser to help you navigate through the website faster or for tracking your website usage.

What is a cookie?

  • A “cookie” is a piece of information that is stored on your computer’s hard drive and which records how you move your way around a website so that when you revisit that website, it can show options based on the information stored about your last visit. Cookies can also be used to analyze traffic and for advertising and marketing purposes.
  • If you want to check or change what types of cookies you accept, this can usually be altered within your browser settings. You can usually block cookies at any time by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

How does Melissinos Trading, LLC (“MEL”) use cookies?

  • MEL may use cookies to track your use of our website. This enables us to understand how you use the site and track any patterns with regards to how you are using our website. This helps us to develop and improve our website as well as products and / or services.
  • Cookies are usually either session cookies that are stored on your computer during your web session and are automatically deleted when you close your browser or persistent cookies that are stored as a file on your computer and it remains there when you close your web browser. The cookie can usually be read by the website that created it when you visit that website again.

Disclosure of your personal data to third parties

We do not disclose nonpublic personal information of current and former investors to anyone except as described below, as required by law, and as specifically authorized by you.

  • Service providers who have a business to know your data and who provides services to us involving data processing, for example IT and system administration services, our selected marketing automation platforms, banking services, website service providers, social media and security service providers, and you acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to such third parties for processing and that some of these third party service providers are based outside of the United States and/ or the European Economic Area.
  • Professional advisers including lawyers, business consultants and auditors where such disclosure is relevant and/or necessary for MEL.
  • Government bodies that require us to report our processing activities.
  • Third parties to whom we may in the future sell, transfer, or merge parts of our business or our assets.
  • We will disclose your personal data if we are under a legal duty to do so in order to comply with any law or regulation, any legal obligation or pursuant to a court order or Government body notice or order, or where such disclosure is required in order to enforce the terms of this Privacy Policy or in respect of any legal proceedings involving your personal data.

Data Security

We have implemented procedural safeguards in an ongoing effort to protect your personal data, but unfortunately the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. You acknowledge that we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site or online which is at your own risk.

Data Retention

Subject to law, we will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Access Request

Under certain data protection laws you have the right to access, amend or delete your personal data. If you would like to request a copy of your personal data that we hold, please send us an email at info@melissinostrading.com.

We will try to respond to all legitimate requests in a timely manner, but it may take longer than expected if your request is particularly complex, in which case we will notify you.

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data. This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it.

Third-party links

The MEL Website may include links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications such as iTunes. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy policies or notices. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policies or notices of every website you visit.

Any questions about the contents of this website should be directed to info@melissinostrading.com.

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The information provided on this website is for informational purposes only. By clicking “Accept and Acknowledge” you represent that you are a “qualified eligible person” as that term is defined in CFTC Regulation 4.7 and are a “qualified client” as that term is defined in SEC Rule 205-3(d)(1) under the Investment Advisers Act. Visitors to this website assume all responsibility and risk for the use of this website. If you detect any omissions, misstatements or errors, please contact us immediately. All information appearing on this website may be revised or withdrawn, in whole or in part, at any time without notice and shall not in any event form or constitute part of an offer or terms and conditions of a contract. By using this website, you agree to be bound by any such revisions. The information provided on this website does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities or investment products, and may not be copied, shown, transmitted or otherwise given to any other person without Melissinos Trading prior written consent. A complete description of the principal risk factors, fees and expenses applicable to an investment in a fund or account managed by Melissinos Trading is provided in the relevant Melissinos Trading disclosure document (use the sodapdf to save these documents as pdf on your computer). Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. Futures trading is speculative and involves substantial risk of loss.

Summary Risk Disclosure Statement

THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITIES CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. THE HIGH DEGREE OF LEVERAGE THAT IS OFTEN OBTAINABLE IN COMMODITY TRADING CAN WORK AGAINST YOU AS WELL AS FOR YOU. THE USE OF LEVERAGE CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO LARGE LOSSES AS WELL AS LARGE GAINS. IN SOME CASES, MANAGED COMMODITY ACCOUNTS ARE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORY FEES. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS TO AVOID DEPLETION OR EXHAUSTION OF THEIR ASSETS. THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS AND EACH FEE TO BE CHARGED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY Melissinos Trading (A COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR, OR “CTA”).

THE REGULATIONS OF THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION (CFTC) REQUIRE THAT PROSPECTIVE CLIENTS OF A CTA RECEIVE A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT WHEN THEY ARE SOLICITED TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WHEREBY THE CTA WILL DIRECT OR GUIDE THE CLIENT’S COMMODITY INTEREST TRADING AND THAT CERTAIN RISK FACTORS BE HIGHLIGHTED. THIS DOCUMENT IS READILY ACCESSIBLE AT THIS WEBSITE. THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT DISCLOSE ALL OF THE RISKS AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT ASPECTS OF THE COMMODITY MARKETS. THEREFORE, YOU SHOULD ACCESS THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT DIRECTLY AND STUDY IT CAREFULLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS APPROPRIATE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION. YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO ACCESS THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT BY CLICKING ON THE PROMINENTLY PLACED ‘DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT’ BUTTON ON ANY OF THE FOLLOWING PAGES. YOU WILL NOT INCUR ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGES BY ACCESSING THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT IN THIS FASHION. YOU MAY ALSO REQUEST DELIVERY OF A HARD COPY OF THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT, WHICH ALSO WILL BE PROVIDED TO YOU AT NO COST. THE CFTC HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING TRADING PROGRAMS NOR ON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT OR THIS WEBSITE. OTHER DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED TO YOU BEFORE A COMMODITY ACCOUNT MAY BE OPENED. PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THIS IMPORTANT STATEMENT BY CLICKING THE ‘I ACCEPT’ BUTTON BELOW.

Terms and Conditions

In order to use this site, you must accept the terms and conditions of use (the Terms) of this web site. Click to view the Terms and please review them carefully.

The Terms are accepted by selecting the “I ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE” button below. Acceptance by any representative of an entity is acceptance by that entity.

By selecting the “I ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE” button below or by otherwise accessing this site, the investor or representative of an entity investor acknowledges that he or she has read these Terms and the Disclosure Document. The regulations of the CFTC require that prospective clients of a CTA receive a Disclosure Document when they are solicited to enter into an agreement whereby the CTA will direct or guide the client’s commodity interest trading and that certain risk factors be highlighted. This document is readily accessible at this site. You should proceed directly to the Disclosure Document and study it carefully to determine whether such trading is appropriate for you in light of your financial condition. You are encouraged to access the Disclosure Document by clicking below. You may also request delivery of a hard copy of the Disclosure Document, which will be provided to you at no cost. The CFTC has not passed upon the merits of participating in any Melissinos Trading program nor on the adequacy or accuracy of the Disclosure Document or this web site. We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time. These Terms were last modified on May 31st, 2018.

If you agree with these Terms, please select the “I ACCEPT AND ACKNOWLEDGE” button below. If you review the Disclosure Document, you will still need to accept or decline the Terms before you can gain access to this page.