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Nothing published on NotABigShortGuy.com constitutes financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other form of professional financial guidance. All content — including journal entries, strategy documents, scan reports, commentary, and indicators — is published for educational, informational, and personal record-keeping purposes only.

You should not make any financial or investment decision based on anything you read on this site. Always consult a qualified financial professional before making investment decisions.

Trading financial instruments — including stocks, options, futures, forex, and derivatives — involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors. You can lose some or all of your invested capital. Losses can exceed initial deposits in leveraged products.

Day trading and short-term speculation are particularly high-risk activities. The vast majority of retail day traders lose money. Past performance described on this site — including prop firm results, P&L figures, and trade outcomes — is not indicative of future results and should not be relied upon as any basis for expectation of profit.

Never trade with money you cannot afford to lose. Never trade money that is needed for living expenses, emergency funds, or retirement savings.

The author of this site is not a registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, financial planner, accountant, or attorney. No content on this site has been reviewed, approved, or endorsed by any regulatory body including the SEC, FINRA, NFA, CFTC, or any equivalent authority in any jurisdiction.

The opinions, strategies, and observations shared here reflect one individual's personal trading practice and are not the output of any professional advisory service.

Any performance data, P&L figures, win rates, return percentages, or prop firm results mentioned on this site represent historical outcomes in specific market conditions and should not be interpreted as representative of typical results, achievable returns, or any guarantee of future performance.

Markets change. Strategies that worked in one period may fail in another. The conditions under which any described trade was executed may not recur or may recur differently.

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While reasonable efforts are made to ensure accuracy, no guarantee is made that any information on this site is current, correct, or complete. Market data, prices, trade statistics, and other figures may contain errors or may be outdated by the time you read them.

The site operator is not liable for any errors or omissions in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance on the information provided. If you spot an error, it is appreciated but the site operator has no obligation to correct it on any specific timeline.

NotABigShortGuy is a pseudonymous, anonymous trading journal. No real identity is disclosed. As a consequence, you cannot independently verify the author's claimed trading history, prop firm results, or personal background. All performance data is self-reported and unaudited.

This site exists as a personal record-keeping exercise and as a journal of one trader's learning process — not as a credentials-backed advisory service. Treat it accordingly.

All content on this site serves the singular purpose of documenting one individual's personal trading journey. Posts, strategies, scans, and journal entries are records of personal thinking, decision-making, and outcomes — not recommendations for others to follow.

Reading about a trade taken on this site is not a signal to take the same trade. Any trade you take is entirely your own decision and your own responsibility.

This disclaimer is provided as a general disclosure and does not constitute legal advice specific to any jurisdiction. The legality of trading activities varies by country and region. It is your responsibility to understand and comply with the laws and regulations applicable to you.