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Frequently Asked Questions

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To trade mini S&P500 futures you need to fund your account with $20'000. However, you can start trading with micro Mini S&P500 futures that will require $6'000.

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How much funds do I need to trade with GLIDER ?

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Sharing GLIDER, we provide you with highly intelligent trade assisting technology. In exchange, we share a profit made by all users of our technology whose funds are overwhelmingly 
larger than our own trading capital.  
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If GLIDER so good, why are you selling access to it?

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GLIDER was built from the ground up to be as efficient as possible. The accounts and transactions are normally handled by a brokerage’s core system, orders execution is operated by a bespoke cloud based algorithmic trading system. Therefore we are able to maintain a lean bottom-line and pass the savings along to you.
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How will you be able to offer low-commission trading while others charge up to $6 per trade?

 

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No, you need to open your own brokerage account with licensed broker, before you will be able to use our technology. At the moment GLIDER technology is available for accounts opened with InterActive Brokers. Soon we will have it available for other platforms such as Phillip Capital, Trading Technology, TD Ameritrade 
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Can I use GLIDER technology, if  I do not have brokerage account? 

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No, you just link your brokerage account to our Virtual Trade Assistant (VTA), support your trades of specific products. You are still in control over your funds. You can stop using our technology and cancel link between Virtual Trade Assistant and account at anytime.
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Do I need to transfer funds to you  to start trading using GLIDER App?

 

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No, you don't need any prior training or specific knowledge, neither you need to install any software. Our technology delivered as software as a service. GLIDER will trade for you until it reaches minimum profit of 0.2% and then halts trading before it spots next opportunity
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Do I need any prior training to use Glider or to install your software?

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It’s simple. You need to fill up Application Form and e-sign Customer Service Agreement. With your permission we connect our system to your brokerage account to assist you with your live trading. System does all the trades autonomously. GLIDER will trade for you until it reaches a minimum profit of 0.2% and then halts trading before it spots next opportunity.
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How can I start using Virtual Trade Assistant? 

 

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GLIDER technology uses state-of-the-art security measures when handling your information. Your sensitive persona information is fully encrypted and securely stored. Your money at all time remain on your account under your control. Virtual Trade Assistant can only assess your Broker's trading platform, not your account 
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How secure your Application? 

 

 

 

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GLIDER conducts trading and risk management simultaneously, in a split second assesses and mitigates risks; creates hedges, stop-losses and liquidates positions everything at the precise moment, when triggered by the algorithms, not in advance. At any given time your risk is limited to
<5% per contract.  
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I need to understand, what is the risk management you have?

 

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Our technology eliminates most of manual tasks, optimize prices for opening and liquidating positions, adapt strategies along with the markets movements, provides sub-millisecond speed trading futures, the market, where a fraction of a second can mean the difference between a profit and a loss, no human can much effectiveness of the machine trading against other machines
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Why should I trust the machine to trade for me?

 

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If markets are thin due to holidays or there is not enough time left to reach target price before markets close (short trading hours etc), GLIDER will suspend trading till next trading day (session) and close all open positions. System will resume trading only if market conditions  trigger algorithm's execution mechanism.
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What happens if profit targets are not met?

 

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GLIDER harnesses live market data to create multiple scenarios (prints) - what to expect next. If future market indicators coincide with one of the multiple scenarios, it will initiate a trading algorithm. It’s like cross-checking a fingerprint against database, as soon as future market indicators match with a “fingerprint” in our database, the machine starts trading
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How does your trade assisting  technology actually work ?

 

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