The questions everyone asks.

$750 USD. That's the strategy's baseline — the position-sizing math is built around it. Below that, the smallest possible trades (0.01 lots) become disproportionately risky relative to your account size.

No lock-in. You can stop copying inside cTrader Copy with one click, anytime. When you stop, your open positions either close (if you choose) or stay open under your own management.

Three layers, all standard:

• Pepperstone charges the usual trading spread on every gold trade (a few cents per ounce).
• cTrader Copy charges a performance fee — typically 25-30% of NEW profit, only when you're up.
• TIMETOSHINE doesn't bill you directly. Our income comes from the cTrader Copy split, which is built into the platform.

You'll see the exact fee terms before you confirm copying.

Loss management has two layers: each grid level has its own take-profit so winners exit at small targets; the cycle as a whole has a target that closes everything together. When the market goes against an entry, the strategy adds carefully-sized grid positions to reduce average cost — every grid spacing is calculated from market structure, not arbitrary intervals.

Past performance is not a guarantee. Mentally prepare for a 15-20% drawdown at some point — that's a realistic worst-case scenario for this type of grid-based strategy. If a drawdown of that size would force you to stop copying, allocate less to start. The strategy works best when you can ride out the inevitable rough patches.

Humans place every entry. The decision to open a trade — direction, timing — is always a real person reading the market that day. Software handles only the management once the position is live: grid placement, take-profits, news blackouts. If our team is asleep, no new trades open.

The strategy blocks new entries 60 minutes before any high-impact USD or XAU news (NFP, FOMC, CPI, GDP, etc.). Open positions stay open and continue to be managed — we don't panic-close on volatility — but no new exposure is added during the danger window.

Yes, anytime. Stopping is one click in cTrader Copy. Withdrawing funds is between you and Pepperstone — they handle account withdrawals standard-broker style (usually 1-3 business days). No notice period, no penalties.

We chose Pepperstone because they're a globally regulated broker (FCA, ASIC, CySEC, DFSA, SCB, CMA) and client funds are held in segregated accounts per regulatory requirements. We're not employed by or formally affiliated with Pepperstone beyond being users of their platform — we strongly recommend you verify their regulatory status and protections directly with Pepperstone before depositing.

AI trading bots make every decision algorithmically — including bad ones at 3 AM. They have no judgment about news context, no awareness of what's actually moving the market today, no instinct for when to sit out. We don't compete with bots; we use software the way it's supposed to be used: as a precision tool that executes decisions humans make.