To comply with global market-data licensing rules and to clearly distinguish between personal and commercial usage of YX Insights research, signals, dashboards, and data-enhanced tools, we classify subscribers as either Non-Professional Users or Professional Users.
This distinction ensures that market data and ML-powered analytics are used within the scope permitted by data vendors and regulatory frameworks.
You must sign up for the Professional User Tier if any of the below definition applies.
Registered or qualified with any financial regulatory body (e.g., FCA, FINRA, NFA, MAS, CSA, SFC, ASIC, etc.)
An employee, contractor, or agent of a financial institution, hedge fund, investment advisory firm, broker-dealer, proprietary trading firm, asset manager, RIA, or family office
Required to register or qualify for any activity similar to those above, even if you have not yet done so
Use YX Insights analysis, ML signals, or market data to make investment or trading decisions on behalf of clients, employers, or pooled capital
Trade or analyze markets on behalf of any corporation, partnership, fund, or business entity
Provide investment advice, portfolio guidance, trading recommendations, or research to any client, customer, or entity
Receive any compensation, fee, revenue share, performance fee, or carried interest from trading or investment activity
Use YX Insights tools as part of your professional workflow, content production, advisory service, trading desk, research process, or client deliverables
Trade using capital that is not solely your own, including AUM, prop-desk capital, client capital, firm capital, or partner capital
Have any agreement to share profits or losses from trading activity
Are given office space, tools, equipment, research support, or infrastructure by an employer or firm in exchange for market-related work