Echuca Trading Wholesale Client Information Statement

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Wholesale Investor Information Statement

Echuca Trading Pty Ltd

ACN 115 459 124

AFSL 297499

This Wholesales Investor Information Statement forms part of the agreement between Echuca Trading Pty Ltd (“Echuca Trading”, “we”, “us”, ACN 115 459 124) and you, our client (“you” or “your”).

We are authorised under an Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence (AFS Licence No.297499). Our registered office is located at Level 1, 1 Burra Place, Shellharbour City Centre NSW 2529

This Information Statement governing our business relationship with you along with other documents you agreed to during the registration process:

The Application Form;

Terms of Buiness

Other supplemental agreements applicable to our services as we provide.

Collectively, these documents constitute the “Agreement”.

Echuca Trading is the issuer of this Information Statement. We are also the issuer of the products referred to in this information statement.

Our products are derivatives traded over the counter (“OTC”). While our products are not fully satisfying the legal definition of Contract for Different (“CFD”), we treat them as if they were CFDs and seek to comply with the relevant laws and regulations, including ASIC Corporations (Product Intervention Order—Contracts for Difference) Instrument 2020/986 which was extended to May 2027 (the “ASIC PIO”).

RISK DISCLOSURE

We offer services for trading derivative financial contracts on a margin or leveraged basis. This type of trading involves a high level of risk to your capital. The value of the contracts you enter into with us can fluctuate rapidly, and your gains or losses may exceed the amount of your initial deposit or investment.

If you do not maintain sufficient funds to meet your margin obligations, we may and where required by applicable laws or regulations, will close your open positions immediately and without prior notice. Wholesale Investors are not subject to regulatory protections including but not limited negative balance protection and standardised margin close-out as Retail Investors are entitled to under the Australian Laws. This will be further outlined in the Section 2 below.

You are strongly advised to read documents related to trading mechanism of the products we offer and carefully to fully understand the risks associated with margin or leveraged trading before you start trading with us. You should not trade in these products unless you clearly understand and are willing to accept the risks involved. These products may not be suitable for all investors.

CONTACT US

Office address: Level 15, 60 Margaret Street Sydney NSW 2000

Phone: +61 (0)2 9048 9116

Email: support@echucatrading.com.au

WE DO NOT PROVIDE INVESTMENT ADVICE

Echuca Tarding will not provide any investment advice to our clients, regardless of their client status classification.

The information that we provide to you is of general nature only. This includes information provided to you on our website, through trading platform and any other communication channels offered by us including account management portal, live chats, telephone, email and officially verified social media channels. If you are unsure whether you are receiving an information from us, you may contact us using the contact details provided in Section 1.3 above to verify its authenticity.

Before deciding trading with us, you should carefully consider your own financial situation, investment objectives and needs. We recommend you read this information statement carefully and obtain independent advice if necessary. We do not guarantee any specific results from investing in our trading products.

CLIENT CLASSIFICAITON

You receive this information statement from us as you are requesting to trade with us as a Wholesale Investor (including Sophisticated Investor). Further information surrounding your trading experience and/or person financial situation are required for our assessment. In any case your application has been rejected by us, you may still apply a trade account with us as a Retail Investor provided you successfully pass the onboarding assessment.

We may rely on the information that you provide us as being correct and not misleading at all times, unless you notify us otherwise in writing should there be any changes to your personal situation rendering a change to your client classification status.

We may accept or reject Applications in our absolute discretion. If we accept your application and open an account for you to let you trade with us as a Wholesale Investor, we will confirm this in writing and provide you with details on how to access your Account through the Platform.

WHOLESALE INVESTOR CATEGORISATION

CHANGE TO YOUR REGULATORY PROTECTIONS

When trading with us as a Wholesale Investor, you are no longer subject to regulatory protections that are afforded to Retail Investors by the Australian laws.

As a Wholesale Client, you will not receive certain disclosures from us or benefit from some of the protections that may otherwise apply to you if you were trading with us as a Retail Investor. In particular, we are not required to provide you with a Product Disclosure Statement or Financial Services Guide, and the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, the external dispute resolution scheme to which we are a member of, may exercise its discretion to exclude complaints made by you. However, we operate an internal dispute resolution scheme that enables us to address your dissatisfaction with our services promptly and fairly.

When we approve you to trade with us as a Wholesale Investor, we do not have any other obligation to you under Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001 that we would have if the product or service were provided to you as a Retail Investor, including the regulatory protections mandated by the ASIC PIO. This means you will no longer be entitled to negative balance protection when your account enters a negative balance. In addition, Wholesale Investors are allowed to access higher leverage and are no longer subject to the mandatory leverage ratio limits. Please note that leverage is a double-edged sword, while it can amplify potential profits, it also increases the risk of potential losses.

APPROPRIATENESS

The trading products provided by us carry high risk and are not suitable for everyone. Due to the application leverage, investors can incur significant investment losses. Our products are not listed on any exchange. The prices and other conditions are set by us. We will use our best endeavour to provide our services to you in an efficient, honest and fair manner and in accordance with our Terms of Business.

It is important for you to understand the risk associated with trading in OTC derivatives. As a Wholesale Investor, we will assume that you have the necessary level of experience and knowledge to trade our products.

The outcome of your application is based on the supporting proof provided and declaration made by you. You are obliged to notify us if you no longer meet the criteria to be considered a Wholesale Investor. We reserve the right to withdraw your status as a Wholesale Investor, and treat you as a Retail Investor, at any time at our absolute discretion.

DEALING WITH US

Echuca Trading acts as the issuer of our products, namely the OTC derivatives contract including Options Contracts and Futures Contracts, which we treat as CFDs.

THE NATURE OF OUR PRODUCTS

The contracts issued by us is an agreement where you may speculate on the variations in the price of an Underlying Instrument and in this case, the underlying instrument is a digital currency.

It is important to note that our futures and options contract you are trading on are sophisticated, high-risk OTC derivatives issued by Echuca Trading. Relevantly, the price of a crypto derivatives contract is based on the price or level of the relevant Underlying Instrument, which is a Digital Asset.

It is important to understand the following in relation to trading our contracts:

you will not own or have any interest or right in the underlying instrument;

you cannot close an open position through an exchange or other trading services provider;

you must fund your account with Echuca Trading before any of our products can be issued to you. You can do this by paying at least the initial margin;

you remain liable to maintain the required amount of margin cover. If you do not maintain the required margin cover or do not pay the required margin call by the required time, your contracts can be closed out;

the contracts issued by us are leveraged instruments since you are required to pay to Echuca Trading the margin component only, not the full value of the Underlying Instrument.

PRICES AND COSTS

We offer derivative contracts that are traded in a similar manner to futures. However, our contracts are not centrally cleared or settled through a central clearing house. They are over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, which means they are traded off-exchange.

A funding fee may be required for you to enter into a new position. You will find the funding rate specified for each trading product inside of our trading platform before you place an order with us. You can also find a fee schedule published on our website.

When you trade with us, fees will be charged to your account directly and this may affect your available balance to maintain open positions. Please be mindful of the fees charged to be your account and closely monitor your free balance to ensure your margin level always remains at a safe level.

The pricing of contracts is sourced from third-party liquidity providers and is derived from the prices of the relevant underlying instruments. The prices you trade with us may include a fixed mark-up on the raw pricing we receive. However, we do not make any other alterations to the pricing. We use our best endeavours to provide you with the most competitive pricing when trading with us.

MARKET RISK

Derivative markets are typically highly volatile, meaning prices can fluctuate rapidly. As a result, trading in derivative contracts carries a significant risk of incurring substantial losses.

It is difficult to predict market movements and levels of volatility. As a result, you should not consider any investments made with us to be a 'safe' trade. Extreme market movements may also affect the pricing and liquidity of the products you are trading with us. This may lead to situations including, but not limited to, market gapping, pricing slippage and unfilled or pending orders (also known as hanging order).

Please be mindful of increased investment risks when trading with us during the market volatile time period.

SYSTEM RISK AND SECURITY

Clients are trading with us through an electronic system, which is licensed with third party provider. Although we exercise our best endeavour to assure the best possible performance and stability of our electronic platform, no electronic communication is entirely reliable or always available. If you choose to deal with us via electronic communication, you should be aware that electronic communications can fail, can be delayed, may not be secure and/or may not reach the intended destination.

You should also be mindful of cybersecurity risks. Each client is assigned a unique account code to access and use our trading platform. Clients are fully responsible for the security of their allocated account code. Under no circumstances should you disclose your account code to any third party.

TAXATION

Australian residents and non-Australian residents should seek professional taxation advice that is based on their individual circumstances and in the case of non-residents the taxation laws of both Australia and their country of taxation residence before trading in any Products, noting that taxation of digital assets/cryptocurrencies is an evolving area of law.

The approach of the Commissioner of Taxation (the Commissioner) to the income tax and capital gains tax consequences of dealing in CFDs is reflected in Taxation Ruling 2005/15 (TR 2005/15). For convenience, we have set out a summary of that ruling below; however, the summary should not be taken as a substitute for reading TR 2005/15 in full.

Please note that references to CFDs in this section include margin foreign exchange Contracts and CFDs. A copy of TR 2005/15 is available at www.ato.gov.au.

It is the Commissioner’s view that any gain a taxpayer makes from dealing in a CFD (including a margin foreign exchange Contract) will be assessable income under section 6-5 of ITAA 97, while any loss it makes from dealing in CFD (including a margin foreign exchange Contract) will be an allowable deduction under section 8-1 of ITAA 97 provided that:

the CFD transaction is entered into as an ordinary part of carrying on a business; or

the profit is made, or the loss is incurred, as a consequence of a business operation or commercial transaction entered into for the purpose of profit-making.

A gain from dealing in a CFD (including a margin foreign exchange Contract) will also be assessable income under section 15-15 of ITAA 97 where a taxpayer is carrying on, or has carried out, a profit-making undertaking or scheme, and the gain from it is not assessable under 6-5 of ITAA 97. Correspondingly, a loss from dealing in a CFD (including a Margin FX Contract) where the gain would have been assessable under section 15-15 of ITAA 97 is an allowable deduction under section 25-40 of ITAA 97.

A gain or a loss from a CFD (including a margin foreign exchange Contract) entered into for the purposes of recreation by gambling will not be assessable under either section 6-5 or 15-15 of ITAA 97, or deductible under section 8-1 or 25-40 of that Act.

The Commissioner is also of the view that a capital gain or a capital loss from a CFD (including a margin foreign exchange Contract) entered into for the purpose of recreation by gambling will be disregarded under paragraph 118-37 (1)(c) of ITAA 97.

COMPLAINT

We use our best endeavours to provide you with the highest standard of trading services. In the unlikely event that you are dissatisfied with our services or trading products, you may lodge a complaint by contacting us through the following channels.

By mail: Level 15, 60 Margaret St Sydney NSW 2000

By phone: +61 (0) 2 9048 9116

By Email: complaint@echucatrading.com.au

Attn to: Compliance Department

Once we receive your complaint, we are committed to processing it promptly and working towards a resolution of the issue you have encountered.