Legal — license, terms & privacy

1. What you are buying

Detent is trading-discipline enforcement software sold as a one-time purchase. You receive the source code ("the Software") and run it yourself, on your own machine, against your own broker account and credentials. Detent is not a service, not a managed platform, and does not hold your credentials, funds, positions, or data.

2. Grant — you may

Subject to your compliance with this License, Detent grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to:

• Install and run the Software for your own individual trading, on your own device(s);
• Read, modify, reverse-engineer, and adapt the source to your own trading style, metrics, and system. Editing the Software for your own use is expressly permitted — it is the intended use.

3. Restrictions — you may not

• Resell, rent, lease, sublicense, or otherwise transfer the Software or your license to anyone;
• Redistribute, publish, post publicly, share, or mirror the source or any derivative of it;
• Ship, sell, or operate a product or service built from or substantially based on the Software for or to any third party.

(Edit it for yourself: fine. Pass it on in any form: not permitted.)

4. Ownership

Detent and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in the Software and its intellectual property. This License grants only the rights expressly stated; no ownership transfers to you. Your own modifications remain subject to this License's restrictions in Section 3.

5. Modified copies — sole risk

The Software may be edited by you. Any modification is at your sole risk. No warranty or liability of any kind attaches to modified versions of the Software, and you are solely responsible for the behavior and outcomes of any changes you make.

6. Your broker, your credentials, your compliance

You run the Software on your own device with your own broker/prop-firm credentials. You are responsible for complying with your broker's and prop firm's terms — including any rules on automated, attended, or third-party-tool trading, and any device or hosting restrictions (for example, rules requiring the tool run on your own personal device and be attended). Detent ships as local, attended software you supervise; it is a risk-reducing tool, not an autonomous trading bot, and never places entries on its own.

7. As-is; no warranty

The Software is provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, reliability, and non-infringement.

8. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Detent is not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any lost profits, revenue, or trading losses, arising out of or relating to the Software. Detent's total liability for any claim will not exceed the amount you paid for the Software.

9. Revocation

This License is revocable and terminates automatically if you breach it (including Section 3). On termination you lose the right to further downloads and updates; retention of a local copy is governed by applicable law.

10. Governing law; venue

Governed by the laws of the State of Texas, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Texas, and you consent to that jurisdiction and venue. Detent may seek injunctive relief for any breach of Section 3.

11. Changes; contact

Detent may update this License; continued use after changes take effect is acceptance. Permission requests or questions: use the contact method on this site.

1. The product

Detent is a one-time purchase of source-available, personal-use software (see the License). No subscription, no recurring charge, no managed service. Your use of the Software is governed by the Detent Software License and the Risk Disclaimer, which you accept at checkout.

2. Order, payment, and delivery

Payment is processed by our order provider (Lemon Squeezy), the merchant of record, who handles the transaction and applicable taxes. After payment you receive, by email, a license key and a download of the Software. Delivery is digital; the license key unlocks your download and future updates.

3. License acceptance at point of sale

By completing checkout you confirm you have read and agree to the Detent Software License and the Risk Disclaimer, and you understand Detent enforces the rules you set — it does not place trades, produce returns, or guarantee any trading or evaluation outcome.

4. Refunds

Detent offers a 7-day refund: request a full refund within 7 days of purchase. A refund revokes your license and your access to downloads and updates; it does not reach an already-downloaded copy on your device. Because Detent is source you can copy, refunds outside this 7-day window are not available except where required by law or by the order provider's policy.

5. Updates

Updates are provided at Detent's discretion to active licenses via download; you choose when to apply them. No specific update cadence is promised.

6. No professional advice; no guarantee

Detent is a risk-enforcement tool. It reduces the chance of self-inflicted loss; it does not produce returns or guarantee you pass an evaluation, keep a funded account, or avoid losses. Nothing sold is financial, investment, legal, or tax advice.

7. As-is; liability; law

The Software is sold AS IS with no warranties; liability is limited as stated in the License (capped at amounts paid). Governed by Texas law, exclusive venue in Texas. Contact: use the contact method on this site.

No advice; no solicitation

Detent is not a broker-dealer, investment adviser, or commodity trading advisor, and provides no personalized recommendations. Nothing here is financial, investment, legal, or tax advice, and no fiduciary relationship is formed. Your trading decisions are your own.

Trading risk

Trading futures and other instruments involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for everyone. You can lose all of your capital. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

What Detent is — and is not

Detent is software that helps enforce the risk and discipline rules you set (for example: a daily loss limit, maximum size, session window, cooldowns, no naked entries). It runs locally on your device, and it is attended — you supervise it. It acts to reduce risk (tighten a stop, lock in profit, close, or, where you route orders through it, reject a rule-breaking order). It never places entries for you and does not trade autonomously. It does not produce returns and does not guarantee you avoid losses, keep a funded account, or pass any evaluation.

It only works while running and connected

Detent can only act while the software is running and connected to your broker. On a disconnect or crash it cannot enforce; it relies on your broker's own protective (native) stop — a real order that stays in place even if Detent or your connection drops — and reconciles your positions when it reconnects. Enforcement across a dead connection is not guaranteed.

Software failure modes; modified copies

As with any software, Detent may fail to act, act incorrectly, lag, disconnect, or contain bugs. It is provided AS IS with no warranty. Detent ships as source you may edit — any modification is at your sole risk, and no warranty or liability attaches to modified versions. You own the outcome of your edits.

Your broker and credentials

You run Detent on your own device with your own broker/prop-firm credentials, which never pass through Detent. You are responsible for complying with your broker's and prop firm's terms, including rules on automation, attended trading, third-party tools, and permitted devices/hosting.

No affiliation

Detent is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any broker or prop firm, including (without limitation) Topstep, TopstepX/ProjectX, Apex, Tradovate, TradeStation, Ironbeam, Rithmic, CQG, Interactive Brokers, or OANDA. All trademarks belong to their owners.

Privacy

Detent runs locally; your trading data, credentials, and audit log stay on your device and are never sent to Detent. Website data handling — waitlist email/phone and the browser-local calculator — is covered in the Waitlist Terms & Privacy section of this page.

As-is; liability; indemnity; law

The software and site are provided AS IS and AS AVAILABLE with no warranties. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Detent disclaims liability for damages arising from your use, and your liability cap and indemnification obligations are as stated in the License. You are responsible for your own due diligence. Governed by Texas law; exclusive venue in Texas. Questions: use the contact method on this site.