Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms & Eligibility

By accessing or using trainquants.com, our API endpoints, our client-side Python WebAssembly (Pyodide) Algo Dev Space, or participating in QuantIT competitive tournaments, you affirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service and our Privacy Protocol.

You must be at least 18 years of age (or the legal age of majority in your jurisdiction) to use TrainQuants. If you are accessing the platform on behalf of a university, hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or corporate entity, you represent and warrant that you possess full legal authority to bind that organization.

2. Purely Educational Platform • No Investment Advice

TrainQuants provides software engineering, mathematical modeling, and simulated algorithmic training tools. TrainQuants is NOT an investment adviser, broker-dealer, commodity trading advisor, or financial institution.

All market simulations, backtests, synthetic liquidity models, order book queue analyses, and QuantIT rankings are purely educational and hypothetical. No content on TrainQuants constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, or financial advice to buy, sell, or trade any financial instrument or cryptocurrency. You acknowledge and agree to our full statutory Financial & Regulatory Risk Disclaimer, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

3. User Accounts & Authentication

Access to code execution, challenge submission, and leaderboards requires authenticating via Google OAuth through our Supabase identity infrastructure. You agree to:

• Provide accurate and current authentication credentials.
• Maintain the absolute confidentiality and security of your account.
• Accept sole responsibility for all activities occurring under your account.
• Notify TrainQuants immediately at security@trainquants.com if you detect any unauthorized breach of your account.

4. Intellectual Property & User Code Ownership

4.1 User Code Ownership

You retain 100% full intellectual property ownership and copyright of any proprietary algorithm source code, mathematical formulations, and Python scripts that you write and execute within the TrainQuants Algo Dev Space. TrainQuants does not claim ownership of your candidate solutions.

4.2 Platform Intellectual Property

All rights, title, and interest in the TrainQuants platform—including our problem curriculum, test verification harnesses, synthetic simulation engines, WebAssembly execution architecture, trade names, logos, design tokens, and user interface elements—are the exclusive intellectual property of TrainQuants Technologies Ltd. and its licensors.

5. Acceptable Use Policy & Platform Security

You strictly agree that you will NOT:

• Scrape, spider, crawl, or harvest curriculum challenge problems, test cases, or leaderboard databases using automated means.
• Attempt to break out of, exploit, or bypass the client-side WebAssembly (Pyodide) sandbox environment.
• Inject malicious bytecode, worms, cryptominers, or denial-of-service scripts into the browser runtime.
• Share, sell, or sublicense your authenticated account or Talent Dossier to third parties.
• Circumvent or tamper with automated grading assertions or latency benchmarks.
• Publish or distribute proprietary TrainQuants interview challenge solutions publicly without prior written authorization.

Violations of this Acceptable Use Policy may result in immediate account termination, forfeiture of contest standings, and legal referral.

6. Subscriptions, Appointments & Payments

Certain premium features, enterprise talent pipeline appointments, or advanced desk simulations may require payment. All fees are quoted in U.S. Dollars and are non-refundable except where explicitly required by mandatory consumer protection law. TrainQuants reserves the right to modify pricing upon reasonable notice.

7. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, TRAINQUANTS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY OF SIMULATED TRADING FEEDS. TRAINQUANTS DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, BUG-FREE, OR FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH LIVE BROKERAGE APIS.

8. Limitation of Liability

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR YOUR USE OF TRAINQUANTS SHALL UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100.00 USD) OR THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO TRAINQUANTS IN THE THREE (3) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM.

9. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TrainQuants Technologies Ltd., its officers, directors, employees, and contractors from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and legal fees arising out of or related to: (a) your use of the platform; (b) your violation of these Terms; (c) any algorithms or models you deploy outside the platform; or (d) your infringement of any intellectual property or third-party rights.

10. Mandatory Binding Individual Arbitration & Class Action Waiver

10.1 Dispute Resolution: Any controversy, claim, or dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach thereof shall be settled exclusively by confidential, binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association (AAA) under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, before a single neutral arbitrator.

10.2 Class Action Waiver: YOU AGREE THAT YOU MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST TRAINQUANTS ONLY IN YOUR INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, COLLECTIVE, OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator shall have no authority to consolidate claims or conduct class proceedings.

10.3 Venue: Arbitration shall take place in Wilmington, Delaware, or remotely via videoconference at the mutual election of the parties.

11. Governing Law & Jurisdiction

11.1 General Governing Law: These Terms shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict of law principles. To the extent court proceedings are permitted, the parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Wilmington, Delaware.

11.2 Indian Resident Users • Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996: For users and institutional candidates residing in or accessing the service from the Republic of India, any dispute, controversy, or claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the breach, termination, or invalidity thereof shall be resolved exclusively through binding arbitration in accordance with the Indian Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (as amended). The seat and legal venue of arbitration shall be Bengaluru or Mumbai, India. The arbitration shall be conducted by a single neutral arbitrator, in the English language.

11.3 Information Technology Act, 2000 Compliance: Users agree not to host, upload, or transmit any content in violation of Rule 3(1)(b) of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021.

12. Severability & Entire Agreement

If any provision of these Terms is deemed unlawful, void, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severable and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and TrainQuants regarding your use of the platform.

13. Contact & Legal Notices

For formal notices, contractual inquiries, or compliance requests:

TrainQuants Technologies Ltd.
Attn: Legal & Regulatory Affairs
Email: legal@trainquants.com
Website: https://trainquants.com