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Stock Market Cook Book, LLC is the legal entity providing the services and products offered on this web site. Alpha Sigma Market Systems is the trade name owned by Stock Market Cook Book, LLC for purposes of offering the SMC Analyzer and derivative products and services.

Disclaimer

The usual investment/financial disclaimers apply to the readers and users of this website. The advice and recommendations presented on this website are based SOLELY on personal independent research and are in NO WAY guided or influenced by outside parties. No financial compensation or remuneration for any recommendations are accepted. Recommendations presented are not to be construed as trading truths.

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC cannot guarantee profits nor can we protect you from losses. You assume the entire cost and risk of any trading you choose to undertake. You are completely responsible for making any investment decisions. Stock Market Cook Book, LLC's members, affiliates, and representatives are not registered as securities broker-dealers nor investment advisors. No advice is given or implied.

Use of our website in no way constitutes a client/advisor relationship. All information we communicate to you (the subscriber) either through our website, emails, seminars or any other form of communication, is for informational and educational purposes only. You assume sole liability for your investments and as such, we strongly recommend that you seek advice from your own investment adviser before making any investment decision. The members, affiliates, and representatives of Stock Market Cook Book, LLC will in no way have any discretionary authority over your trading or investment accounts.

All information posted is believed to come from reliable sources. Stock Market Cook Book, LLC does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of information made available and therefore will not be liable for any losses incurred.

Due to the electronic nature of the internet, the website, email, or other communication services could fail at any time. Stock Market Cook Book, LLC will not be responsible for unavailability of use of its website nor any other communication lapse.

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC, its members, affiliates, and representatives may hold positions in the securities mentioned on this website at any time. However, in no way are Stock Market Cook Book, LLC's members, affiliates, or representatives soliciting offers to purchase or sell securities mentioned in this website.

It is understood securities trading in stocks and/or options involves a high degree of risk. Prior to buying or selling an option, it is advised the you read and understand the "CHARACTERISTICS AND RISKS OF STANDARDIZED OPTIONS" available from your investment broker, or from The Options Clearing Corporation, One North Wacker Drive, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60606, or by calling 1888-OPTIONS.

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC and/or its members, affiliates, and representatives are to be in no way held responsible for your investment losses due to recommendations and/or information given here. As with all investment/financial theories, information, and prognoses, past performance is no indication of future success.

Privacy Policy and Transaction Security

It is the policy of this web site to maintain in strict confidence all personal information transmitted on the software order form. This information is used solely to fulfill the order and to provide verification and communication for subsequent software support and upgrades. Stock Market Cook Book, LLC does NOT store your credit card number in any databases or files of any kind. We also do not sell or in any way make available your personal information to any third party.

The order forms are Java Applets which encrypt sensitive information using the Java Security API employing 1024-bit RSA encryption protocol agreed upon with a server-provided certificate prior to uploading. Payments are made on the PayPal web site using their secure server and your sensitive personal payment information is held secure by them.

Terms and Conditions

This web site is provided by Stock Market Cook Book, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, "Stock Market Cook Book, LLC" and "we"). By using or making a purchase on the stockmarketcookbook.com web site, you agree to the terms and conditions listed on this page. We may update or alter these Terms and Conditions at any time.

Intellectual Property Protection

The stockmarketcookbook.com web site and information services contain proprietary material of Stock Market Cook Book, LLC, which is protected by copyright and other laws respecting proprietary rights. The information contained in the web site is copyrighted and protected by world-wide copyright laws and treaty provisions. It may not be copied, reproduced, modified, published, uploaded, posted, transmitted, or distributed in any way, without our prior written permission. Except as expressly provided herein, Stock Market Cook Book, LLC does not grant any express or implied right to you or any person in any intellectual property rights, details of members or trade secret information.

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC believes it is the owner or authorized user or licensee of all the intellectual property rights in the web site including, without limitation, any copyright, patent, registered design, trade marks, service marks, source codes, specifications, templates, graphics, logo(s) or any right subsisting in the U.S. or elsewhere in respect of formats, interfaces, programming, the offering of services to other customers, software or any application for any of the foregoing and any modification, improvements, developments and enhancements thereof. This web site may use financial information and news from other web sites including Google® and/or Yahoo!® and any materials they claim as proprietary to them remains their property. If any materials are included in this web site that violate others' intellectual property or other rights they will be immediately removed upon proper notification.

Use of stockmarketcookbook.com Content

Services are currently available on a recurring monthly subscription basis. During the subscription period, the agreement between Stock Market Cook Book, LLC and the user allows individual access to the services and products. Access to any services and products beyond the subscription period, without the express permission of Stock Market Cook Book, LLC is prohibited. Use in any way that circumvents the normal subscription process, is prohibited unless prior written authorization is obtained from Stock Market Cook Book, LLC.

Users may use the services (information, material) for local internal purposes to improve their investment knowledge and capability. Repurposing material for the end purpose of producing printed, non-saleable and in-house material is permitted for the purchased number of users and for the duration of the subscription. Use of services to create material or derivative material for sale or external distribution is permitted provided attribution to stockmarketccokbook.com is included.

Registration, Passwords and Responsibilities

Each user possesses a unique access User Name and Password for exclusive use by that member. Passwords and User Names may not be shared with or provided to other agencies, organizations, businesses or individuals. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any User Names, Passwords, or any other tools or data that afford you access to content. If you are sharing such User Names, Passwords, etc. with others for the purpose of shared viewing, you are also responsible for all users of such information, whether or not actually or expressly authorized by you.

Third Parties

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC will not disclose users' information, including contact information, to third parties.

Discounts

Discounted corporate memberships are available. Please e-mail orders@stockmarketcookbook.com for information or to set up your corporate account.

Payment Card Use

If you make a purchase on the web site, you are warranting to us that you are legally authorized to use the credit or other payment card for the proposed transaction and that you fully understand this Agreement. Stock Market Cook Book, LLC accepts no liability for any damages of any nature resulting from you using your credit card on the web site.

Refund Policy

For recurring subscriptions to the Blue Plate Specials no refunds will be issued. For the recipes a refund will be issued if requested within 30 days of the original date of purchase. Refunds will only be made as a credit on the same account used to make payment. No cash refunds will be made.

Confirmation E-mails

If you successfully conclude an online purchase, we will send you a confirmation e-mail that will include details of your particular purchase. emails will be deemed to have been sent by us once they leave our information system. However, if you do not receive a confirmation e-mail within 24 hours of completing an online transaction, please contact us immediately at orders@stockmarketcookbook.com.

Term and Termination

We may change or terminate our services or your online membership(s) with us, with or without notice, without liability to you, or any other user.

You understand and agree that Stock Market Cook Book, LLC online services are provided "as-is." Stock Market Cook Book, LLC assumes no responsibility for the timeliness, deletion, mis-delivery or failure to store any user communications or settings.

Force Majeure

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC, its members, affiliates, and representatives will not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages of any kind resulting from the use of or the inability to use our online services, resulting from any goods or services purchased or obtained or messages received or transactions entered into as a result of information obtained through stockmarketcookbook.com, our online services, resulting from loss of, unauthorized access to or alteration of a user's transmissions or data or for the cost of procurement of substitute goods and services, including but not limited to injury, damages for loss of profits, use, data or other intangibles, even if Stock Market Cook Book, LLC had been advised of the possibility of such damages.

You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Stock Market Cook Book, LLC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, consultants and agents from any and all third party claims, liability, damages and/or costs (including, but not limited to, attorneys fees) arising from your use of our services, your violation of the Terms and Conditions or your infringement, or infringement by any other user of your account, of any intellectual property or other right of any person or entity. The Terms and Conditions will inure to the benefit of Stock Market Cook Book, LLC successors, assigns and licensees.

No Warranty, Disclaimer of Liability and Indemnity

The materials contained in this web site are not intended as legal, investment, business, or risk management advice to any party, and in no way represent advice with respect to specific practices of any party. Stock Market Cook Book, LLC has not confirmed or verified the accuracy or correctness of such materials or any information on which they may be based and makes no representation or warranty as to the content of this material or its accuracy, or its appropriateness or its suitability for any particular reader, situation or practice, or as to conformance with applicable laws or regulations. Users should conduct or rely on their own investigations before acting upon or otherwise using such materials.

If any provision of these Terms is invalid or unenforceable, such will not render all the Terms unenforceable or invalid but rather the Terms will be read and construed as if the invalid or unenforceable provision(s) are not contained therein. Any cause of action of yours with respect to these Terms must be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction in Los Angeles, California within one year after the cause of action has arisen, or such cause will be barred, invalid, and void.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms and Conditions will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to its conflict of laws provisions or your actual state or country of residence. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of the Terms and Conditions to be unenforceable, the remainder of the Terms and Conditions will continue in full force and effect.

These Terms and Conditions constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. Any waiver of any provision of the Terms and Conditions will be effective only if in writing and signed by Stock Market Cook Book, LLC.

Changes to Terms

Stock Market Cook Book, LLC may, in its discretion, change these Terms (including those relating to your use of the web site and/or stockmarketcookbook.com content). When Terms are changed, Stock Market Cook Book, LLC will notify you by email or by publishing details of those changes by including them in these Terms. If you use the web site after Stock Market Cook Book, LLC has published or notified you of the changes, you are agreeing now to be bound by those changes. If you do not agree to be bound by those changes, you should not use this web site any further after they are published.

Miscellaneous

Headings in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal meaning or effect.

If you are aware of any violations of these Terms and Conditions, please report them.