Frequently asked questions

BlackRidge is an independent research bureau introducing private investors to quantitative traders through multiple strategy providers. We publish quantitative research. Investors access strategies through PAMM accounts at the broker. We are not a fund or broker and never hold client money.

Strategies are accessed through a PAMM structure at a regulated broker. We do not develop retail trading products for general sale and we do not manage client money ourselves.

Strategy metrics shown on this website are based on internal testing unless otherwise stated and do not represent guaranteed or verified future performance.

PAMM stands for Percentage Allocation Management Module. It is a structure offered by regulated brokers.

You open an account in your own name at the broker and deposit funds. Your capital is then allocated to a master account operated by a designated trading manager, alongside other participants. The manager trades the strategy; profits and losses are distributed proportionally to each participant's share.

You do not place trades yourself. You keep visibility of your allocation through the broker's reporting, and you request withdrawals directly from the broker.

BlackRidge never receives or holds your funds at any stage.

You do not need to trade yourself or invest professionally to begin an introductory conversation. Within the broker's PAMM structure, the designated trading manager operates the strategy.

Before any allocation, you do need to understand market risk, leverage, drawdowns and the possibility of losing the entire deposit or more where negative balance protection does not apply. You remain responsible for monitoring the broker's reporting.

We explain the structure and assess whether an introduction is appropriate, but this is not personal investment advice. If the risks are unclear or you cannot afford the potential loss, do not allocate capital and seek independent advice.

Access to a strategy is arranged under a one-time payment of 6.7% of the agreed trading level, made to the selected strategy provider. BlackRidge does not invoice you and takes no payment through this website.

There is no management fee, no performance fee and no profit sharing. BlackRidge does not take a share of your trading profits, in any year, at any level of return.

The fee is charged on the exposure the strategy trades, not on the capital you fund to the broker. A $100,000 trading level costs $6,700 once, whether you fund it in full or notionally. Because a notionally funded allocation deposits less, the same fee is a larger percentage of what you deposit: $6,700 against $25,000 funded is 26.8% of that deposit, paid once for that agreed trading level; a later increase is charged only on the additional exposure under the terms confirmed in writing at that time. The initial cash outlay for that combination is therefore $31,700 (deposit plus fee), before any broker costs.

The payment is not refundable once access has been granted, even if the allocation ends at a loss.

BlackRidge receives an introduction fee directly from the selected strategy provider for introducing the client. BlackRidge does not receive broker compensation. That provider receives compensation from the broker, which may be linked to spreads or trading volume and can create an incentive to trade more. The introduction fee gives BlackRidge a financial interest in the client opening an allocation. Its exact amount and the full commercial terms are confirmed in writing before any payment or deposit. Assess these incentives separately from the one-time access payment and review the broker's trading conditions independently.

Normal trading costs still apply at the broker: spreads, commissions, swaps, slippage and any taxes in your jurisdiction.

The interactive fee calculator applies this arithmetic across flat, strong, losing and mixed return paths for horizons from one to ten years, with every assumption stated: /fee-calculator

Allocations are placed through a regulated broker that supports PAMM structures. You open the account yourself, in your own name, and complete the broker's identity verification.

The specific broker, the selected strategy provider and the full commercial terms are presented during a private session and confirmed in writing before any payment or deposit.

BlackRidge was founded by Tim Sussaret, who began his career in banking and went on to lead a desk of quantitative traders. The traders we work with are independent, and we do not publish individual profiles of them or our provider relationships. Commercial arrangements with strategy providers and brokers are confidential.

The strategies are presented in a private session. The strategy, its live performance, the broker, the provider and the full terms are confirmed in writing before any payment or deposit is made.

The minimum funded capital is $25,000. That is the amount funded to the broker, not the notional trading level it supports.

Strategy documentation is not published openly. When you request details on a strategy, we ask for a short profile so we can confirm suitability, then present the material directly in a private session.

Higher capital may allow for broader diversification across strategies, but it does not eliminate trading risk.

You and BlackRidge agree a trading level, which is the notional amount the strategy trades against. You then fund only the margin and drawdown allowance supporting that level, rather than the full notional amount. The remainder of your capital stays in your own accounts.

Whether a trading loss stops at what you fund depends on the broker's legal entity, its written terms, the jurisdiction and your client classification, and on whether negative balance protection applies. Where that protection is absent, losses can exceed the deposit. Forced liquidation at the margin threshold is the mechanism that usually contains loss, but it is execution, not a guarantee: in a price gap it can fail.

A $250,000 trading level funded at 1:5 means $50,000 held at the broker; that is the deposit, not a guaranteed risk cap.

The trade-off is real and should be understood before you commit: the same percentage move affects a smaller balance proportionally more. Notional funding does not reduce strategy risk. It concentrates that risk into the funded amount.

The access payment is separate from the deposit and is not refundable: a $100,000 trading level funded with $25,000 commits $31,700 of initial cash before broker costs.

Funding ratios are set per allocation against the strategy's tested drawdown profile and the broker's margin requirements, and are confirmed in writing before any deposit.

If funded capital is exhausted, the broker will typically attempt to liquidate positions at the margin threshold and the allocation ends. That liquidation is not guaranteed to execute at the threshold: a price gap can leave a negative balance, which becomes a debt to the broker unless your terms and jurisdiction provide negative balance protection.

At that point you may fund the account again to resume at the agreed trading level, or withdraw and stop. There is no obligation to fund again and no further payment is due to BlackRidge or the selected strategy provider. Whether the broker can claim beyond the funded capital depends on its written terms, the jurisdiction and your client classification; confirm this before you deposit.

The trading level is never increased without your written instruction.

Yes. The minimum funded capital is $25,000, and nothing requires you to commit more than that at the outset.

The trading level can be raised later by written instruction, once the strategy has earned your confidence or your circumstances change. It is never raised without that instruction.

The access payment is charged on the trading level. A later increase means a payment on the additional exposure, not another payment on the original level. At an unchanged 6.7% rate, the sum of payments on each increment is the same total access payment as 6.7% of that final trading level paid upfront. Staging leaves you free to stop before any increase. The terms of a later increase are confirmed in writing at that time.

There is no lock-in period and no exit fee. Withdrawals are requested directly from the broker under its PAMM terms.

Withdrawals are requested directly from the broker and follow the broker's PAMM terms, which set out notice periods and settlement timing. You should read those terms before depositing.

BlackRidge imposes no lock-in period and charges no exit fee. Because access is arranged as a one-time payment to the provider, that payment is not refundable once access has been granted.

Risk settings are reviewed during onboarding and configured based on your selected parameters.

Each strategy may include position sizing logic, stop-loss rules, exposure controls, and other risk-management features designed to support disciplined execution.

However, risk controls cannot eliminate losses. Market gaps, slippage, liquidity conditions, broker execution, leverage, and changing market regimes can all affect actual results.

BlackRidge does not guarantee returns.

Any historical or backtested performance shown is for informational purposes only and may differ materially from live trading results. Actual performance depends on market conditions, spreads, slippage, broker execution, risk settings, and user configuration.

BlackRidge does not receive, hold or have withdrawal rights over client funds at any time.

Your capital sits at the regulated broker in an account opened in your name. Within the PAMM structure, trading decisions are made by the designated trading manager operating the master account, not by BlackRidge.

BlackRidge's role is research, strategy selection, introduction and ongoing support.

A beginner can start by reading the research and asking questions. You do not have to place trades yourself, but the structure is suitable only if you understand and accept leveraged trading risk and can afford the potential losses.

It is not guaranteed income, a promise of passive profits, risk-free trading or a replacement for a bank deposit. You can lose the entire funded amount and, without negative balance protection, more than that.

An introductory call does not commit you to an allocation. We may decline an introduction if it is not suitable for your circumstances, jurisdiction or stated risk tolerance.