In the CFD industry, many platforms, under the guise of "protecting users," subtly guide or even interfere with trading behavior through default settings, push notifications, and feature restrictions. Over time, traders appear to be operating their accounts, but are actually being shaped by the platform's logic.
ACE Markets proposes the concept of "operational sovereignty": traders should be the sole decision-makers for their accounts, and the platform's role is not that of a guide or guardian, but rather a neutral, reliable, and low-intervention execution channel. To this end, the platform adheres to the "principle of minimal intervention" in product design, information presentation, and service interaction, ensuring that every function serves the user's independent judgment, rather than replacing it.
Default settings: No preset stance; rules are defined by the user.
Most platforms pre-set high leverage, enable profit pop-ups, and recommend popular instruments when opening an account, subtly shaping user behavior. ACE Markets, however, adopts a "blank canvas" strategy: new accounts default to a leverage of 1:30 (a conservative starting point), all unnecessary notifications are disabled, and the chart interface only displays basic candlestick patterns and volume. Users must actively choose whether to enable advanced indicators, adjust leverage, or subscribe to market alerts.
This "no preconceived notions" design avoids the implicit influence of platform values on trading styles. Whether you are an aggressive day trader or a conservative swing trader, you can start from the same initial state and build your trading environment according to your own logic.
Tool neutrality: We do not sell strategies, we only provide transparent tools.
ACE Markets firmly opposes any form of strategy manipulation. The platform does not provide "signal services," does not display "top order rankings," and does not embed "teacher trading signals" on the market data page. All analytical tools (such as technical indicators, economic calendars, and volatility heatmaps) are presented in pure data form, without any attached buy/sell recommendations or emotional tags.
For example, the economic calendar only lists the event name, expected value, and previous value, without indicating "major positive/negative news"; the volatility indicator displays historical percentiles but does not suggest "suitable for breakout/consolidation strategies." The value of tools lies in revealing facts, not guiding conclusions—this is a fundamental respect for the user's judgment.
Risk control mechanism: Empowering users to build personalized defense systems
ACE Markets believes that effective risk management should not stem from unilateral constraints imposed by the platform, but rather from traders' clear understanding and proactive setting of their own risk preferences. Therefore, the platform does not rely on rigid, one-size-fits-all risk controls (such as uniformly reducing leverage or prohibiting high-risk instruments), but instead provides a modular risk control toolkit to help users build a personalized defense system that matches their trading style, capital size, and risk tolerance.
The system incorporates various combinable risk control components, including dynamic margin alerts, multi-dimensional position concentration monitoring, and cross-product correlation risk warnings. For example, if a user simultaneously holds a long position in EUR/USD and a short position in GBP/USD, the system will automatically calculate the net foreign exchange exposure and prompt: "Current net USD exposure is equivalent to 68% of the account's net value. Do you want to consider hedging?"—the prompt is based on objective data, but the decision-making power always rests with the user.
More importantly, all risk control rules come with concise explanations and historical backtesting references. When users enable the "Pause Trading if Maximum Daily Loss Reaches 5%" feature, they can view the trigger frequency of the strategy in extreme market conditions over the past year and its impact on the long-term return curve. This design, which combines risk control tools with educational information, shifts users from "passively accepting protection" to "actively managing risk," truly internalizing risk awareness.
The platform also supports saving risk control logic as a template for reuse across multiple accounts, facilitating professional traders' unified management of risk discipline across different capital pools. Within this framework, risk control is no longer a shackle imposed by the platform, but rather a protective barrier built by the user themselves.
Information presentation: Emotionless design to reduce cognitive interference
The user interface is the primary factor influencing decision-making. ACE Markets employs an "emotionless visual language": profit and loss figures use neutral gray instead of red and green highlights; transaction notifications have no animated flashing; news summaries state only the facts and do not use sensational terms such as "skyrocketing!" or "crash!"
More importantly, the platform refuses to exploit the psychology of "loss aversion" in its design features. For example, the closing confirmation pop-up only displays objective data, rather than misleading text such as "You will miss out on subsequent gains!" The calmer the environment, the more rational the decision-making.
Data ownership: Users own the complete transaction history.
Many platforms treat trading logs as internal assets, restricting their export or use for business analytics. ACE Markets explicitly states that users have full ownership of their trading data. All order records, chart configurations, and strategy templates can be exported to standardized formats (CSV/JSON) with a single click, allowing migration to other compatible platforms.
In addition, the platform provides an "Execution Attribution Report" that breaks down total profit and loss into components such as market gains, slippage losses, and interest costs, helping users objectively assess the effectiveness of their strategies rather than attributing it to vague "luck" or "platform issues."
Conclusion: Sovereignty lies not in slogans, but in the details.
Operational sovereignty is not an abstract concept; it is embodied in every seamless interface loading, every piece of neutral data presentation, and every feature actively enabled by the user. ACE Markets does not seek to make users "dependent on the platform," but rather strives to ensure that users "do not need to worry about the platform"—because all control is always in your hands.
