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Effective: January 1, 2026 Last updated: July 10, 2026 Version 1.2

Pre-Bell provides educational market research tools only. Nothing on this platform constitutes financial advice, investment recommendations, or a solicitation to buy or sell any security. Always consult a licensed financial professional before making investment decisions.

Table of Contents

  1. Acceptance of Terms
  2. Description of Service
  3. Eligibility
  4. User Accounts
  5. No Financial Advice
  6. Data & Privacy
  7. Third-Party Services
  8. Prohibited Uses
  9. Intellectual Property
  10. Disclaimers
  11. Limitation of Liability
  12. Indemnification
  13. Termination
  14. Changes to Terms
  15. Governing Law
  16. Contact

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using Pre-Bell ("the Platform," "we," "us," or "our"), you ("User," "you," or "your") agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety, you must immediately discontinue use of the Platform.

These Terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Pre-Bell. Your continued use of the Platform following any modification of these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms.

If you are accessing the Platform on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms, and "you" refers to that organization.

2. Description of Service

Pre-Bell is a web-based platform that provides:

  • AI-generated pre-market research briefings based on user-defined portfolio holdings
  • Live and delayed market data sourced from third-party data providers
  • News aggregation and AI-based relevance scoring for portfolio-specific securities
  • Portfolio allocation tracking and visualization tools
  • Public congressional trading disclosure data aggregated from publicly available government sources
  • Anonymized, aggregated platform-wide holding trend data
  • Market countdown and session timing tools

The Platform is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Pre-Bell does not execute trades, manage portfolios, provide brokerage services, or offer personalized investment advice.

Service Availability

We strive for maximum uptime but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. Market data may be delayed, incomplete, or unavailable during periods of high demand, API outages, or scheduled maintenance. Pre-Bell is not liable for decisions made during service interruptions.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years of age to use Pre-Bell. By using the Platform, you represent and warrant that:

  • You are at least 18 years old
  • You have the legal capacity to enter into binding contracts in your jurisdiction
  • You are not located in a jurisdiction where use of this service is prohibited by applicable law
  • You are not on any government-issued list of prohibited or restricted parties

Pre-Bell reserves the right to require proof of eligibility at any time and to suspend or terminate accounts where eligibility cannot be confirmed.

4. User Accounts

Account Registration

To access certain features of the Platform, you must create an account by providing a valid email address and password. You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information during registration and to keep your account information updated.

Account Security

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to:

  • Use a strong, unique password not shared with other services
  • Immediately notify Pre-Bell of any unauthorized access to your account
  • Not share your account credentials with any third party
  • Log out of your account at the end of each session on shared devices

Pre-Bell is not liable for any loss or damage arising from your failure to maintain account security. We will never ask for your password via email or chat.

Account Termination by User

You may delete your account at any time through the Settings page. Upon deletion, your holdings data and personal information will be permanently removed from our systems within 30 days, subject to any legal retention requirements.

5. No Financial Advice

Pre-Bell is NOT a registered investment advisor, broker-dealer, or financial planner. Content on this platform does not constitute investment advice, financial advice, trading advice, or any other sort of advice.

All research briefs, risk analyses, news scores, market data, and AI-generated content are provided for educational and informational purposes only. You should not make any investment decision based solely on information from Pre-Bell.

Specifically, you acknowledge that:

  • AI-generated research may contain errors, omissions, or outdated information
  • Market data may be delayed and should not be used for real-time trading decisions
  • Past performance data displayed on the Platform is not indicative of future results
  • News importance scores are algorithmic estimates, not professional analysis
  • Congressional trading disclosures may be delayed up to 45 days per the STOCK Act

Always consult a qualified, licensed financial professional before making any investment decision. Pre-Bell expressly disclaims any liability for investment decisions made based on Platform content.

6. Data & Privacy

Your use of the Platform is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

Portfolio Data

Holdings and allocation data you enter into Pre-Bell are stored securely in our database with row-level security enabled. Your portfolio data is used solely to:

  • Generate personalized research briefings for your account
  • Contribute anonymously to aggregate platform-wide trending statistics (ticker counts only — no user identifiers, dollar amounts, or individual holdings are ever exposed)

Congressional Trading Data

Congressional trading information displayed on Pre-Bell is sourced from publicly available government disclosures filed under the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. This data is gathered from public filings by members of the U.S. Congress and is not proprietary to Pre-Bell. We make no representations as to the completeness or accuracy of this public data.

Anonymous Trending Data

Pre-Bell may display aggregate statistics such as "most-held tickers across the platform." These statistics represent counts of unique users holding a given ticker and never expose individual user holdings, usernames, or any personally identifiable information.

7. Third-Party Services

Pre-Bell integrates with the following third-party services to deliver its functionality:

  • Supabase — Authentication and database infrastructure. Subject to Supabase's Terms.
  • Finnhub — Real-time and delayed market data, company profiles, and financial news. Subject to Finnhub's Terms. Market data may be delayed per their licensing terms.
  • OpenAI — AI language model used to generate research summaries and score news relevance. Subject to OpenAI's Terms. Content generated by AI models may be inaccurate.
  • Vercel — Serverless infrastructure hosting all backend API functions. Subject to Vercel's Terms.

Pre-Bell is not responsible for outages, errors, or policy changes from these third-party providers. Service functionality may be reduced or unavailable when third-party APIs are disrupted.

8. Prohibited Uses

You agree not to use the Platform to:

  • Violate any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation
  • Engage in market manipulation, insider trading, or any other securities fraud
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract proprietary algorithms or source code
  • Scrape, crawl, or programmatically harvest data from the Platform in bulk without written consent
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Platform or its infrastructure
  • Introduce malware, viruses, or any other harmful code
  • Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity
  • Use the Platform to provide financial advice or investment services to third parties
  • Circumvent any access controls, rate limiting, or authentication mechanisms
  • Use the Platform in any manner that could disable, overburden, or impair the service
  • Share your account credentials or allow unauthorized third parties to access your account

Violation of these prohibitions may result in immediate account suspension or termination and may expose you to civil or criminal liability.

9. Intellectual Property

Pre-Bell Intellectual Property

The Platform, including its design, code, features, branding, and AI-generated output templates, is the intellectual property of Pre-Bell and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other applicable laws. You may not copy, reproduce, modify, distribute, or create derivative works from any part of the Platform without our express written consent.

Your Content

You retain ownership of data you input into the Platform (such as portfolio holdings). By using the Platform, you grant Pre-Bell a limited, non-exclusive license to use that data to provide the service to you, including generating research briefs and contributing to anonymized aggregate statistics.

Feedback

Any suggestions, feedback, or ideas you provide regarding the Platform may be used by Pre-Bell without compensation or attribution to you.

10. Disclaimers

THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

Pre-Bell does not warrant that:

  • The Platform will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free
  • Market data is real-time, accurate, or complete
  • AI-generated research is accurate, reliable, or suitable for any purpose
  • Results obtained from using the Platform will be accurate or reliable
  • Defects in the Platform will be corrected

Market data provided by Finnhub may be subject to exchange delays and licensing restrictions. Pre-Bell makes no representations regarding the timeliness of such data.

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL PRE-BELL, ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:

  • Loss of profits, revenue, or data
  • Investment losses or missed trading opportunities
  • Business interruption
  • Reliance on AI-generated research or market data
  • Unauthorized access to or alteration of your data

THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY WHETHER THE ALLEGED LIABILITY IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER BASIS, EVEN IF PRE-BELL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of incidental or consequential damages. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.

In no event shall Pre-Bell's total cumulative liability to you exceed the greater of (a) the total amounts paid by you to Pre-Bell in the twelve months prior to the claim, or (b) one hundred dollars ($100.00 USD).

12. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Pre-Bell and its officers, directors, employees, agents, and service providers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, awards, losses, costs, expenses, or fees (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:

  • Your violation of these Terms
  • Your use or misuse of the Platform
  • Your violation of any applicable law or third-party right
  • Any investment decisions you make based on Platform content
  • Content or data you submit to the Platform

13. Termination

Pre-Bell reserves the right to suspend or terminate your account and access to the Platform at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including but not limited to:

  • Violation of these Terms
  • Fraudulent, abusive, or illegal activity
  • Extended periods of account inactivity
  • Discontinuation of the service

Upon termination, your right to use the Platform ceases immediately. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 15) shall survive.

14. Changes to Terms

Pre-Bell reserves the right to modify these Terms at any time. When changes are made, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. For material changes, we will provide notice via the email address associated with your account or a prominent notice within the Platform.

Your continued use of the Platform after the effective date of any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must discontinue use of the Platform.

15. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United States and the State of Indiana, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform shall first be subject to good-faith negotiation between the parties. If the dispute cannot be resolved through negotiation within 30 days, either party may pursue legal remedies in the courts of competent jurisdiction.

You agree that any claim arising out of or related to the Platform must be filed within one year after such claim arose, otherwise the claim is permanently barred.

Class Action Waiver: You agree that any proceedings to resolve disputes will be conducted on an individual basis, not as part of a class, consolidated, or representative action.

16. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us:

Pre-Bell

Email: legal@pre-bell.com

For privacy-related inquiries, see our Privacy Policy.

These terms were last reviewed July 10, 2026. Pre-Bell is an educational platform and is not registered as an investment advisor with the SEC or any state securities authority.

© 2026 Pre-Bell. Educational information only — not financial advice.
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