Cookies Policy

Effective Date: August 12, 2026Last Updated: August 12, 2026

This Cookie Policy & Preferences explains how StockMarket.Nexus, operated by Stock Market Nexus (“StockMarket.Nexus,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with StockMarket.Nexus and its related services.

This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy.

Our objective is to provide users with clear information about:

• What cookies are
• Why we use them
• What categories of cookies may be used
• How advertising and affiliate tracking may operate
• How analytics technologies may be used
• How users can manage their preferences
• How browser-based privacy signals may be handled
• What happens when certain cookies are disabled

Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are activated, StockMarket.Nexus intends to obtain the required consent and provide appropriate preference controls.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small data files placed on or associated with your browser or device when you visit a website.

Cookies can perform many functions.

For example, they may:

• Keep users logged in
• Remember preferences
• Maintain sessions
• Improve security
• Measure website traffic
• Analyze user behavior
• Support advertising
• Attribute affiliate referrals
• Remember consent choices
• Improve website functionality

Some cookies are necessary for a website to function properly, while others are optional.

2. WHAT ARE SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES?

StockMarket.Nexus and its service providers may also use technologies that perform functions similar to cookies.

These may include:

• Pixels
• Web beacons
• Tags
• Local storage
• Session storage
• Software development kits
• Device identifiers
• Advertising identifiers
• Tracking URLs
• Affiliate identifiers
• Server-side technologies

For simplicity, this Policy may refer collectively to these technologies as “cookies” or “similar technologies.”

3. WHY STOCKMARKET.NEXUS USES COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may use cookies to:

• Operate the website
• Authenticate users
• Maintain account sessions
• Protect account security
• Prevent fraud
• Remember preferences
• Store cookie-consent choices
• Provide Premium Membership features
• Personalize certain experiences
• Analyze traffic
• Measure website performance
• Diagnose technical problems
• Improve functionality
• Deliver advertising
• Measure advertising
• Attribute affiliate referrals
• Measure conversions
• Support newsletters and campaigns
• Understand how users interact with the platform

4. CATEGORIES OF COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may classify cookies into categories such as:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Required for core website functionality.

Functional Cookies

Help remember user choices and improve functionality.

Analytics Cookies

Help us understand how visitors use StockMarket.Nexus.

Advertising Cookies

May be used to deliver, personalize, or measure advertising.

Affiliate & Attribution Cookies

Help identify referrals and qualifying commercial actions.

Depending on the technology used, a particular cookie may serve more than one purpose.

5. STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

Strictly Necessary Cookies support functions required for the operation, security, or delivery of StockMarket.Nexus.

They may be used for:

• User authentication
• Login sessions
• Account security
• Fraud prevention
• Load balancing
• Network management
• Cookie-consent storage
• Payment-session security
• Maintaining shopping or subscription state
• Protecting forms
• Preventing malicious activity

Because these cookies are necessary to provide requested functionality, users generally cannot disable them through the StockMarket.Nexus Cookie Preferences interface.

Users may still be able to block them through browser settings, but doing so may prevent portions of the website from functioning correctly.

6. FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

Functional Cookies help provide enhanced functionality and remember user choices.

They may remember:

• Display preferences
• Language
• Region
• Login preferences
• Watchlist settings
• Dashboard settings
• Recently viewed securities
• User-interface preferences
• Other personalization choices

If Functional Cookies are disabled, certain convenience features may not work as intended.

7. ANALYTICS COOKIES

Analytics Cookies help us understand how StockMarket.Nexus is used.

They may collect information concerning:

• Pages visited
• Session duration
• Navigation paths
• Entry pages
• Exit pages
• Feature usage
• Device type
• Browser type
• Approximate geographic region
• Referring websites
• Website performance
• Technical errors
• Conversion activity

This information helps us improve StockMarket.Nexus.

8. WEBSITE ANALYTICS

StockMarket.Nexus may use analytics providers to understand website traffic and performance.

Analytics may help answer questions such as:

• Which pages are most useful?
• Which tools receive the most usage?
• Which stock pages are most popular?
• Which ETF pages attract visitors?
• Which screeners are used most frequently?
• Where do users encounter errors?
• How quickly do pages load?
• Which features encourage repeat visits?

The specific analytics providers used by StockMarket.Nexus may change over time.

9. ADVERTISING COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may display advertising to help finance the platform.

Advertising Cookies may be used to:

• Deliver advertisements
• Measure advertising performance
• Prevent excessive repetition
• Measure impressions
• Measure clicks
• Conduct attribution
• Detect advertising fraud
• Personalize advertisements where permitted
• Create or use advertising audiences where permitted

Depending on applicable law, these technologies may require consent or provide users with opt-out rights.

10. GOOGLE ADVERTISING

StockMarket.Nexus may use Google advertising services, including services that support display advertising and advertising measurement.

Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies in connection with advertisements displayed on StockMarket.Nexus.

Depending on applicable settings, jurisdiction, consent, and Google's services, these technologies may support:

• Ad delivery
• Ad measurement
• Frequency management
• Fraud prevention
• Personalized advertising
• Non-personalized advertising

Users may have additional advertising controls through Google.

The actual Google services implemented by StockMarket.Nexus should be reflected accurately in this Policy and the Cookie Preferences interface.

11. PERSONALIZED ADVERTISING

Where permitted and appropriately authorized, advertising providers may use information concerning user activity to help display advertisements considered relevant to the user.

Such information may include:

• Pages viewed
• Advertising interactions
• Device information
• Browser information
• Cookie identifiers
• Approximate location
• Interests inferred from browsing activity

Where consent is legally required for personalized advertising, StockMarket.Nexus intends to request that consent before activating applicable technologies.

12. NON-PERSONALIZED ADVERTISING

Where available, StockMarket.Nexus may use non-personalized or contextual advertising.

Such advertising may be selected based on factors such as:

• Page content
• General location
• Current search context

rather than a profile of the user's activity across services.

Even non-personalized advertisements may require certain cookies or technologies for purposes such as:

• Fraud prevention
• Frequency capping
• Aggregate reporting

13. AFFILIATE COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may participate in affiliate programs.

Affiliate Cookies help determine whether a user was referred to a partner through StockMarket.Nexus.

For example, if you click:

Visit Broker

StockMarket.Nexus or the broker's affiliate network may assign a referral identifier.

If you subsequently open a qualifying account or complete another qualifying action, the partner may attribute the referral to StockMarket.Nexus.

StockMarket.Nexus may then receive compensation.

14. BROKER AFFILIATE TRACKING

Broker affiliate programs may use:

• Tracking links
• Referral IDs
• Cookies
• Pixels
• Campaign identifiers
• Conversion tracking
• Server-side attribution

The specific technologies and attribution periods vary by broker and affiliate network.

See our Affiliate Disclosure for additional information.

15. AFFILIATE COOKIE DURATION

Affiliate tracking may remain active for a specified attribution period.

Depending on the partner, attribution may last:

• For the current session
• Several days
• Several weeks
• Another defined period

The duration is generally determined by the applicable affiliate program.

16. AFFILIATE TRACKING AND EDITORIAL RATINGS

Affiliate tracking is intended to measure referrals.

It should not alter independent analytical outputs such as:

• AI Stock Ratings
• Stock Health Scores
• AI Trading Signals
• Technical analysis
• ETF ratings

Broker rankings are addressed separately in Our Methodology and Editorial Policy.

17. SUBSCRIPTION COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may use cookies to support Premium Membership functionality.

These cookies may help determine:

• Whether a user is logged in
• Subscription status
• Plan level
• Access permissions
• Session validity
• Premium feature availability

Some of these technologies may be Strictly Necessary.

18. PAYMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Payment processors may use cookies or similar technologies to:

• Process payments
• Detect fraud
• Authenticate transactions
• Maintain secure payment sessions
• Prevent unauthorized activity

Payment-related technologies may be governed partly by the payment processor's own privacy and cookie practices.

19. AI FEATURE COOKIES

Cookies or local-storage technologies may be used to support AI-assisted functionality.

For example, they may help remember:

• AI settings
• User preferences
• Recent sessions
• Selected trading style
• Interface settings
• Other functionality necessary to maintain an AI session

AI data processing is addressed more fully in our Privacy Policy.

20. WATCHLIST COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may use local storage, account data, or cookies to remember:

• Watchlist securities
• Recently viewed stocks
• Recently viewed ETFs
• Preferred screeners
• User-selected filters

Registered users may have certain preferences stored server-side rather than solely in cookies.

21. TRADING JOURNAL TECHNOLOGIES

Trading Journal information may primarily be associated with the user's account rather than cookies.

Cookies may nevertheless be used to:

• Authenticate the user
• Maintain the session
• Remember interface preferences
• Protect the account

22. SECURITY COOKIES

Security-related cookies may help:

• Detect unauthorized login attempts
• Prevent session hijacking
• Detect fraud
• Protect forms
• Prevent automated abuse
• Identify suspicious activity

These technologies may be treated as Strictly Necessary.

23. CONSENT COOKIES

StockMarket.Nexus may store a cookie or similar record containing your cookie choices.

This prevents the website from repeatedly asking for the same preferences and allows us to apply your selections.

A consent record may include:

• Consent status
• Selected categories
• Date
• Consent-policy version
• Region
• Technical consent identifier

24. FIRST-PARTY COOKIES

First-party cookies are generally set by StockMarket.Nexus itself.

They may support:

• Authentication
• Preferences
• Security
• Analytics
• Consent
• Functionality

25. THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Third-party cookies may be set by external services integrated with StockMarket.Nexus.

Examples may include providers of:

• Advertising
• Analytics
• Affiliate tracking
• Payment processing
• Video embeds
• Social-media features
• Customer support
• Other integrations

Third parties may process information according to their own privacy policies.

26. SESSION COOKIES

Session cookies generally expire when you close your browser or end the applicable session.

They may support temporary functionality such as:

• Login state
• Navigation
• Security
• Form completion

27. PERSISTENT COOKIES

Persistent cookies remain on a device beyond the current browser session until:

• Their expiration date
• They are deleted
• They are replaced

They may support:

• Remembered preferences
• Analytics
• Advertising
• Affiliate attribution
• Consent records

28. COOKIE PREFERENCES CENTER

Where implemented, StockMarket.Nexus should provide a Cookie Preferences interface allowing users to manage non-essential cookie categories.

The interface may include:

Strictly Necessary — Always Active

Functional — On / Off

Analytics — On / Off

Advertising — On / Off

Affiliate & Attribution — On / Off, where legally or technically appropriate

Users should be able to revisit these choices through a persistent link such as:

Cookie Preferences

in the website footer.

29. ACCEPT ALL

The cookie banner may provide an:

Accept All

option.

Selecting this option authorizes applicable optional cookie categories to the extent described in the interface and permitted by law.

30. REJECT NON-ESSENTIAL COOKIES

Where applicable, users should be provided with a reasonably accessible way to reject non-essential cookies.

Selecting:

Reject Non-Essential

should generally prevent optional cookie categories from being activated where consent is required.

Strictly Necessary Cookies may remain active.

31. MANAGE PREFERENCES

Users may choose:

Manage Preferences

to select individual cookie categories.

This provides more granular control than simply accepting or rejecting all optional technologies.

32. WITHDRAWING CONSENT

Where processing is based on consent, users may withdraw consent through the Cookie Preferences interface.

Withdrawal should affect future processing.

It does not necessarily make processing that occurred before withdrawal unlawful.

33. CHANGING COOKIE PREFERENCES

Users should be able to change their cookie preferences after the initial visit.

A persistent footer link should be provided where appropriate:

Cookie Preferences

Users may select that link to reopen the consent-management interface.

34. BROWSER SETTINGS

Most browsers provide controls allowing users to:

• View cookies
• Delete cookies
• Block cookies
• Block third-party cookies
• Restrict tracking
• Clear website data

Browser controls vary by provider and version.

Blocking all cookies may interfere with StockMarket.Nexus functionality.

35. DEVICE SETTINGS

Mobile devices and operating systems may provide additional controls concerning:

• Advertising identifiers
• Tracking
• Application permissions
• Privacy settings

Users should consult their device documentation for current controls.

36. GLOBAL PRIVACY CONTROL

Some browsers or extensions support Global Privacy Control (GPC) or similar browser-based privacy preference signals.

Where applicable law requires StockMarket.Nexus to recognize such a signal as an opt-out request, we intend to process the signal as legally required.

A GPC signal may affect certain:

• Advertising activities
• Data sharing
• Cross-context behavioral advertising
• Other legally defined processing

depending on jurisdiction and implementation.

37. DO NOT SELL OR SHARE

Certain U.S. privacy laws use broad definitions of terms such as:

• Sell
• Sale
• Share
• Sharing
• Targeted advertising
• Cross-context behavioral advertising

Some advertising or tracking technologies can potentially fall within those definitions even when no personal information is literally sold for money.

Where applicable, StockMarket.Nexus will provide required opt-out mechanisms.

38. COOKIE PREFERENCES AND PRIVACY RIGHTS

Cookie choices are not necessarily identical to all statutory privacy rights.

For example, a user may have separate rights to:

• Access personal information
• Delete information
• Correct information
• Opt out of sale or sharing
• Opt out of targeted advertising

See our Privacy Policy for additional information.

39. GEOGRAPHIC DIFFERENCES

Cookie requirements vary by jurisdiction.

StockMarket.Nexus may therefore display different consent experiences depending on factors such as:

• Country
• Region
• Applicable law

Some users may be asked for prior consent before optional technologies activate.

Other users may be provided with opt-out controls.

40. EUROPEAN AND UK USERS

Where StockMarket.Nexus is subject to applicable European or United Kingdom cookie and privacy requirements, non-essential cookies may require consent before they are activated.

Users should be provided with appropriate controls for accepting, rejecting, or managing optional technologies.

41. U.S. USERS

U.S. privacy requirements differ by state.

Depending on applicable law and StockMarket.Nexus's activities, users may have rights concerning:

• Targeted advertising
• Sale
• Sharing
• Certain profiling activities

Relevant mechanisms will be implemented where required.

42. COOKIE RETENTION

Cookies may remain active for different periods.

Retention depends on:

• Cookie purpose
• Provider
• Legal requirements
• User settings
• Technical needs

StockMarket.Nexus should configure cookie durations so that information is not retained longer than reasonably necessary for the applicable purpose.

43. COOKIE INVENTORY

Because StockMarket.Nexus may add or replace technology providers, the exact cookie inventory can change.

The production website should maintain a current cookie inventory identifying, where appropriate:

• Cookie name
• Provider
• Purpose
• Category
• Duration

This information may be displayed directly through the Cookie Preferences interface.

44. NEW TECHNOLOGIES

If StockMarket.Nexus introduces new technologies such as:

• New advertising platforms
• New analytics systems
• New affiliate networks
• New AI services
• New personalization systems

the cookie configuration and disclosures should be reviewed and updated where necessary.

45. COOKIE SCANNING

StockMarket.Nexus may use automated cookie-scanning or consent-management technology to help identify technologies operating on the website.

Automated scanning may assist with:

• Cookie classification
• Provider identification
• Duration tracking
• Consent enforcement

Automated tools may not detect every technology, so periodic review may also be appropriate.

46. THIRD-PARTY EMBEDS

Pages may contain embedded content such as:

• Charts
• Videos
• Social-media content
• Market widgets
• Financial tools

Third-party embeds may attempt to place cookies or collect information.

Where legally required, optional third-party embeds may be blocked until the necessary consent is obtained.

47. MARKET-DATA WIDGETS

Market-data providers may supply embedded charts, tickers, or other functionality.

These providers may process technical information required to deliver their services.

Their own policies may apply to their processing.

48. SOCIAL-MEDIA FEATURES

If StockMarket.Nexus includes social sharing buttons or embedded social-media content, those services may collect information when users interact with them.

Where appropriate, these technologies should be classified and controlled according to their actual functionality.

49. EMAIL TRACKING

Marketing emails may use technologies that help determine:

• Whether an email was delivered
• Whether an email was opened
• Whether a link was clicked
• Campaign performance

Where applicable law requires consent or other controls for these technologies, StockMarket.Nexus will implement them accordingly.

Users may unsubscribe from marketing communications using the mechanism provided in applicable emails.

50. COOKIE SECURITY

Cookies used for sensitive functionality should be configured using reasonable security practices where applicable.

These may include:

• Secure transmission
• HttpOnly settings
• SameSite controls
• Limited duration
• Appropriate domain restrictions

The specific configuration depends on the cookie's purpose.

51. DO COOKIES CONTAIN BROKERAGE PASSWORDS?

StockMarket.Nexus should not intentionally place brokerage passwords, complete payment-card numbers, or similar highly sensitive credentials into ordinary tracking cookies.

Users should never enter brokerage passwords into ordinary StockMarket.Nexus forms or AI prompts unless a future secure integration specifically requests them and explains the applicable safeguards.

52. IMPACT OF REJECTING COOKIES

Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent access to ordinary website content solely because those optional cookies were rejected, except where a particular optional feature genuinely requires the technology.

However, disabling cookies may affect:

• Saved preferences
• Personalization
• Analytics
• Advertising relevance
• Affiliate attribution
• Certain embedded content
• Convenience features

53. ACCOUNT FUNCTIONALITY

Certain cookies may be required to:

• Log in
• Maintain an authenticated session
• Access Premium features
• Protect account security

Blocking these cookies through browser settings may prevent account functionality.

54. COOKIE CONSENT DOES NOT MEAN INVESTMENT CONSENT

Accepting cookies does not authorize:

• Securities transactions
• Brokerage transactions
• Investment management
• Financial advice

Cookie consent relates only to applicable data technologies and processing.

55. CHANGES TO THIS COOKIE POLICY

StockMarket.Nexus may update this Cookie Policy & Preferences when:

• Technology changes
• Vendors change
• Advertising practices change
• Affiliate programs change
• Privacy laws change
• Platform functionality changes

The Last Updated date will be revised when appropriate.

Material changes may be communicated through additional notice where required.

56. CONTACT US

Questions concerning this Cookie Policy or StockMarket.Nexus cookie practices may be directed to:

StockMarket.NexusSupport: id@StockMarket.NexusLegal Contact: legal@StockMarket.Nexus Business Address: Sebring Florida 33870

Privacy requests should be submitted using the mechanisms described in our Privacy Policy.

57. RELATED POLICIES

Users should also review:

• Privacy Policy
• Terms of Use
• Affiliate Disclosure
• Disclosure
• Editorial Policy
• Subscription Terms
• Disclaimer

COOKIE PREFERENCES

StockMarket.Nexus should provide users with a persistent Cookie Preferences control through the website footer.

The preference center should be structured approximately as follows:

Strictly Necessary Cookies — ALWAYS ACTIVE

Required for:

• Security
• Authentication
• Session management
• Subscription access
• Consent management
• Essential website operation

These cannot normally be disabled through the preference center.

Functional Cookies — OPTIONAL

Used for:

• User preferences
• Interface settings
• Personalization
• Convenience features

Preference: ON / OFF

Analytics Cookies — OPTIONAL

Used for:

• Traffic measurement
• Usage analytics
• Performance analysis
• Error detection
• Platform improvement

Preference: ON / OFF

Advertising Cookies — OPTIONAL

Used where permitted for:

• Advertising
• Advertising measurement
• Attribution
• Personalized advertising

Preference: ON / OFF

Affiliate & Attribution Cookies — OPTIONAL WHERE APPLICABLE

Used for:

• Broker referral tracking
• Affiliate attribution
• Conversion measurement
• Partner commissions

Preference: ON / OFF

The preference center should provide:

ACCEPT ALL

REJECT NON-ESSENTIAL

SAVE MY PREFERENCES

RECOMMENDED COOKIE BANNER

When a consent banner is required, StockMarket.Nexus should use straightforward language such as:

Your Privacy Choices

StockMarket.Nexus uses necessary cookies to operate and secure the site. With your permission, we may also use analytics, advertising, functional, and affiliate technologies to understand site usage, improve your experience, measure referrals, and support advertising. You can accept all optional cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or manage your preferences.

Accept All | Reject Non-Essential | Manage Preferences

OUR COOKIE PRIVACY PRINCIPLE

StockMarket.Nexus uses technology to provide a highly automated market research and trading-education platform.

Cookies can help make that platform faster, safer, more useful, and commercially sustainable.

But optional tracking should not be hidden behind unnecessarily complicated controls.

Our goal is therefore to provide users with meaningful information about the technologies we use and meaningful choices where those choices are required or offered.

Essential technologies keep StockMarket.Nexus working. Optional technologies should be used transparently and subject to appropriate user controls.