SageTrader, LLC (STL) has developed a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) that presents how it will respond to events associated with a Significant Business Disruption (SBD). The timing, impact, and scope of an SBD can be unpredictable and requires that we be flexible in reacting to actual SBD events as they occur.

The key goal of this Business Continuity Plan Disclosure is to inform customers and critical counterparties about the existence of the BCP and to provide a framework for communication in the event of an SBD.

Contacting Us

In the event of an SBD, customers and counterparties should follow these steps:

1. Attempt to make contact via phone or email with your assigned registered representative or regular contact person. That individual will also attempt to make contact.
2. If you cannot connect with your regular contact, do one of the following:
   • Call the Chief Compliance Officer at (415) 994-8900 or the operations department at (917) 202-3651.
   • Visit our website, www.SageTrader.com , where the firm will attempt to post information or place recorded messages related to the SBD's status and secondary contact information.
   • Alternatively, send an email to operations@sagetrader.com .
3. If you still cannot make contact, reach out to the clearing firm contact listed below.

Our Business Continuity Plan

SageTrader, LLC will make every effort to quickly recover and resume business operations after an SBD. STL's business continuity plan is designed to permit the firm to resume operations as quickly as possible, depending on the scope and severity of the disruption.

Sage's execution technology partner, LYNX Capital Markets, has a comprehensive BCR plan outlining their procedures for recovery following an SBD. STL will coordinate its plan with that of LYNX to facilitate the recovery of execution operations at the earliest possible date.

Our Clearing Firm

STL employs two clearing firms for securities: Clear Street, LLC & RQD* Clearing. This firm clears and carries all STL execution accounts.

While every emergency situation poses unique problems based on external factors, such as the time of day and the severity of the disruption, our clearing firm has advised us that their objective is to restore their operations and be able to complete existing transactions and accept new transactions and payments within 12 to 24 hours. Customer orders and requests for funds and securities could be delayed during this period.

If you are still unable to contact STL after this period, then and only then should you contact the clearing firm that clears your account. The representatives for the clearing firms are as follows:

• Clear Street, LLC

  General contact

  Telephone: 213-402-1570x1592

  Email: support@clearstreet.io

  Secondary Number: 646-979-4837

• RQD Clearing*

  General contact

  Telephone: 212-686-8650

  Email: support@rqdclearing.com

In the unlikely event you are unable to reach anyone at STL, identify yourself as an STL customer and provide your customer account number to the clearing firm representative who will then assist you.

Varying Disruptions

Significant business disruptions can vary in their scope. In the event of an SBD that affects our office locations, we will transfer our operations to the remote offices of our key personnel and resume business within the same or the next business day. In any SBD situation, we will attempt to continue business operations and, where necessary, transfer operations to our clearing firm. If an SBD is national in scope, STL will communicate with our clearing firms and follow the instructions of FINRA, the SEC, and other state and national authorities.

STL will provide notice of the status of the SBD and any alternative communication instructions through its website: www.SageTrader.com .

STL does not carry customer funds or securities. Even if an SBD is so severe that it prevents STL from remaining in business, customers should be able to have prompt access to their funds and securities through our clearing firm.

Firm Data and Storage

SageTrader, LLC utilizes a firm-wide "shared drive" accessible only by SageTrader Staff via a secure VPN connection. The information stored on the shared drive is downloaded and saved continuously and nightly by backing up all essential documents in an electronic format, including all relevant customer records, saved at a secure offsite location within the Firm's servers.