<h1>Advertising risks for hybrid trading scanners: unsubstantiated superiority claims, risk disclosures, IP protection, and distributor liability (Section 5 FTC Act)</h1> A vendor-issued press release markets a stock-scanning product that combines human judgment with algorithmic features and claims superiority over fully automated scanners through demand/supply zone detection, multi-timeframe scanning, dual modes, and premium filters. The release presents performance and reliability claims and includes a disclaimer shifting editorial responsibility to the distributing agency. Legal issues to note include potential consumer protection scrutiny for unsubstantiated performance or superiority claims, the need for clear risk disclosures for trading tools, intellectual property protection for proprietary methodologies, and allocation of liability between vendor and distributor under the disclaimer and any distribution agreement. Regulatory compliance for financial-advertising representations may also be implicated.