Prop firm rules do not forgive emotional trades.
One rule break can cost more than the trade. It can cost the challenge, the funded account, or the payout.
Protection path
Three stages. Same rules enforced throughout.
Challenge
One bad day ends the evaluation
Rules applied
- Daily loss limit
- Max trades / day
- Session hours
Funded Account
Bad week = account pulled
Rules applied
- Daily loss limit
- Loss streak stop
- News blackout
Payout Day
Giveback trade wipes the gain
Rules applied
- Profit target lock*
- Payout protection*
* Partial or coming-soon rules. See features for current status.
Prop firm pressure
Three moments where Guardrail helps most.
Protect the challenge
Daily drawdown and max trade rules are not suggestions during an evaluation. Guardrail holds them like they are.
Protect the funded account
When pressure rises, Guardrail keeps the account inside the limits you chose — before emotional decisions override them.
Protect payout days
When the goal is reached, Guardrail helps stop the giveback trade. Lock in the good day.
The evaluation context
Why the same rules feel different when your account is on the line.
In personal trading, a bad day costs money. In a funded evaluation, a bad day can cost the account. The daily drawdown limit is not a guideline — it is an absolute boundary. One impulsive trade at the wrong moment ends the evaluation.
Guardrail is built for this context. You set the same rules the prop firm uses — daily loss, max trades, session hours — and Guardrail evaluates every trade event against those rules in real time. When a limit is hit, the session locks.
Guardrail does not guarantee you pass an evaluation. It is not a signal tool and does not give trading advice. It holds the rules you set when you were thinking clearly, when the pressure of a live session would otherwise override them.
Account types
Works across evaluation and funded stages.
Evaluation accounts
Track daily drawdown and trade count against prop firm evaluation rules. Lock the session before a disqualifying breach.
Funded accounts
Protect an active funded account the same way. The rules that protect the account during funding are the same ones Guardrail enforces.
Personal accounts
Use Guardrail for your own discipline outside of prop firm programs. Same rule engine, same lock behavior.
Demo accounts
Test your rule setup without risk using a connected demo or paper trading account.
Multiple prop firms and broker connections are supported. Each Tradovate connection and trading account is tracked independently — rules and enforcement are account-specific.
Set your prop firm rules before the open.
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