Strategy overview
Pure risk control. Monitors floating PnL against the daily-loss and overall-drawdown limits, lot-size against firm caps, and consistency rules where applicable. On breach, performs the configured action: alert, partial close, full close, or trading-disabled.
Prop Guard is a risk-management utility that enforces prop-firm rules across any EA or manual trading. Configure the firm-specific thresholds and Prop Guard intervenes — closing positions or disabling trading — before the firm itself does. It does not generate trade signals; it stops you breaching rules.
Who it is for
- Prop-firm challenge traders who want a hard rule enforcement layer.
- Funded-account traders running automation, especially when the underlying EA is not firm-aware.
- Manual traders prone to emotional position sizing on funded accounts.
Who it is not for
- Personal-account traders with no rule constraints — Prop Guard is overkill if you trade your own capital without firm rules.
Risk presets
Default: ftmo-style
| Preset | Max Daily Loss (%) | Max Overall Drawdown (%) | Consistency Rule (%) | News Pause Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
FTMO-style 5 % daily loss, 10 % overall drawdown, 50 % consistency. | 5 | 10 | 50 | 5 |
Aggressive firm 4 % daily loss, 8 % overall drawdown, 40 % consistency. | 4 | 8 | 40 | 5 |
Setup requirements
Broker requirements
Same as the underlying EA — Prop Guard runs alongside, not instead of.
VPS recommendation
Same VPS as the underlying EA / manual setup.
Known limitations
- • Prop Guard cannot guarantee a challenge pass — it only enforces the rules you configure.
- • Some firms have undocumented or behavioural rules that no software can model.
- • Real-time PnL accuracy depends on the broker server tick rate.
FAQ
No. AlphaLab-AI does not guarantee that any product will pass a prop-firm challenge or preserve a funded account. Prop Guard enforces the rules you configure. Some firm rules are behavioural and cannot be modelled.
Changelog
v1.0.0 · 2026-04-15
Initial release. Documented risk presets, hard daily-loss and overall-drawdown stops.