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Risk

Risk controls tab

The Risk controls tab. Caps that stop the strategy before a loss compounds. Seeded demo data, not a real account.

The Risk tab (header "Risk controls") sets safety limits that apply on top of whatever the strategy decides. They are circuit breakers: the strategy proposes trades, and these limits can veto or size them down. All limits are optional — a 0 or blank value turns that limit off.

The fields, labels, and help below are generated from the same schema the tab renders, so they match what you see on screen exactly.

How the limits interact

  • A daily loss limit stops opening or adding to positions once the day's realised loss reaches it; open positions and their stops keep running so you are never left unhedged. It resets at the start of the next UTC day.
  • Exposure and position caps are checked before a buy is sized, so a strategy that wants to deploy more than a cap allows is trimmed to fit, not blocked outright.
  • These limits are profile-scoped. Running several profiles on one account means their limits are independent; the account wallet is still shared, so size them with the whole account in mind.