Alpha Risk Guard Pro = Presets + DD Modes + Alerts + Lock/Flatten Protection for NinjaTrader 8
Most traders don’t fail because they “can’t trade” — they fail because one bad sequence hits a rule: trailing drawdown, daily max loss, or a fast equity dip at the wrong moment. Alpha Risk Guard Pro watches accounts in real time and helps you lock and flatten early with buffers, cushions, presets, and clear numbers.
$415 one-time • License for 2 machines • 30-day money-back guarantee
Includes presets (Apex 25K/50K/75K/100K/150K/250K/300K, Topstep 50K/100K/150K, Earn2Trade + more),
DD modes (Intraday / EOD / Static), Daily Loss + Buffer, Daily Profit Cap, alerts, and auto flatten/lock.
Drawdown Modes
Dashboard for All Accounts
Machines Included
Days Money-Back
These are realistic usage scenarios based on how traders use risk dashboards. Illustrations only — results always vary.
“I used to watch my trailing DD like a hawk… and still got clipped by a fast dip. Now I watch the Live Cushion. When it gets tight, Risk Guard warns + locks early — no panic.”
“Daily loss limits are easy… until you forget unrealized swings. Risk Guard shows daily cushion in dollars and stops me before the limit becomes a violation.”
“Running multiple accounts used to be chaos. Now it’s one screen: I apply global rules, override the few special accounts, and turn on Monitor.”
“The daily profit cap is underrated. Once I’m green, the tool can lock me out so I don’t give it back.”
“Preset + Active Only turned my dashboard from clutter to clarity. I finally see only what I’m trading today.”
“I didn’t realize how close I was to the lock floor until I saw the cushion number. That alone changed my behavior.”
“The warning alert is exactly what I needed. I don’t want to stare at charts all day — I want a heads-up when risk is tight.”
“Daily buffer is the secret sauce. I used to ‘tag the line’ and get clipped by a fast wick. Not anymore.”
“I love that I can apply global settings to selected accounts. It’s the only way multi-account trading stays sane.”
“Static DD mode is perfect for my personal account rules. No trailing confusion — just a clean fixed floor.”
“EOD trailing mode matched my program better than intraday. Once I switched modes, the numbers finally made sense.”
“The lock reason column is huge. I don’t want mystery behavior — I want to know exactly what triggered.”
“I used daily profit cap to stop myself from giving it back after the open. It’s like a discipline button.”
“Max contracts setting kept me honest. When I’m excited, I size up. This forces structure.”
“StartBal + Safety Net made my trailing behavior feel ‘right.’ I stopped second-guessing the math.”
“I run two machines (desktop + laptop). Having a license for both makes life easier — no workarounds.”
“The cushion number is the only thing I watch now. It’s the simplest way to trade without stress.”
“I used to keep a spreadsheet for rules. This replaced it. One screen, real-time, no guessing.”
“Reset Day is great after a controlled reset. It keeps the daily PnL tracking accurate.”
“When news hits, things move fast. Buffer lock plus flatten is the difference between ‘close call’ and ‘fail.’”
“The warning state makes me slow down. It’s like the tool taps me on the shoulder before I do something dumb.”
“Per-account overrides solved my biggest issue: different account sizes, different limits, one dashboard.”
“I like that it protects regardless of manual/ATM/strategy. The account is the account — the tool watches the truth.”
“Topstep preset got me 90% there instantly. Then I tweaked the buffer for my personal comfort.”
“Earn2Trade daily loss rules are strict. Seeing daily cushion live stops me from ‘one more trade.’”
“I don’t care about fancy. I care about not failing. This is the most practical tool I’ve added to NT.”
“The auto-flatten workflow is peace of mind. If I hesitate, the tool doesn’t.”
“I used to misread the trailing rule and think I had room. Seeing the floor + cushion fixed that instantly.”
“The presets are the best part for new traders. You start safe instead of inventing numbers.”
“I trade the open only. Daily profit cap locks my day and stops me from handing money back midday.”
“The dashboard tells me exactly which accounts are Safe/Warning/Locked. That status panel is perfect.”
“I used intraday mode for Apex and it finally matched how my trailing behaved. That’s what I needed.”
“Reset Live DD is useful when I intentionally restart a plan. It’s controlled, not accidental.”
“I used to trade ‘blind’ into my daily limit. Now the daily cushion is always visible — no excuses.”
“Active Only is clutch. I had old template accounts showing and it distracted me. Now it’s clean.”
“I like that I can override just one account’s LiveDD without breaking everything else.”
“The buffer saved me during a fast spike. The lock happened early and I didn’t get clipped by slippage.”
“Seeing lock reason in plain English is huge when you’re troubleshooting settings. No more guessing.”
“This tool made me respect risk again. It’s not motivational — it’s enforced.”
“Daily cap is perfect for evaluation pacing. I can stop once I hit the goal instead of forcing trades.”
“The best feature is ‘I don’t have to do the math in my head.’ It’s all on the screen.”
“I’ve tried basic scripts. None showed cushion like this across multiple accounts. This is built for real usage.”
“The alerts helped me step away when I was too close to the line. That’s the whole game.”
“Per-account Monitor toggles let me protect only what matters. I can leave SIM accounts unmonitored.”
“Preset + DD mode selection is the quickest setup I’ve ever had for a risk tool. It’s almost unfair.”
“I like seeing Profit Target progress. Keeps me from ‘random trading’ when I’m close to the objective.”
“Bulenox-style daily loss is unforgiving. Buffer lock is a must — it buys reaction time.”
“TPT preset helped me stop ‘pushing’ when I’m down. The tool protects me from me.”
“I keep it open on a second monitor. It’s my cockpit: cushions, floors, status, done.”
“The pre-breach lock floor is the difference maker. Most tools only show limits — this shows the action point.”
“When the market went wild, the tool flattened and I avoided the worst-case. That’s why it exists.”
“I used to miss daily reset boundaries. With Trading Hours templates, the daily baseline is correct.”
“I don’t need 20 features. I need the right 5 features done perfectly. This nails it.”
“This made my prop trading feel professional. Rules are handled. I can focus on execution quality.”
“The tool doesn’t care how you enter. Manual, ATM, strategy — it protects the account the same way.”
“I set a daily profit cap and it stopped my ‘just one more’ habit. That habit killed accounts.”
“Seeing both Daily Cushion and Live Cushion at once is powerful. You always know what rule is tighter.”
“It’s the first tool that made me stop and think before clicking. That’s worth way more than $415.”
“The preset list is exactly the accounts I trade. I don’t waste time hunting numbers.”
“Once it locks, I stop. No debate. That’s the whole edge — remove decision-making when emotional.”
“The warning sound kept me from continuing after two losses. I would’ve forced a third trade otherwise.”
“I can finally manage multiple accounts like a system: preset, monitor, alert, lock. That’s it.”
“The daily buffer alone is worth it. It’s an ‘insurance policy’ against speed and slippage.”
“I used to get surprised by trailing DD after a big green day. Now I understand how the floor follows me.”
“This is exactly what prop traders need: visibility + enforcement. Not theory. Not motivation.”
“I like that it’s one-time payment. Subscriptions add pressure. This is a real tool purchase.”
“I used to trade without a hard stop for the day. Daily loss lock fixes that immediately.”
“The tool is simple: it shows the line, warns near it, and locks before it. That’s exactly what I wanted.”
“I’m not trying to be perfect — I’m trying to not fail. This solves the biggest fail reasons.”
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The problem isn’t just “risk management” — it’s timing and visibility. You need to know your cushion before the market takes it — and you need hard enforcement when emotions spike.
Built-in presets for popular programs and sizes: Apex (25K/50K/75K/100K/150K/250K/300K), Topstep (50K/100K/150K), Earn2Trade, TPT, Bulenox, and more. Apply a preset in seconds, then customize anything.
Choose the DD model that matches your rules: Intraday Trailing, EOD Trailing, or Static DD. No more guessing which trailing behavior is being enforced.
Tracks your peak equity and calculates fail-floor + lock-floor. The buffer locks early so you don’t get clipped by a fast dip, slippage, or spread expansion.
Daily PnL resets by your chosen Trading Hours template. Daily buffer triggers earlier, protecting you from tagging the hard daily line.
Optional daily profit cap locks your day once you hit your number. This is how you stop the “green to red” problem.
Track profit target progress in dollars (and see it across accounts). Perfect for evaluations and structured objectives.
When your cushion gets thin, Risk Guard can warn you and play an alert sound. The goal: stop the breach before it even becomes “close.”
Filter to show only active/connected accounts so old sim/template accounts don’t flood your dashboard. Toggle it any time.
Global defaults are fast — but real traders need exceptions. Override StartBal / LiveDD / DailyLoss per account in the grid.
On breach (or pre-breach lock-floor), Risk Guard can cancel working orders, flatten open positions, and lock the account from new exposure.
One screen to monitor everything: Monitored, Safe, Warning, Locked, plus cushions and lock reasons.
Set max contracts (global or preset-based) so you trade within program restrictions and your own discipline.
A clean dashboard built for prop-firm rules — trailing drawdown, daily loss/profit, presets, modes, alerts — with buffers and clarity.
The preset dropdown gives you one-click configurations for the most common programs. You can start with a preset, then fine-tune buffers and modes to match your exact account rules.
Peak equity updates continuously. Floor trails every new peak (strict, common for intraday trailing rules).
Peak behavior updates by end-of-day logic (useful for programs whose trailing updates differently).
Floor is fixed from StartBal. Great for personal risk rules or static-drawdown programs.
Tracks progress toward a profit target so you can see where each account stands at a glance.
Some rules stop trailing after equity reaches a threshold (often StartBal + DD + Extra). Risk Guard includes optional Safety Net logic to cap the effective peak so your trailing behavior matches the rule.
StartBal is the anchor used to compute trailing DD and Safety Net accurately. If you want the closest match to specific prop rule behavior, set StartBal to the account’s starting balance (e.g., 50,000).
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Built-in tools help — but most don’t give traders the prop-style visibility, multi-account control, presets, and pre-breach buffers needed to stay alive.
| Capability | Alpha Risk Guard Pro | Built-In Risk Settings | Typical Add-Ons / Scripts | Manual “Watch It Yourself” |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Presets for popular prop firms | ✅ One-click presets | ❌ No | ⚠️ Rare | ❌ Manual math |
| DD Modes (Intraday/EOD/Static) | ✅ 3 modes | ⚠️ Varies | ⚠️ Varies | ❌ Confusing |
| Live trailing cushion visibility | ✅ FailFloor / LockFloor / Cushion | ⚠️ Not dashboard-first | ⚠️ Partial | ❌ Guessing under stress |
| Daily loss + buffer lock | ✅ Built-in buffer logic | ✅ Daily limits exist | ✅ Sometimes | ❌ “One more trade…” |
| Daily profit cap (lock gains) | ✅ Yes | ⚠️ Varies | ⚠️ Rare | ❌ Usually ignored |
| Active-only filtering | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ⚠️ Varies | ❌ Clutter |
| Pricing | ✅ $415 lifetime | Included / depends | ⚠️ Often monthly / expensive | “Free” (costs accounts) |
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1) Open NinjaTrader 8
2) Go to Tools → Import → NinjaScript Add-On
3) Select the ZIP file and import
4) Restart NinjaTrader
5) Open the tool from the Control Center menu (Tools/New depending on your NT menu layout)
If the menu item doesn’t appear instantly, restart NT once more after import.
No — it’s a Control Center AddOn dashboard, not a chart indicator. You open it like a window from the Control Center menu.
Once imported and opened, you can select a preset, choose Trading Hours, check Monitor on your accounts, and turn Armed ON.
In practice: a few minutes once you’re familiar with the workflow.
Armed means enforcement is active (locks/flatten can trigger).
Turn Armed OFF when you are configuring settings, testing, or deliberately doing something temporary (like syncing StartBal values), then turn it back ON for protection.
Risk Guard reads the Trading Hours templates already stored in NinjaTrader.
You choose one in the dashboard so daily PnL resets at the correct session boundary (RTH/ETH etc.).
If you don’t see templates, click the “refresh templates” button or verify NinjaTrader’s templates exist.
Daily rules only make sense if “day start” and “day end” are defined properly.
Trading Hours defines exactly when the daily baseline resets so the DailyPnL number is correct for your session.
Yes — the dashboard supports persistence so your choices (preset, limits, toggles, monitored accounts) remain after restarts.
Presets include popular programs and sizes (examples):
You can apply a preset and then customize any field.
Presets are designed to get you very close quickly, but firms can change rules and different account types can vary.
Always verify your specific program rules and tweak the preset (DD mode, buffers, daily limits) to match exactly.
Yes. Use “Custom” and set your start balance, DD mode, max DD, buffers, daily loss, and profit cap. Then keep those settings as your go-to configuration.
Yes — it’s account-level protection, so it works anywhere your account is visible in NinjaTrader: evaluation accounts, funded accounts, and personal accounts.
Yes. You can monitor simulation and live accounts. Many traders test in SIM first, then apply the same workflow to live.
Intraday trailing updates the peak equity continuously. As you make new highs, the “floor” rises with you.
This is strict and can be the most dangerous if you don’t watch cushion. Risk Guard shows cushion in dollars and can lock early with buffers.
EOD trailing follows end-of-day behavior (peak updates in a way that is not always identical to intraday trailing).
Use this mode when your rule set updates trailing based on daily settlement/day boundaries.
Static DD uses StartBal as the anchor and does NOT trail with new peaks. The floor is fixed.
This is great for personal risk rules or static-drawdown programs.
Check your firm’s rule description. If the drawdown rises with your profits during the day, it’s usually intraday trailing.
If it updates at end-of-day or by a daily accounting rule, it may behave like EOD trailing.
If it never moves, it’s static.
That’s exactly why Risk Guard includes overrides, Safety Net behavior, and buffers.
Start with the closest mode/preset, then tune StartBal and buffer thresholds until the dashboard matches your account’s rule behavior.
Daily Loss resets each session. It’s a daily stop.
Trailing DD is peak-to-current drawdown. It can follow you as you make profits and can fail accounts even on a green day if you give back too much.
Daily Buffer is a pre-breach safety margin. If your daily loss is $1,000 and buffer is $100, the tool can lock before you hit the true $1,000.
This helps protect against fast moves, slippage, and delayed reaction time.
A Daily Profit Cap is an optional “stop trading” rule after you hit your profit objective for the day.
It prevents the most common problem: you get green early, then trade more and give it back.
DailyPnL is based on realized baseline plus current unrealized so you see the true “right now” state for risk.
This is intentional because many breaches happen from unrealized swings.
The baseline resets based on your selected Trading Hours template (RTH/ETH).
That’s why choosing the correct Trading Hours template matters so your daily rules match your program.
Yes. Set Daily Loss to 0 (or leave it blank depending on configuration) so only trailing DD is enforced.
Many Apex-style configurations use trailing DD more than daily loss.
StartBal is the starting balance anchor for your account’s trailing math.
It’s used to match trailing DD behavior accurately and is required for Safety Net behavior to be precise.
StartBal is still helpful for accurate tracking and consistency across resets, but Safety Net matching is where it becomes “must-have.”
If you want precise prop-style behavior, enter StartBal.
Safety Net caps the effective peak used for the trailing floor after equity reaches a threshold:
SafetyNetLevel = StartBal + MaxDD + Extra
This prevents the trailing floor from rising beyond that logic (for rules where trailing “stops moving”).
It adds a small additional cushion beyond the computed safety net level.
Example: if your program’s safety net is StartBal + DD + $100, you would set Extra $ = 100.
If StartBal changes, the tool will re-anchor the trailing logic. That can shift floor calculations.
Best practice: set StartBal correctly once, then keep it stable unless you intentionally reset trailing logic.
If Active Only is ON, the tool may hide accounts that are not connected.
Try turning Active Only OFF to see everything, or connect your data feed/broker connection first.
It filters out disconnected accounts (and often removes clutter from old sim/template accounts).
This keeps your dashboard clean when you only care about accounts you can trade right now.
Yes. That’s a core feature. Check Monitor on each account you want protected.
You can select multiple rows and apply global settings to selected accounts.
Monitor is your per-account enforcement switch.
If Monitor is unchecked, the tool will display values but will not enforce lock/flatten rules for that account.
Yes. Use the per-account override columns (StartBal / LiveDD / DailyLoss).
This is perfect when you have different account sizes or different program rule sets.
Risk Guard lists accounts available inside NinjaTrader’s account collection. Old template accounts can remain present in NT.
Use Active Only filtering to remove clutter, and/or clean up old templates from NinjaTrader if needed.
Lock means the account is in protected shutdown mode.
Depending on your settings, the tool can also flatten positions and cancel working orders. It will also block new exposure while locked.
Flatten cancels working orders and closes open positions for the selected accounts (when supported by the connection/account state).
This is designed to stop bleeding instantly when risk limits are reached.
Yes. One of the biggest problems in prop accounts is “I’m locked but I accidentally clicked something.”
Risk Guard can block working/accepted orders while locked to prevent new exposure.
Flatten/cancel behavior depends on connection state, market conditions, and order routing.
Risk Guard submits the cancel/flatten actions, but fills are still subject to market execution and slippage.
Yes. Use the Unlock button (for selected accounts).
Best practice: understand the lock reason before unlocking so you don’t immediately re-trigger.
Reset Day resets the daily baseline (for DailyPnL) for the selected accounts.
This is used when you want to intentionally restart the daily tracking (for example after a controlled reset).
Reset Live DD re-initializes trailing logic (start balance and peak tracking) for the selected accounts.
This is for when you intentionally want to “start fresh” (and you understand how it affects your trailing floor calculations).
This is usually a theme/style issue in NinjaTrader/WPF where dropdown popups can inherit system colors.
Risk Guard uses styling designed for dark mode, but if your NT theme or Windows theme forces a white popup, it can look wrong.
Typical fix: ensure the add-on styles set ComboBoxItem foreground/background, and make sure NT is using the expected theme.
Click “Refresh Templates.” If still empty, verify NinjaTrader has Trading Hours templates installed and that your user templates folder exists.
Also make sure you’re not in a restricted environment that blocks file access.
NinjaTrader can keep internal SIM/template accounts around for Analyzer/Playback/templates.
Use Active Only filter to remove clutter, or filter out “Sim*-Template*” style accounts in code if desired.
Warning sound indicates cushion is getting thin (approaching lock floor or daily threshold). It’s your “stop now before it becomes a lock” signal.
Yes. The dashboard updates frequently so it can protect in real time.
If you prefer lower CPU usage, the update interval can be adjusted in code.
Yes. Risk Guard monitors the account level and can flatten/lock regardless of whether your entry is manual.
Yes. ATMs still affect the account’s equity/PnL and positions. Risk Guard can flatten/cancel if needed.
Yes. It monitors and enforces at the account level.
Important: if a strategy aggressively re-enters, lock protection helps prevent repeated exposure while locked.
Usually yes. Risk Guard is a monitor/enforcer. However, avoid stacking multiple tools that also cancel/flatten in conflicting ways.
If you use multiple automation tools, test in SIM first.
Risk Guard is market-agnostic because it monitors account equity and PnL. Futures, forex, etc. as long as the account reports the PnL and positions in NinjaTrader.
Lifetime access includes a license for 2 machines.
This is ideal if you trade from a desktop and a laptop, or you have a backup machine.
You’re covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it’s not what you expected, you can request a refund during the window.
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Imagine trading without constantly doing drawdown math in your head. One dashboard. Clear cushions. Presets. Alerts. Early lock. Optional flatten. Real control.
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