SQ Risk Manager v1.0 — Coming Soon

Your rules.
Enforced.
No exceptions.

A single powerful indicator that lives on your chart and enforces every risk rule you set — daily loss limits, drawdown guard, victory lock, position shield, and more. Discipline that doesn't depend on willpower.

≡  SQ RISK MANAGER ● LIVE
SQ INTEL  2/5: H 8:30a PPI m/m  → next in 47m
Account Balance$24,847.50
Daily P&L+$312.50
Open P&L−$87.50
Daily Loss Limit$688 of $1,000 remain
Drawdown Guard$892 to trail floor
Victory Lock$188 to $500 target
ConsistencyWithin limits
Trade Window 109:30 — 12:00 ✓ OPEN
Trade Window 214:00 — 16:00 closed
Trades Today3 of 8
Position ShieldArmed — stop 4285.50
Per-Trade Risk1.8% — within 2% limit
SQ Intel2/5 USD events today
Trade AllyActive — John | NT8 Alert
MONITORING ACTIVE
"Discipline is the bridge between your trading plan and your trading results."
The mission brief

Most traders don't lose because of bad strategy.
They lose because of bad discipline.

The loss limit you set this morning doesn't enforce itself when the market moves against you at 11:40. Your rules are only as good as your worst moment. That's the gap Trade Grounded closes.

80%+
of prop firm evaluations fail — not from bad strategy, but from single sessions where drawdown rules were violated
1 trade
is all it takes to blow a funded account. One bad day without enforcement wipes out weeks of disciplined work
$0
is what willpower costs — and what it's worth the moment you're still holding a position you should have flattened
The Product

One indicator.
Ten enforcement layers.

SQ Risk Manager runs directly on your chart as a NinjaTrader 8 indicator. It enforces every rule in real time — no separate strategy, no manual monitoring. Every component is independently configurable. You define the limits. The software holds them.

Live on NinjaTrader 8
SQ Risk Manager
SQ_RiskManager.cs — Indicator · v1.0.0 Beta
A single, draggable on-chart indicator that combines a live dashboard with active enforcement. When any limit is breached — daily loss, trailing drawdown, max trades, trade window, victory lock — it flattens all open positions and locks the session immediately. No delays. No warnings you can dismiss. Rules enforced on the bar the violation occurs.

Backed by SQ Risk Watchdog — an independent AddOn that monitors the indicator's heartbeat. If it goes offline, you know within 30 seconds.
11 Active Features
Daily Loss LimitEnforcement
Trailing Drawdown GuardEnforcement
Victory LockEnforcement
Trade WindowEnforcement
Position ShieldProtection
Consistency GuardAlert
Max Trades Per SessionEnforcement
Per-Trade RiskProtection
Trade AllyAccountability
SQ IntelIntelligence
Psychology QuotesMindset
Feature Roster

Eleven features. All user-defined. No fixed limits.

Every parameter is yours to set. Your account, your rules, your numbers. No hardcoded values. Every enforcement component is independently configurable — enable only what you need.

Enforcement
Daily Loss Limit
Set your maximum loss for the session. The moment realized plus unrealized P&L hits the limit, the session locks, positions flatten, and trading stops. Resets at the start of each new trading session — defined by your instrument's session template in NinjaTrader (typically 5:00 PM ET for US futures, midnight ET for forex).
Enforcement
Trailing Drawdown Guard
Tracks the trailing maximum drawdown the same way your prop firm does. Flattens at a user-defined floor. Some firms fail you for touching the limit, not just crossing it.
Enforcement
Victory Lock
When your profit target is hit, trading stops. Giving back gains is as destructive as blowing up. Lock the win and stand down for the session.
Enforcement
Trade Window
Define up to two time windows when you are permitted to trade. Outside those hours, no new positions — regardless of what the market is doing. If either window is open, trading is allowed. You can configure one or both based on your schedule.
Protection
Position Shield
A configurable grace window after entry to place your stop. When it closes, the shield arms. Stops cannot be widened. Tightening is always permitted. Violations close the trade.
Alert
Consistency Guard
Monitors prop firm consistency rules — no single day over a defined percentage of session profit. Alert only. The panel flags it. Prevents the home-run day that fails your evaluation.
Enforcement
Max Trades Per Session
Set the maximum number of trades allowed per session. When the limit is reached, trading stops for the day. Prevents overtrading after a losing streak.
Protection
Per-Trade Risk
Monitors your stop size as a percentage of account value on every trade. Warns, then closes, then locks if violations continue. Tilt detection: two violations within 5 minutes ends the session.
Accountability
Trade Ally
When a lockout triggers, your designated accountability contact — coach, partner, or ally — receives an email notification immediately. You stay locked until you manually reset. Accountability that works when willpower doesn't.
Mindset
Trading Psychology Quotes
52 rotating trading psychology quotes displayed in the panel footer, refreshing every 5 minutes. Designed to keep you grounded between trades — discipline reminders, patience cues, and mental reset prompts built directly into the tool you already have open.
Intelligence
SQ Intel
Fetches the ForexFactory economic calendar at session start. USD High and Medium-impact events for the next 24 hours display in the panel and rotate through with proximity alerts. Configure an alert notification N minutes before each high-impact event. Optional auto-flatten closes your open positions automatically M minutes before the event fires. Both timing values are fully user-defined. FOMC at 14:00 is on your radar at 08:30, not 13:59.
SQ Intel

FOMC at 14:00 should be on your radar at 08:30.

The economic calendar is fetched automatically at session start. Every USD event for the next 24 hours is classified, displayed in your Intel row, and rotated through with proximity alerts. High-impact events are treated differently from medium-impact events.

The panel rotates through all upcoming events so nothing gets missed — even tomorrow morning's NFP when you're trading late in the day. Set your alert window: receive an NT8 Alert 5 minutes before each high-impact event. Enable auto-flatten to have open positions closed automatically 2 minutes before the event fires. Both are off by default and fully configurable.

Next 24h — USD Events
HIGH Core PPI m/m 8:30
HIGH PPI m/m 8:30
HIGH FOMC Rate Decision 14:00
MEDIUM NY Empire State Mfg. 8:30
MEDIUM Fed Member Testimony 10:00
SQ Trade Ally

Accountability that works when willpower doesn't.

No trading system is stronger than its weakest moment. Trade Ally connects your lockout events to the person in your life who holds you accountable — a coach, trading partner, or trusted contact. When you breach a rule, they know immediately.

01 Limit triggered — SQ Risk Manager detects the breach, flattens all open positions, and engages the session lockout immediately.
02 Ally notified — Your designated accountability contact receives an email notification instantly via NT8's alert system. They know the session locked and why.
03 Reflection required — The session stays locked until you manually reset. That pause — and the conversation with your ally — is the checkpoint that matters.
04 Resume with intention — Reset the lockout when you're ready to trade with discipline again. Every lockout is logged with reason and timestamp.
Platform availability
NinjaTrader 8 — Live
MetaTrader 4 / MT5 — In Development
Additional Platforms — Coming Soon
Beta Program — Coming Soon

Beta Program — Coming Soon

SQ Risk Manager v1.0 is confirmed working on NinjaTrader 8. The beta program opens soon. Register your interest below and you will be among the first to receive access.

Full access — all 10 components, no restrictions
Direct line to the development team
Preferred pricing when we go live
NinjaTrader 8 required — SIM or live account

Questions? Email beta@trade-grounded.com

LAUNCHING SOON

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