Trading discipline lock · MetaTrader 5
Lock your trading rules. Even on your worst day.
Every trader knows the rules. The account is lost in the hour after two losses, when the rules get ignored. RavandFX locks your money-management rules into your licence and enforces them on every trade on your account, whoever or whatever opens it.
Why rules fail when you need them most
Nobody breaks their rules on a calm morning. It happens after a loss, when the next trade feels like a way to get the money back, and after a second loss, when the lot size quietly doubles. It's not a knowledge problem. In that moment, the part of you that wrote the rules isn't the part making the decision.
A rule that lives on a sticky note can be ignored. A rule that is enforced by the platform can't. That's the whole idea behind RavandFX: you set your rules once, with a clear head, and they are locked into your licence.
What gets locked
| Rule | What it does |
|---|---|
| Risk per trade | Every lot size is calculated from it, rounded down |
| Lot cap | A maximum volume for your balance, even with a very tight stop |
| Daily loss limit | When reached, everything is closed and the day is over |
| Daily profit target | When reached, everything is closed and the profit is kept |
| Trades per day | No more positions once the allowance is used |
| Pause after each trade | A forced wait of 10 or 15 minutes after every close |
| Stop-loss lock | Once a trade is open, its stop can't be widened or removed |
| M5-close entry | Optional: market entries only as an M5 candle closes |
The rules cover your whole account: every symbol, and every position, whether it comes from the RavandFX panel, MetaTrader's one-click buttons, the New Order window, the phone app or another EA.
What happens when you try to break them
| What you try | What RavandFX does |
|---|---|
| Take a bigger position "just this once" | The lot size comes from your locked risk and is capped by balance |
| Open a trade from the phone without a stop | It's closed after a 30-second grace period |
| Open a trade with more risk than your rule allows | It's closed after the grace period |
| Jump straight back in after a loss | During the pause, any new trade is closed at once |
| Take one more trade after the daily allowance | It's closed at once |
| Keep going after the daily loss limit | Every position is closed, pending orders are deleted, and any new trade is closed until the day resets |
| Drag the stop further away | The stop is put back where it was |
| Restart MetaTrader to clear the counters | The day is rebuilt from your account history, so nothing resets |
| Raise your risk in the licence | The change waits 24 hours, is allowed once every 30 days, and can be cancelled |
The day resets at 00:00 your broker's server time.
How to change a rule
Making a rule stricter is always allowed and applies immediately: lower risk, a lower daily loss limit, fewer trades, a longer pause.
Any other change is allowed once every 30 days. It takes effect 24 hours after you ask, and you can cancel it from your licence page until then. A day later, if the reason was real, it will still be real. If it was a bad moment, it will have passed. When you renew, you can choose new rules.
What the lock can't do
To be clear about the limits:
- It works while RavandFX runs. If you remove the EA and close MetaTrader, no software can enforce anything. Run it on a VPS, and treat removing it as breaking a rule.
- It can't stop slippage. On a gap or a fast news move, a stop or a close-out can fill worse than planned, so a loss can go past the limit.
- It doesn't choose your trades. The quality of your analysis is still yours. RavandFX makes sure a bad decision costs what you agreed it could cost, and no more.
Start with your own rules
- Try it free in the browser. The simulator runs the real panel on a simulated gold chart. Set your rules under Rules and try to break them.
- Start the 3-day free trial on a demo or live account and choose your rules with a clear head.
- Read the guides if you're not sure what to set: forex money management rules and the 1% rule.
Common questions
Can I unlock my rules if I really need to?
You can make any rule stricter at any time, and it applies at once. Any other change, such as raising your risk, is allowed once every 30 days, takes effect 24 hours after you ask, and can be cancelled until then. When you renew, you can choose new rules.
What if I open a trade from the MT5 phone app or the one-click buttons?
RavandFX checks every new position on the account, wherever it was opened. After 30 seconds, a trade without a stop loss, with more risk than your locked risk per trade, or bigger than your lot cap is closed. While your day is blocked or your pause is running, any new trade is closed at once.
Is RavandFX a trading robot?
No. You choose every trade. RavandFX only enforces the money-management rules you set: how much each trade can risk, how much you can lose or win in a day, how many trades you take and how long you wait after each one.
What if I simply remove the EA from the chart?
Then nothing is enforced; no EA can control MetaTrader when it isn't running. That's why it helps to run RavandFX on a VPS and treat removing it like breaking a rule. If you re-attach it the same day, it rebuilds the day from your account history, so the limits you already used still count.
Does closing and reopening MetaTrader reset my daily limits?
No. Today's profit and loss, trade count, pause and block are rebuilt from your account's deal history every time RavandFX starts, and at least once a minute while it runs.