Everything you need to know about GuardMyTrade — the behavioral firewall that locks you out when you break your own trading rules.
General
About GuardMyTrade
GuardMyTrade is a desktop and mobile app that enforces your own trading rules automatically. You set the limits — daily loss, max trades, trading hours, cooldowns — and the moment you break one, your trading locks. It's the guardrail for the moments willpower alone won't save you.
Willpower fails under stress. When you're down and the "perfect" setup appears, the calm, rational version of you has already left the room. GuardMyTrade enforces your rules exactly when you can't enforce them yourself — which is the only time they actually matter.
Active day and futures traders, prop-firm traders protecting a challenge, and anyone rebuilding discipline after a drawdown. If you have a plan but struggle to follow it in the heat of the moment, GuardMyTrade is built for you.
Windows and macOS on desktop, plus a mobile companion app for Android (iOS is on the way). Pair your desktop and phone and a lock on one becomes a lock on both.
It runs quietly in the background with a small status icon in your system tray — it doesn't sit between you and your platform or slow your orders down. And you can't simply close it to escape a lock: the lock holds whether the app window is open or not.
Rules & Enforcement
How lockouts work
Daily loss limit, max trades per day, cooldown after a loss, trading time windows, daily profit target, and a consecutive-loss stop. Turn on the ones that match how you actually get into trouble — and combine as many as you like.
There's no "unlock" button to smash. The moment you hit a lock, GuardMyTrade's AI coach steps in and talks you through the urge — its whole job is to help you wait out the moment that would've cost you, not wave you through. If you still insist after hearing it out, you can spend one of a strictly limited number of lifetime early releases — and once those are used up, only the scheduled clock releases you. Genuine emergencies (a margin call, an account problem) are handled by a human. Either way, your accountability partner is notified the instant a rule breaks.
Yes. When a lock triggers, GuardMyTrade flattens your open positions first, so you end flat and protected — no unmanaged trade drifting against you while you're locked out.
You can set and adjust your rules any time you're not locked, and you can always make them stricter on the spot. Loosening or removing a protection is deliberately not instant — changes carry a delay and your accountability partner is notified — so you can't quietly weaken a rule the second it starts to sting.
The lock isn't a window you can close. It survives quitting the app, restarting your machine, and going offline — and it re-applies across your devices. Slamming the laptop shut doesn't end the lock; only its scheduled release does.
Yes. When a lock triggers, your phone is locked within seconds too — no switching devices to keep trading.
GuardMyTrade is built to resist impulse removal. Uninstalling doesn't quietly lift your protections, and getting rid of it in a moment of frustration is made harder than simply waiting out the lock.
The AI Coach
Your coach, not a cop
The behavioral AI coach (coming soon) is more than a stats page. It learns how you actually trade — the setups where you're sharp and the ones where you self-destruct — and coaches you to get better over time. And in the moment you hit a lock, it's the voice that talks you through the urge instead of handing you an easy out.
Rarely, and never easily. Hit a lock and the coach's whole job is to help you wait it out. If, after hearing it out, you still genuinely insist, you can spend one of a strictly limited number of early releases — just a few over the entire life of your account. Once they're gone, only the scheduled clock releases you. It's a real safety valve for the rare true emergency, not a back door.
No. The coach guides you and holds you accountable; it never places trades, sizes positions, or moves money. You always make the call — GuardMyTrade just keeps you honest about the rules you set for yourself.
Accountability
Someone in your corner
Someone you trust — a mentor, trading buddy, or partner — who gets notified the moment you break a rule or try to weaken a protection. Knowing another person will see it is often the nudge that keeps you honest when nothing else does.
Rule breaks and lock events — enough to keep you accountable. They don't get access to your account, your balances, or the ability to trade or change anything on your behalf. It's a heads-up, not a login.
Security & Brokers
Your data & your broker
Yes. Your broker password is never seen or stored by us — credentials are encrypted and kept on your own device. We don't warehouse your trading history, P&L, or positions on our servers.
No. GuardMyTrade can see your positions and flatten them when a rule breaks to get you to safety — but it can never open new speculative trades for you, move funds, or withdraw money. Your money stays entirely yours.
We're building toward every major broker — Schwab, Interactive Brokers, E-Trade, Webull, Tradovate, tastytrade, Alpaca, Robinhood, Fidelity, NinjaTrader and more. Connecting is secure and takes about 30 seconds.
Absolutely — prop-firm traders are a perfect fit. Set the firm's daily loss limit as your rule and you'll never fail the challenge on a single tilt session.
Pricing
Cost & plans
The first 1,000 users get lifetime free access — the full product, no strings. After that, new users get a free trial and then a simple monthly plan. Founding members help shape the product and get every new feature first.
$9.99/month after a one-month free trial — one plan, everything included, no tiers or feature gates. And the first 1,000 users get it free for life.
Yes to both. New users get a one-month free trial with no credit card required, and you can cancel any time — no lock-in and no games.
Your rules and settings are yours. Cancel and enforcement simply stops — nothing holds your account hostage. (If a lock is active when you cancel, it still runs its scheduled course — that's rather the point.)
Still have questions? Try GuardMyTrade yourself.
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