Pre-Trade Checklist Gate
Every trade must pass a firm-specific checklist before you can enter. Stop loss defined? R:R checked? No news in 2 minutes? Hard block if daily loss limit is hit — no override.
Discipline enforced
Free for prop firm traders
Stop blowing
funded accounts.
EdgeGuard is the free prop firm trading discipline tool that gates every trade behind a firm-specific checklist, tracks your emotional state and shows you exactly which habits are costing you your payout.
~80%
of prop challenges fail
#1
cause is emotional trading
4
prop firms supported
The problem
Skill isn't the issue.
Discipline is.
Most traders who fail their prop challenge or blow a funded account aren't making bad calls — they're making good calls at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons.
A revenge trade after a stop-out. A FOMO entry at the close. Sizing up when you're down because you want it back quickly. These aren't skill problems — they're behavioural patterns that compound until the account is gone.
EdgeGuard creates friction at the exact moment it matters: before you click buy or sell.
~75%
of funded accounts blown within 90 days
3×
worse P&L when trading emotionally vs. composed
<2 min
average decision time on losing revenge trades
What EdgeGuard does
Everything between you
and a bad trade
Built specifically for prop firm traders — every feature targets the exact scenarios that blow funded accounts.
Live Prop Firm Rule Compliance Meters
Real-time progress bars for daily loss, max drawdown, profit target and consistency rules — colour-coded from safe to breach risk. Know your limits at a glance before every trade.
Challenge trackerTrading Psychology Dashboard
Log your emotional state before entry. Track your P&L by emotion over time — see in cold numbers how FOMO, revenge and anxiety trades compare to your disciplined entries.
Behavioural insightMT4 & MT5 Bridge Integration
Trade intent from MT4/MT5 triggers EdgeGuard automatically. Click buy — the checklist opens. Pass it — the trade executes. Block it — the order never sends. Works via DLL on all broker builds.
Broker integratedRisk-Based Lot Size Calculator
Set your stop loss price, set your risk percentage — EdgeGuard calculates the exact lot size to match. Instrument-agnostic: works on forex, indices, gold, and futures.
Position sizingProp Firm Challenge Reset
Failed a challenge? Start fresh with one click. Your full trade history is preserved for psychology analysis — only the challenge tracker resets to day one, with a new starting balance.
Multi-challengeHow it works
Three steps between
impulse and execution
EdgeGuard slots between your platform and the market. The checklist is the gate. The gate is the habit.
Select your emotional state
Before you log a trade, pick your pre-trade emotional state. Calm? Focused? FOMO? Anxious? Honesty here is the data that changes your trading.
Complete the pre-trade checklist
Run through your firm-specific checklist — setup, stop loss, R:R, drawdown headroom, news filter, consistency rule. Every box must be ticked. No exceptions.
Log the outcome and learn
After the trade closes, log your P&L and exit reason. Over time, the psychology dashboard shows you exactly which emotional states correlate with which outcomes.
Supported prop firms
Your firm's rules,
built in from day one
Each firm has its own rule set hardcoded — drawdown type, daily loss limits, consistency rules, and firm-specific checklist items.
Apex Trader Funding
- No daily loss limit
- Trailing drawdown tracks peak balance
- 7 minimum trading days
- No consistency rule
- Futures only
FTMO
- 5% daily loss (equity-based)
- 10% static max drawdown
- 50% consistency rule
- News trading filter (2 min)
- USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD, CHF accounts
MyFundedFutures
- Static EOD drawdown
- Daily loss limit enforced
- Account must close above threshold daily
- 5 minimum trading days
- Futures & forex
The Funded Trader
- Trailing drawdown (peak EOD balance)
- Daily loss protection
- 40% consistency rule
- No news trading on funded accounts
- Forex, indices & crypto
Psychology dashboard
Your worst trades
have something in common
Every trade you log builds a picture. Over time, EdgeGuard shows you which emotional states produce your best and worst P&L — not as a feeling, but as hard data.
When you can see that your FOMO trades average −$180 while your composed trades average +$340, the habit starts to change itself.
- ✓ Discipline score out of 100 based on positive emotional states
- ✓ Emotion breakdown bars — see which states dominate your trading
- ✓ Average P&L per emotional state — the uncomfortable truth in numbers
- ✓ Behavioural alerts — revenge trade detection, tilt warnings
- ✓ Fully customisable emotional states — add, edit, colour-code your own
Psychology
Today
78
/100
Discipline Score
😌 Calm avg P&L
+$340
😰 FOMO avg P&L
−$180
MT4 / MT5 Integration
The checklist fires
before the order does
The EdgeGuard bridge installs directly into your MT4 or MT5 platform as an Expert Advisor. When you click buy or sell on the chart, the trade is held until the checklist is complete.
Built with a C++ WinHTTP DLL — works on every broker build, including those that disable WebRequest. No exceptions, no workarounds needed.
- ✓ Works on all broker builds (DLL, not WebRequest)
- ✓ BUY / SELL buttons added directly to the chart
- ✓ Lot size calculated from risk % + stop loss price
- ✓ PASS → order executes | BLOCK → order cancelled
Trade flow
MT4 / MT5 ChartTrader clicks BUY or SELL button
↓ DLL intercepts
EdgeGuard BridgeTrade intent received, token created
↓ WebSocket push
EdgeGuard AppChecklist modal opens, trader completes it
↓ PASS or BLOCK
OrderSend()Trade executes with correct lot size & SL
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is EdgeGuard and who is it for? +
EdgeGuard is a free prop firm trading discipline app for forex and futures traders who trade with funded accounts. It enforces a pre-trade checklist before every trade, tracks your emotional state and surfaces the behavioural patterns — revenge trading, FOMO, overtrading — that cost funded traders their challenges and payouts.
Which prop firms does EdgeGuard support? +
EdgeGuard currently supports FTMO, Apex Trader Funding, MyFundedFutures and The Funded Trader. Each firm has its own hardcoded rule set covering drawdown type (trailing vs static), daily loss limits, profit targets, minimum trading days and consistency rules. More firms are planned.
Does EdgeGuard connect to MT4 or MT5? +
Yes. The EdgeGuard MT4/MT5 bridge is an Expert Advisor that installs into your platform. When you click BUY or SELL on the chart, the trade is held while the checklist opens. Pass it — the order executes with the correct lot size and stop loss. Block it — no order is sent. It uses a C++ WinHTTP DLL, so it works on all broker builds including those that disable WebRequest.
Is EdgeGuard free? +
Yes — EdgeGuard is completely free during early access. All features are available including the psychology dashboard, multi-firm support, MT4/MT5 bridge, lot size calculator and challenge reset. Users who sign up now will be grandfathered when a paid tier is introduced.
What currencies does EdgeGuard support for FTMO accounts? +
EdgeGuard supports all FTMO account currencies: USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD and CHF. The account sizes, drawdown limits, daily loss limits and profit targets update automatically to the correct values for your selected currency. For example, a GBP FTMO account has account sizes of £10K, £20K, £35K, £70K and £140K.
Can I use EdgeGuard for multiple challenge attempts? +
Yes. The Challenge Reset feature lets you start a new challenge period with a single click. Your complete trade history is preserved for psychology analysis — only the challenge tracker resets to day one. You can also set a new starting balance for the new challenge attempt.
Free to use — no card required
Your next challenge
Your next challenge
starts with one habit
Sign up, connect your prop firm, and run your first pre-trade checklist in under two minutes. Free for early-access users.
Supports FTMO · Apex Trader Funding · MyFundedFutures · The Funded Trader