EdgeGuard is a prop firm trading companion app that enforces pre-trade discipline by requiring traders to complete a firm-specific checklist before every trade. It tracks emotional state and surfaces behavioural patterns via a psychology dashboard.

Which prop firms does EdgeGuard support?

EdgeGuard currently supports FTMO, Apex Trader Funding, MyFundedFutures and The Funded Trader, with firm-specific rule sets, drawdown meters and daily loss limits for each.

Does EdgeGuard work with MT4 and MT5?

Yes. EdgeGuard includes a DLL-based MT4/MT5 bridge that intercepts trades before execution and routes them through the pre-trade checklist, even on broker builds that disable WebRequest.

Is EdgeGuard free to use?

EdgeGuard is free during its early-access period. All features including the psychology dashboard, multi-firm support and MT4 bridge are fully available to users who sign up now.

EdgeGuard — Prop Firm Trading Discipline & Risk Management Tool

Pre-Trade Checklist for Funded FX and Futures Traders

EdgeGuard is a free prop firm companion app for forex and futures traders who trade with funded accounts. It enforces pre-trade discipline by requiring you to complete a firm-specific checklist before every trade, tracking your emotional state and surfacing the behavioural patterns that cost traders their payouts.

Supported Prop Firms

FTMO — 5% daily loss limit, 10% max drawdown, equity-based rule tracking, consistency rule, news filter
Apex Trader Funding — trailing drawdown meter, no daily loss limit, profit target tracker
MyFundedFutures — static EOD drawdown, daily loss limit, end-of-day close confirmation
The Funded Trader — trailing drawdown, consistency rule, daily loss protection

Key Features

Live rule compliance meters — daily loss, drawdown, profit target, consistency
Pre-trade checklist gate — firm-aware, blocks trades when limits are hit
Psychology dashboard — discipline score, emotion breakdown, P&L by emotional state
MT4 and MT5 bridge — intercepts trades before execution, works via DLL on all broker builds
Risk-based lot size calculator — calculates position size from account balance and stop loss
Multi-currency support — USD, GBP, EUR, AUD, CAD, CHF
Emotional state logging — track FOMO, revenge trading, calm entries and more
Trade journal with exit reason logging

Who Is EdgeGuard For?

EdgeGuard is built for prop firm traders, funded account traders, forex day traders, futures traders, and anyone trading with FTMO, Apex, MyFundedFutures, The Funded Trader or similar evaluation firms. It is especially useful for traders who struggle with discipline, emotional trading, revenge trading, or accidentally breaching prop firm rules.

EdgeGuard

Password

EdgeGuard

MT4

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Firm

Today's P&L

Daily limit: —

Trades Today

Avg P&L: $0

Total P&L

Target: —

Days Traded

Min required: —

Rule Compliance

Today's Trades

Time	Instrument	Side	P&L	Exit	Emotion
No trades today. Run the checklist to log your first trade.

Log Trade

STEP 1 — Before you enter

Instrument

Side

Size / Contracts

Entry Price

Stop Loss

Take Profit

Pre-Trade Emotional State

Discipline Score

—/100

Based on all your logged trades

Emotion Breakdown

Behavioural Insights

P&L by Emotional State

Trade Limits

Daily Trade Limit

Hard stop on the number of trades you can log per day. Once hit, the checklist is blocked and no further trades can be entered. Set to 0 to disable.

No limit

Today's progress

Trades logged today against your daily limit.

Trades today—

Risk Management

Risk Per Trade

Percentage of MT4 account balance to risk per trade. When a trade intent arrives from MT4, the position size calculator on the trade form uses this to show your max risk amount and suggested contract size.

1% risk per trade

MT4 Bridge

MT4 Account Number

Your MT4 account number (visible in the top-left of your MT4 terminal). EdgeGuard uses this to route trade intents from your EA to your session only — required for correct behaviour when multiple traders use EdgeGuard at the same time.

Not set

Not working?

Full setup guide + troubleshooting steps.

View setup guide ↗

! Trades not placing (Error 4109) — AutoTrading button in MT4 toolbar must be green, and "Allow live trading" ticked in EA properties (F7 → Common).

! BUY clicked but checklist doesn't open — the account number above must exactly match the number shown in the top-left of your MT4 terminal.

! "HTTP -1" alert in MT4 — EdgeGuardHTTP.dll is not loading. Confirm it's in MQL4\Libraries\ and "Allow DLL imports" is ticked in Tools → Options → Expert Advisors.

Account Balance

Starting Account Balance

Your account balance at the start of the challenge or evaluation. Used to calculate how far you are from the drawdown floor and how close you are to the profit target as a percentage of your starting capital.

Not set

Emotional States

Configure the emotional states shown in your pre-trade checklist. Mark states as Positive to track disciplined trading in the psychology panel.

Account Currency

Display Currency

Sets the currency symbol shown on all challenge amounts, P&L values, and rule thresholds. The account sizes and percentages are the same — only the symbol changes to match your account denomination.

Appearance

Theme

Switch between dark and light mode. Your preference is saved automatically.

Dark Light

Challenge

Current Challenge

Shows trades and P&L from your current challenge start date. Resetting archives your history and starts a fresh challenge period — your trade data is never deleted.

Started

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Communications

Marketing emails

Product updates and trading tips from EdgeGuard. You can withdraw consent at any time — see our Privacy Policy for details.

Not set

Change Password

New Password

Must be at least 8 characters with uppercase, lowercase and a number.

8+ chars lowercase UPPERCASE number

Account & Plan

Current Plan

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EdgeGuard v1.0

Prop firm companion — pre-trade discipline enforcement & psychology tracking.
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Firm rules last reviewed: April 2026. Rules change — always verify against your firm's current documentation.