Features · The Firewall

Post-Loss Lockout

Tap “I just took a loss” the moment a trade loses and a countdown starts: 20 minutes the first time today, 35 the second, 50 after that. Paper rules can't stop a revenge trade at 9:31 AM. The Firewall stays locked until the wait is over.

Real app output — the countdown itself.

Why a Timer, Not a Warning

The urge to open the platform back up and get a loss back immediately isn't a knowledge problem — you already know revenge trading is a bad idea in the moment you're calm. The lockout doesn't try to convince you of anything. It just makes the next 20 minutes structurally unavailable, the same way a casino floor has no clocks: removing the option is more reliable than hoping willpower wins a fight it usually loses.

Every Logged Loss Counts Toward Your Day

Enter the amount when you log the loss. Today's losses add up against the daily stop in your Risk Constitution, and each one counts toward the number of losing trades that ends your day. If this loss reaches either limit, you see it during the wait: done for today, and the Firewall stays locked until tomorrow.

A Pause After Wins, Too

The trade right after an exit is rarely about the chart. After a loss it's about getting it back; after a win it's about more of the same feeling. Either way you're still inside the last trade. So every exit gets a pause: tap “Trade closed”, and a win or a breakeven starts 5 minutes before the next entry. A loss starts the full lockout. No cluster trading.

If you log an exit from a trade you opened during a pause, the app says so, and that evening's Coach debrief reads it. Logged exits also count toward the max trades in your Risk Constitution: reach it, or one trade on a Caution day, and you're done for today.

Each exit also gets one question: was it by your plan? A winner off the plan counts as a fail; a loss by the plan is the cost of doing business. Over time it shows the loss size after which your next trade breaks a rule: your real threshold.

Which Cycle Are You In?

During the wait, two cycles sit side by side. The destructive one: the need to get it back, bigger size, a setup you'd normally skip, a bigger loss. The healthy one: step away, come back smaller or not today, rebuild on small clean trades. You answer which one you're in right now. Saying “honestly, I want it back” isn't a failure; seeing it is where the healthy cycle starts.

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