Risk management for prop traders

Your funded account,Always protected.

Always know where you stand.
Keep the account you worked for.

The 90-second tour

Watch the terminal think.

Tradefend — the 90-second tour
IN PRODUCTION90 seconds · everything it shows already works

Works on all of your
favorite platforms

*MetaTrader runs on your local device. TradingView offered through a Tradovate connection

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Why we built Tradefend

A risk desk.
Behind every trader.

Institutional desks have risk managers.
You deserve guardrails, too.

Protect the account you worked for.

How it works: Tradefend reads each prop firm’s published rules, compiles them into one rule database, and loads the rulebook for your firm and challenge — shown here as code for FTMO’s 2-Step Challenge: 5% daily loss, 10% maximum loss, 10% then 5% profit targets, 4 minimum trading days. Around it: FTMO, Apex, Tradeify, MyFundedFutures, Alpha Futures and Lucid.

71%

of first-phase failures are daily limit breaches — one oversized position

60–70%

of trailing-drawdown liquidations hit right after a trader's best day

75.6%

of traders keep trading past the point they should have stopped

Published industry research: FPFX Tech (300k+ accounts) · hoc-trade (500k+ traders) · TradeZella. Figures describe prop traders in general, not results of using Tradefend; illustrations are conceptual.

Connect. Arm. Trade.

Pick your account and sign in on your platform. Arm Breach Guard if you want it. Then trade with every limit in view. Most accounts are live in about two minutes.

Screens are illustrations with sample data. Breach Guard is optional and best-effort: it can only close positions, and it is not available on every account. MetaTrader connects from your own PC with a one-file setup. Stuck anywhere? Message the desk from your portal — a funded trader answers, not a ticket queue.

Your target, your risk and
your limits on one screen.

The terminal draws the line you can’t cross, then keeps you above it.

Illustration of the Tradefend terminal with sample data: an equity curve that trends higher, pulls back once, and stays above an orange breach line; a card with the profit target, daily room, open risk and max-loss room; a journal card with day win rate, average win and loss, long versus short results, the Tradefend score and profit by day; and today’s high-impact news.

See it on your own account.Start free trial

Illustration of the Tradefend terminal with sample data. Not a live account, and not a result of using Tradefend.

Your limits, on every screen you trade from.

Nothing to install. Your terminal opens in any browser, so the line you can’t cross is with you at the desk, on the laptop and on your phone.

  • Any browser
  • Mac
  • Windows
  • iPhone
  • Android
The Tradefend terminal on a laptop and on a phone held in one hand, both showing the same account: equity above its floor lines, the four limit cards, and a pre-trade check that passes.

Stop guessing where the line is.

Pick your firm, connect your platform, and see every limit live in about two minutes.

  • FTMO
  • Apex Trader Funding
  • Tradeify
  • MyFundedFutures
  • Lucid Trading
  • FundedNext

7 days free · No card required · Nothing is charged unless you subscribe

FAQs

Questions, answered straight.

What Tradefend does on your account, what it never does, and how the trial works.

Ask us anything →
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Seven days, the full terminal, no card. We email you on day 5, and nothing is charged unless you choose a plan — you’ll see the plans inside your portal, not before.
Does Tradefend place trades on my account?
The risk terminal doesn't. Its connectors are read-only; the one order it can send is the flatten — closing positions and cancelling their working orders — and it only exists if you explicitly arm the Breach Guard. Tradefend never opens, adds to, or reverses a position. Ever.
Is Tradefend allowed by my firm?
Risk-management software that reads your account and places no entry orders is generally permitted — firms restrict tools that trade for you, which the risk terminal does not do. The opt-in Breach Guard closes positions only, and automated trade management policies vary by firm, so we flag firms where that needs confirmation and leave the Guard disarmed by default. If in doubt, ask your firm's support in writing and keep the answer.
What's the difference between a daily loss limit and a trailing drawdown — and do you track both?
A daily loss limit resets each trading day; a trailing drawdown follows your equity high and never gives ground back. Most blown accounts die because the trader confused the two — or didn't know whether their firm counts intraday equity or end-of-day balance. Tradefend models both caps, with each firm's exact timing convention, and shows you the binding one at all times.
Which firms are supported?
FTMO, Apex Trader Funding, MyFundedFutures, Tradeify, Lucid Trading, HolaPrime, FundedNext, E8 Markets, The5ers, Take Profit Trader, Alpha Futures and DNA Funded — each modeled per program and phase, with more firms verified and added continuously. Rule sets are re-verified daily. If a firm's rule is ambiguous or unpublished, we model the conservative reading and tell you so, rather than guessing in your favor.
Can I use Tradefend with a live brokerage account instead of a prop firm?
Yes. Pick the live-capital profile, set your own daily and max-loss limits, and Tradefend enforces your discipline exactly the way it enforces a firm's — verdicts, meters, tilt alerts and the optional Guard included.
How fast is the Breach Guard? Will it always save my account?
Honest answer: it's best-effort, and no one can promise more. The Guard acts as worst-case equity approaches a buffered threshold before your firm's hard line, so there's cushion for execution. In fast or gapping markets no software — ours or anyone's — can guarantee a fill in time. Anyone who promises otherwise is selling you something.
Will it work with my EA, algo or trade copier?
Yes. Tradefend reads account state — it doesn't care who placed the trades. Positions opened by an EA or copier count against your caps just like manual ones, which is exactly why you want a second pair of eyes on them.
What access do you actually have to my account?
A read-only, revocable key that streams balance, equity and positions. Keys are stored hashed; you can cut access in one click from your platform at any time. If — and only if — you arm Breach Guard, Tradefend can additionally submit position-closing orders on that account. We never see your platform password, and we never sell or share your trading data.
What happens when my firm changes its rules?
Rule sets are reviewed daily and re-shipped the moment a firm changes its fine print — the terminal updates without you touching anything. When a firm publishes something ambiguous, we flag it as unverified and model the stricter interpretation until it's confirmed.
Which platforms do you support?
Tradovate (TradingView traders ride this one), NinjaTrader, Rithmic, TradeLocker, cTrader and MetaTrader. Most connect from our side: you approve Tradefend on your platform’s own sign-in page and there is nothing to install. MetaTrader connects from your own PC with a one-file setup.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes — one click, online, no retention maze, no “call us to cancel.” A plan runs to the end of the period you paid for, and you get a reminder before any yearly renewal.

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