One firewall, many guards
Whether your orders come from TradingView, a webhook API or the manual trading panel, they all pass through the same protection pipeline before reaching MetaTrader 5 or cTrader:
- Max lot per signal: a hard cap that stops oversized or misconfigured orders.
- Daily loss limit: trading stops for the day when your configured loss threshold is reached.
- Drawdown protection: equity is tracked against your starting balance and high-water mark — the core of prop firm protection.
- Trade pacing: max trades per day, automatic pause after N consecutive losses.
- Economic news guard: no new orders around high-impact events.
- Spread and slippage guard: skip degraded execution conditions.
- Connection safety: stale EA heartbeats and disabled autotrading block execution — an order never fires into a dead terminal.
Each guard is independent: enable exactly what your style needs, per account.
Server-side by design
The rules live on AeronPilot's servers, not in an indicator on your chart. That matters:
- Balance references and counters survive terminal restarts and reinstalls.
- Rules are enforced even if the alert bypasses your chart entirely (webhook, API, another device).
- Every decision — pass or block — is logged with the exact rule and values, so you can audit what happened and why.
Built for real accounts
The firewall also handles the unglamorous failure modes of real automation: duplicated alerts are deduplicated, orders that arrive after a connection cut are expired rather than executed late, and blocked trades trigger notifications instead of disappearing silently. Before going live, walk through the demo-to-live checklist.
Frequently asked questions
Does the protection work for manual trades too?
Yes. Manual orders from the dashboard go through the same risk pipeline as automated signals, so your limits hold even on discretionary trades.
Can I configure different rules per account?
Yes. Each connected account has its own protection configuration: an aggressive personal account and a conservative funded account can run different rules under one license.
What exactly happens when a rule blocks a trade?
The order is rejected before reaching the broker, the decision is logged with the triggering rule and values, and it appears in your diagnostics — nothing is silently dropped.
Is this financial advice or a profit guarantee?
No. AeronPilot is a technical execution and risk-control tool. It enforces the limits you configure; it does not predict markets or guarantee results.