No trades after 15:30
What it catches: Every trade entered after 15:30, by its entry time.
In the synthetic sample week it caught 2 trades of 18, which netted −$850.
Rule library
Trading rules, and what each one would have caught.
The rules funded traders set themselves, each checked alone on one synthetic sample week by the same engine as the free Trade Check. Add one to your rules, or share its card.
Max 3 trades a day
What it catches: Trade 4 of a trading day, and every trade after it.
In the synthetic sample week it caught 1 trade of 18, which netted −$405.
Stop after 2 losses in a row
What it catches: A trade entered after 2 losing trades in a row on the same trading day.
In the synthetic sample week it caught 1 trade of 18, which netted −$365.
No loss above $400 a trade
What it catches: A trade that lost more than $400.
In the synthetic sample week it caught 2 trades of 18, which netted −$910.
Stop for the day after a $300 loss
What it catches: A trade entered once the trading day's closed trades had lost $300 or more.
In the synthetic sample week it caught 2 trades of 18, which netted −$710.
Wait 15 minutes after a loss
What it catches: A trade entered less than 15 minutes after a losing trade closed, on the same trading day.
In the synthetic sample week it caught 4 trades of 18, which netted −$1,280.
At most 1 contract a trade
What it catches: A trade of more than 1 contract.
In the synthetic sample week it caught none of the 18 trades.
VantageGrid checks these seven rules on every trade you import. A rule it cannot read from an export, such as no trades around the news, is not listed.