Capital Saver
Capital Saver: the loss limit you cannot reset
Capital Saver is a maximum loss for the day set as a percentage of your total trading capital, for example 1.5%. It sits above your daily loss limit as a final safety line. If your loss reaches it, LossGuardian fires a hard stop, and unlike the daily limit it cannot be pushed higher with a reset.
Every limit needs a limit
A daily loss limit is great until you reset it. Then reset it again. On a bad day, the person deciding whether to raise the limit is the same person who is losing.
Capital Saver is the answer to that. It is a number tied to your whole account, not to today’s mood. You set it once, calmly, and it does not move during the session.
Think of the daily limit as your normal stop, and Capital Saver as the guard rail at the edge of the road.
How capital saver works in LossGuardian
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You enter your total trading capital and the percentage you never want to lose in one day.
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LossGuardian turns that into a rupee figure and watches it alongside your daily limit.
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If your loss reaches it, a Capital Saver hard stop fires, even if you already reset your daily limit.
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The daily reset can never go past this line. It is the ceiling for every other loss rule.
Why a percentage works better
Grows and shrinks with your account
As your capital changes, a percentage keeps the risk in proportion. A fixed rupee number is either too loose or too tight after a few months.
Protected from bad price ticks
Booked losses trigger it straight away. Open losses are confirmed before it fires, so a single wrong price tick cannot set it off.
Counts heavily in your discipline score
Breaking Capital Saver costs the most points of any rule. It is meant to be rare, and the score reflects that.
What it does not do
It does not close your positions or stop your broker taking orders. LossGuardian is read-only. It gives you the clearest possible signal that today is over. The exit is yours.
Daily loss limit calculator
Enter your capital, the monthly loss you would accept and your average winning day. Get a daily loss limit, a trade limit and the rule written out for you.
Open the free daily loss limit calculatorCapital Saver: questions traders ask
What percentage of capital should I risk per day?
Many traders keep the worst possible day between 1% and 2% of total capital. At that level, even a run of bad days leaves most of the account intact.
What is the difference between Capital Saver and the daily loss limit?
The daily loss limit is your normal stop for the day and can be reset once, upwards. Capital Saver is a percentage of total capital that works as the final line. The reset cannot go past it.
Can I turn Capital Saver off?
You set the percentage yourself. We recommend always keeping it on, because it only matters on the day you would most like to ignore it.
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