Overtrading guard
A max trades per day limit that stops the slow bleed
An overtrading guard caps how many trades you take in a day. In LossGuardian you set a maximum number of trades. It counts them from your broker, treating one order that filled in parts as one trade, warns you as you get close, and shows an overtrading alert when you go past your number.
Most bad days are ten small losses
Blow-up days get the attention, but most accounts drain slowly. Four trades planned. Eleven taken. None of them a disaster. Together, the day is gone.
Every extra trade also costs money before it starts: brokerage, STT, exchange charges, GST and stamp duty, plus slippage. SEBI found that individual traders spent about ₹50,000 crore on transaction costs in F&O between FY22 and FY24.
The extra trades are rarely your best setups. They come from boredom, hope, or the itch to be doing something.
How overtrading guard works in LossGuardian
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You set your maximum trades for the day, based on how many real setups your plan gives you.
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LossGuardian counts trades from your broker. One entry and its exit is one trade, however many parts it filled in.
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As you get close, you are warned. Go past it and an overtrading alert shows how far past your limit you are.
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Intraday and carry-forward trades are counted separately, so a positional trade does not use up your intraday limit.
Counting that matches real life
Partial fills count once
Your broker lists every fill. LossGuardian groups them by order, so one order that filled in five pieces is one trade.
Adding to a trade is not a new trade
A trade is counted when your position in that symbol goes back to zero. Adding and trimming one idea still counts as one idea.
Charges shown in rupees
Brokerage and taxes are worked out from your broker’s published rates, so you can see what overtrading really costs.
What it does not do
It does not block the extra order. LossGuardian is read-only. It makes your limit impossible to cross without noticing, and every trade past it shows up in your discipline score.
Overtrading cost calculator
Enter how many trades you take, how many your plan needs and what one trade costs you. See what the extra trades cost in charges and slippage every month and every year.
Open the free overtrading cost calculatorOvertrading guard: questions traders ask
How many trades per day is overtrading?
There is no single number. Overtrading means taking more trades than your strategy gives you real setups for. If your plan gives three good setups on a normal day and you take ten, seven of them are overtrading.
How much does overtrading cost in charges?
For a small F&O options trade with a ₹20 per order broker, brokerage, STT, exchange charges, GST and stamp duty often add up to ₹50 to ₹100 for the round trip, before slippage. The overtrading cost calculator shows what extra trades cost you in a month and a year.
Does LossGuardian count partial fills as separate trades?
No. Fills are grouped by order, and a trade is counted when your position in a symbol returns to zero. Partial fills and add-ons do not inflate the count.
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