Risk Limit Status

Your dashboard header carries a Risk Limit indicator that tracks today's profit and loss against the daily limit you've set for each account. When you reach the limit, TTMT stops opening new trades and closes the open ones automatically — a hard stop that protects your account from a runaway day. This page explains what the indicator shows; the full rules, settings, and recommended limits live on the Risk Limits & Halt page.

INFO

This page covers the header indicator. To set your limit, see recommended values, or understand exactly how the halt works, read Risk Limits & Halt.

What the indicator shows

The indicator is a live readout of today's P&L against your account's configured Risk Limit. It colour-shifts from calm toward red as you approach the limit. If you run multiple accounts, it reflects the account you're currently viewing.

The limit is per-account, and it resets each trading day — sessions roll over at 5 PM ET.

When the limit is hit (halt)

If today's loss reaches the limit, trading halts: no new trades open, and your open trades are closed automatically. The indicator turns red and a panel explains why. Trades closed by the halt show the Risk Limit Hit chip in your Trade Log.

Resume vs Recalibrate

There are two distinct recovery buttons, and they are not the same.

• Resume — "I accept today's loss and want to keep trading." It clears the halt but keeps the day's running loss total, so the limit still protects you for the rest of the day. Resume does not start the day fresh.
• Recalibrate — only for when you've deposited or withdrawn funds and the limit's reference point is now wrong. It re-anchors the limit to your new balance. It does not reset your day's P&L.

WARNING

Resume does NOT reset your daily loss to zero — it keeps protecting you for the rest of the day. Recalibrate is only for after a deposit or withdrawal. Don't reach for Recalibrate just to keep trading after a loss.

The halt timeline

The indicator includes a timeline of the day's halt, resume, and recalibrate events for the active account — your record of what happened and when.

Examples

• Hitting a daily-loss limit at midday. You reach a 5% daily-loss limit at noon. The indicator goes red and your open trades close. You click Resume to keep trading — and the limit now measures the rest of the day from your already-down position. It doesn't reset to zero.
• Funding the account mid-day. You wire $2,000 into your account during the session. The old limit's reference point is now stale, so you click Recalibrate to re-anchor it to the new balance — without zeroing today's P&L.

Next steps

For how to set your limit, recommended values by account size, prop-firm rules, and the complete halt, resume, and recalibrate behaviour, see Risk Limits & Halt.