Risk guards

Six rails between you and a blown account. Each one is per-account and editable in Settings → Risk caps.

Per-trade caps

• Max risk $— hard ceiling on the dollar value you'll lose if the SL fires. Phihelm converts to points using the contract multiplier.
• Min risk $ — refuses tiny stops where the risk/reward is structurally bad.
• Min T1 distance — refuses targets too close to entry to be worth the commission.

Per-day caps

• Max daily loss — once hit, auto-trade pauses for the rest of the session. Existing positions remain manual.
• Max open positions — caps simultaneous risk.
• Max position size — never hold more than N contracts.

Adaptive guards

Phihelm also runs two adaptive rails that scale with the market:

• ATR-based SL buffer — adds 0.5 × ATR(14)points to the structural stop. Wider on volatile sessions automatically; tighter on quiet ones. Tunable in admin (default 0.5; set to 0 to disable).
• Stop-hunt protection — if a wick touches the SL but the bar closes back inside, Phihelm does notfake a close. Configurable threshold; default fires only when the detector's probability score ≥ 0.55.

Tilt guard (manual sessions)

After 3 consecutive losses on the same symbol, auto-trade halts on that symbol. Manual entries still work — the guard is a checkpoint, not a lockout.

Where to find them

Settings → Risk caps for the dollar/position guards. Admin → Risk Guards for the ATR multiplier + hunt threshold (admin-only because they affect every account).