Drawdown protection is a rule that acts on a follower account when its losses from a peak reach a set level. The useful kind does more than send an alert: it pauses copying or closes positions without waiting for a person. That is how the 4X Solutions Drawdown Ladder works.
Each threshold is set per account and measured from the account's high-water mark. Each level acts, not just alerts.
| Level | What happens | Open positions |
|---|---|---|
| Warning | You are notified | Untouched; copying continues |
| Soft stop | The account pauses; no new trades are copied | Untouched |
| Hard stop | The account stops; no new trades | Closed out |
They do different jobs. A stop loss limits one trade. A drawdown limit caps the cumulative result of many trades, including a run of small losses where no single stop was large. You want both.
No copier setting can guarantee a loss limit. Gaps, slippage and broker execution can produce a larger loss than the threshold.
A soft stop pauses the account: no new trades are copied and open positions are left alone. A hard stop also closes open positions.
Not on 4X Solutions. Drawdown is measured on a normalised balance, so cash movements are not counted as gains or losses.
Yes. On 4X Solutions each signal has its own capital budget, and copying that signal stops when the budget is spent.
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