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Safeguards

Trading Safeguards

Protect your trading capital from accidents.
Whether you are creating, reducing, closing, or modifying orders, FX Gameplan gives you full control over how and when confirmations appear.

Trading safeguards help prevent unintended actions, like accidentally closing profitable trades or realizing losses you did not intend. With configurable warnings and hotkeys, you decide how much protection you need.


Why Use Safeguards?

  • Avoid Accidental Losses: Prevent unintended closures or modifications.
  • Speed Up Confirmed Actions: Use hotkeys to skip prompts when you’re sure.
  • Customize to Your Workflow: Choose when and how warnings appear.

To get started, go to:

Settings > Safeguards

Safeguard Settings Screenshot


Configuring Warnings and Safeguards

FX Gameplan lets you set safeguards independently for each type of action:


✅ Create Order Safeguards

Decide what happens when you create a new order:

  • Warn Always: Always prompt you to confirm.
  • Warn Never: Never prompt—orders execute immediately.
  • Warn When Hotkey Not Pressed:
  • Set a hotkey combination you must press to skip confirmation.
  • If you don’t press the hotkey, you’ll see a prompt.
  • How to set:
    1. Select this option.
    2. Click in the text box next to it.
    3. Press your desired key combination.

✅ Reduce or Close Trades

Control warnings when reducing or closing positions:

  • Warn Always
  • Warn Never
  • Warn When Realizing a Loss: Only warn if the action will lock in a loss.
  • Warn When Hotkey Not Pressed:
  • Configure as above to enforce a confirmation unless the hotkey is pressed.

✅ Modifying Trades

Set safeguards for modifying active trades:

  • Warn Always
  • Warn Never
  • Warn When Realizing a Loss
  • Warn When Hotkey Not Pressed:
  • Configure a hotkey to override prompts when you’re certain.

Using Hotkeys

Know when you’re in instant-execution mode.

When your hotkey is active, FX Gameplan shows a notification in the status bar so you can see at a glance that prompts will be bypassed.

Hotkey Active Indicator


Tips for Safe Trading

  • Review safeguards regularly to ensure they still fit your workflow.
  • Test hotkeys in a demo environment before using them live.
  • Enable warnings when in doubt, especially if you frequently multitask.

For more help configuring safeguards or setting up hotkeys, contact our support.