You've had a great morning. Up ₹12,000 by 11 AM. Then you think: "This is a strong day — let me go for ₹20,000." By 3:00 PM you're up ₹2,000. The next day, you repeat the pattern. This is one of the most destructive habits in F&O trading — and it's caused by the absence of a hard profit target that automatically stops trading.
Professional traders call this "giving back." Every prop firm and hedge fund has rules around protecting open profits. TradeGuard brings the same discipline to retail traders: set a daily profit target in rupees, and when you hit it, trading stops automatically — no more temptation, no more giving back.
When you're profitable, your brain tells you this is your day and you should maximise it. But markets are random in the short term. A great morning doesn't predict a great afternoon. In fact, after a big profitable run, taking additional trades statistically increases the chance of giving back gains — because you start taking lower-quality setups and become overconfident.
Many traders overtrade most severely not when they're losing, but when they're winning. The excitement of a profitable session causes them to take more trades than their strategy specifies. These extra trades are almost always lower quality and lower probability — they are emotional trades, not planned trades.
If you make ₹10,000 in the first 2 hours and give back ₹8,000 by 3:30 PM, you end the day at ₹2,000. You experienced a ₹10,000 win but captured only ₹2,000. If this happens 3 times a week, that's ₹24,000/week given back unnecessarily. Over a year: ₹12 lakh in foregone profit. A profit target lock that stops you at ₹10,000 captures 5× more value.
Enter the amount in rupees you want to capture per day — e.g. ₹5,000, ₹8,000 or ₹15,000. Be realistic: base this on your average winning day, not your best-ever day.
Your cumulative profit is tracked via broker API every 5 seconds and via real-time WebSocket order feed throughout market hours.
The moment your total profit for the day reaches your target, the kill switch fires automatically — trading stops, open positions are managed, no further orders can be placed.
Use both the profit target and the daily loss limit together — you're protected on both sides. Either rule fires first and locks the day.
A good daily profit target is 1.5–3× your daily loss limit. If your loss limit is ₹3,000, set your profit target at ₹5,000–₹9,000. This gives you a positive risk-reward ratio: on bad days you lose ₹3,000, on good days you capture ₹5,000–₹9,000. The math works out strongly in your favour over time.
Avoid setting your profit target too high. If your average winning day is ₹6,000 but you set a target of ₹20,000, the rule will almost never trigger — and you'll continue giving back profits on good days. Set it conservatively and let consistency build your account.
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