Daily loss budget mechanics

The arithmetic

The cap is your account size multiplied by your daily loss cap percentage. The bar fills with realised losses booked today.

Realised only, deliberately. Including open positions would mean the bar moved every tick for reasons that are not yet losses, and a gauge that fluctuates on unrealised movement trains you to ignore it.

Thresholds and the projection

The bar stays neutral through the early part of the budget, warns as it approaches the cap, and reads as stop near the top. A projection line shows where one more loss at your current position size would land you — which is the number that actually informs the next decision.

Open risk is its own figure

Total open risk — what the day would cost if every current stop filled — is shown separately as a share of the cap. Two numbers, two questions: what has happened, and what could still happen.

A gauge, not a governor

ORIN has no broker connection, does not place orders, and cannot prevent you from taking a trade. The bar informs and the Take ticket states consequences before you commit; nothing is blocked.

Saying so plainly matters more than it might seem. A risk tool that implied it could stop you would be selling a control it does not have, and the trader would find out at the worst possible moment.

Frequently asked

Does the loss budget bar include my open positions?

No — it counts realised losses only. An open position is risk rather than damage, and open risk appears as its own separate figure: what the day would cost if every current stop filled.

Will ORIN stop me trading once I hit my daily cap?

No. There is no broker connection anywhere in the product, so nothing can be blocked. The bar informs, the Take ticket states the consequence before you commit, and the decision stays yours.