INTRADAY MODE
Follow the session bias
Uses the session’s confirmed directional structure to permit only aligned entries. No clear bias means no new entries.
PROP-FIRM ACCOUNT PROTECTION FOR NINJATRADER 8
The bad trade didn't fail your eval.
The tilt after it did.
One tilt session can walk the balance into the trailing drawdown. One revenge-driven oversized day can put the account out of consistency. That is how an evaluation or payout path can unravel—not from one bad trade, but from the ten minutes after it. Trade Shield keeps the firm’s current rules and the protections you configure visible and enforced.
Available standalone
Included with FLB Suite and Pro
Evalprogress protection
Trailingdrawdown guardrails
Consistencyprofit-lock control
Fundedaccount protection
WRONG-WAY PROTECTION
Trade with the regime.
Or not at all.
Trade Shield reads the session as bullish, bearish, or no-trade and enforces it. Try to enter against the regime and the entry is blocked. If a blocked wrong-way entry fills before it can be stopped, Trade Shield closes the resulting exposure. A valid open trade is not closed just because the regime later changes. Rotation and other no-trade conditions mean stand down. The trend can’t run you over if you’re not allowed to fight it.
SCALPING MODE
Require cross-market agreement
Requires the chart and its correlated market to confirm the same direction. If they diverge or stay neutral, new entries remain blocked.
Choose the mode that matches how you trade, so enforcement follows the market context you use.
Bullish
Bearish
Rotation
Trend days
Days sampled
In the published FLB regime sample, 70.48% of days carried a clear directional bias—the days that punish wrong-way entries hardest.
Historical FLB regime-classification sample. Descriptive only; not a forecast, performance claim, or guarantee of future market conditions.
WHAT TRADE SHIELD PROTECTS
Keep the account.
Even on the day you'd have blown it.
The goal is to pass the evaluation, keep funded status, and protect payout eligibility. At partner prop firms Lucid Trading and Tradeify, the applicable drawdown, consistency, and daily-loss rules vary by account product and stage. Trade Shield enforces the firm rules and optional protections you configure—without treating a soft session lock like an account-ending breach. Paid-link disclosure: First Light Beacon may earn a commission if you sign up for or purchase an account through either link.
01
Protect the evaluation and payout path
Keep the profit target, high-water mark, trailing floor, consistency requirement, and remaining risk in one clear view. Example: LucidPro $50K currently publishes a $2,000 maximum-loss amount; the active floor depends on the account’s high-water mark and lock state.
02
Stay clear of the end-of-day trailing drawdown
For account paths such as LucidPro and Tradeify Select, the trailing floor updates from the end-of-day balance. Trade Shield’s high-water-mark view and configured loss guardrails help keep the closing balance away from that floor. Tradeify’s established EOD floor is hard in real time; touching it intraday can fail the account.
03
Protect the consistency rule
The daily profit lock helps keep one runaway day from dominating total profit and pushing a pass or payout farther away. Going over consistency does not itself fail these account paths; it can delay passing or payout eligibility until the ratio is restored. Tradeify Select Evaluation and LucidPro funded accounts currently use a 40% consistency rule at their respective stages.
04
Protect the ten minutes after a loss
Trade Shield can warn, pause, or block new entries before a recovery sequence drives the account closer to its configured trailing-drawdown floor.
05
Keep each entry inside the account plan
Session windows and position ceilings apply the firm’s applicable limits—or tighter protections you choose—before a late or oversized order reaches the account.
06
Protect manual and automated order paths
Apply the same account-level limits to discretionary decisions and automated strategy activity.
REAL-TIME TILT PROTECTION
Your edge is discipline.
It makes sure it holds.
Every trader has a plan for the good trades. Accounts are won or lost in the few minutes after a red one. Trade Shield watches that window for you—so the disciplined decision you made this morning is still the one running this afternoon. You keep the wins; it guards the line.
Trade Shield updates your session score as each trade closes against a standard tilt lock line of 6.0. It reads the patterns every trader knows the feel of—rapid re-entries, revenge trades, loss-chasing—and as the score reaches 75% of the active line, it gives you a heads-up. Keep pushing and it steps in: open risk is flattened, new entries pause, and a 10-minute cooldown lets the moment pass. Then new-entry permissions return and the behavioral scores reset.
Reads the moment
Recognizes the patterns that show up right after a loss before they compound into another entry.
Gives you the beat
At 75% of the active lock line, it raises the warning—the pause between impulse and order the calm version of you would want.
Protects the line
At the lock line, Trade Shield flattens open positions and blocks new exposure for a 10-minute cooldown. Valid exits and reductions remain permitted.
WHAT IT CATCHES FOR YOU
01Reaching to win it back right after a stop-out
Adds the rapid re-entry to the live score and raises the warning when the active line reaches 75%.
02Size creeping up after a couple of reds
Scores the loss-chasing size increase; the position ceiling you configured remains the hard cap.
03Already at your daily line, still hunting
The configured daily guard moves open risk off and stops new entries for the session.
04Trades bunching into a burst while holds get shorter
Scores the acceleration and checks the session against the active warning and lock lines.
Risk can always come off. When tilt protection activates, Trade Shield flattens open positions, then pauses new exposure for 10 minutes. Valid exits and reductions remain allowed.
The desks call this risk governance. Now it’s running on your account.
CONNECTION COMPATIBILITY
Trade Shield works with eligible accounts exposed inside NinjaTrader 8, including direct NinjaTrader connections and supported Rithmic-enabled broker and FCM connections.
01 / NINJATRADER CONNECTIONS
Common account connections
- NinjaTrader Brokerage
- Tradovate
- Interactive Brokers
- NinjaTrader Continuum / CQG
- Rithmic
02 / RITHMIC BROKER NETWORK
Rithmic-connected broker examples
- Bortex
- Cannon Trading
- Carsten Tech
- DDG
- Deep Discount Trading
- Discount Trading
- GFF Brokers
- Gooey Trade
- Interactive Brokers
- Phillip Capital
- Plus500 / Cunningham
- Straits Financial
- StreetSmart
- Wedbush Securities
Connection availability depends on your NinjaTrader license, broker or FCM permissions, and account configuration. Your account must be visible and enabled inside NinjaTrader 8. Confirm your exact setup before purchase. NinjaTrader connection guide Rithmic broker directory
ACCOUNT PROTECTION, IN ONE VIEW
One view of the account
and the rules that protect it.
- 01Account protection and session stateKnow which account is governed and whether trading is open.
- 02Trailing floor and consistency stay visibleHigh-water mark, maximum loss, daily profit lock, and applicable session limits.
- 03Evaluation and payout progressSee the distance to the pass target and the account risk still available.
PROTECT THE ACCOUNT YOUR WAY
Keep the same account protection.
Choose standalone or the full stack.
Choose Trade Shield on its own, or get it as part of FLB Suite or FLB Pro. In every plan, its job is the same: apply the firm rules and optional protections you configured before one more trade puts the account path at risk.
FIRST LIGHT BEACONTRADE SHIELDSTANDALONE · SUITE · PROHOW TRADERS PROTECT THE ACCOUNT
Four layers of protection.
Each one covers a different risk.
01
Protect the setup
Use the go-or-no-go check before entry. Directional conditions permit participation; rotation keeps avoidable risk away from the account.
02
Protect the trailing floor
Define high-water-mark and maximum-loss guardrails before the session begins, then keep the active floor visible as the balance changes.
03
Protect the consistency path
Use the daily profit lock to help keep one oversized winning day from pushing the pass or payout farther away.
04
Protect the ten minutes after a loss
Tilt and session controls keep recovery entries and off-hours orders from adding avoidable risk to the account.
EVALUATION + FUNDED-ACCOUNT PROTECTION
Protect the evaluation you paid for.
And the funded account you earned.
Get the complete Trade Shield dashboard and risk engine for NinjaTrader 8, built to apply configured firm rules and optional account protections before one bad stretch compounds.
$29.99/ month
A failed evaluation can cost the fee. A lost funded account can end future payout eligibility. Trade Shield is $29.99/mo.
- Unlimited accounts — one price, every account governed
- US-based support
- Wrong-way protection — won’t arm entries against the regime
- Evaluation and funded-account risk dashboard
- Trailing-drawdown and configured loss guardrails
- Consistency protection with daily profit lock
- Tilt and session intervention
- Full user guide
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BEFORE YOU PROTECT THE ACCOUNT
Know what Trade Shield protects.
And what still belongs to you.
Can I protect an account without the full FLB Suite?
Yes. Trade Shield is available standalone for $29.99 per month. It is also included with FLB Suite and FLB Pro.
Does Trade Shield replace protective stops or trader oversight?
No. Trade Shield is a behavioral risk and account-governance layer. Every open position still needs an appropriate protective stop and responsible oversight.
How does Trade Shield help protect a Lucid Trading or Tradeify account?
Trade Shield keeps pass-target progress, high-water-mark protection, trailing drawdown, and applicable account constraints visible and governed. Exact rules vary by Lucid Trading or Tradeify product and stage, so configure the current published rules for your account.
Does the same account protection cover automated strategies?
Yes. Automation-account controls allow the same account-level guardrails to govern automated order flow.
PROTECT THE ACCOUNT BEFORE THE NEXT SESSION