One protection path on four platforms
The firm lists MT5, MT4, cTrader, and Match-Trader. A stop that exists only on the MT5 desktop does not cover a Match-Trader fill. Manual Trade Guard is the layer that attaches the stop, moves to breakeven, and scales out at TP1, TP2, TP3, and TP4. Open the bot and point it at the platform the challenge actually uses.
Speed is milliseconds, which matters when a naked ticket is the failure. FundedNext does not impose The5ers-style mandatory stop on every Bootcamp-like product, but a missing stop still lets the 5% day disappear in one candle. The attachment is the practical rule even when the contract wording is about loss percent.
Partials that stay under 2,000 modifications
Each stop change and each partial can count. TP1 through TP4 is four planned events, plus breakeven, which is a quiet path. A tick trail between those targets can spend 2,000 modifications before TP2. The 200 trade cap is the other counter. Create a Venasri account and prefer staged targets over a trail that rewrites the stop continuously.
One identical EA strategy is capped at $300,000 of allocation. Two $100,000 accounts on the same strategy are inside that figure. Three are not. The bridge does not raise the cap. It only makes the stop reliable on the accounts you are allowed to run.
A fast stop is not the daily line
The 2-Step day is 5%, $5,000 on $100,000. The static maximum is 10%. 1-Step is 3% daily and 6% maximum. Equity Guard watches those percents. Manual Trade Guard watches the ticket. You need both. A perfect TP ladder can still be open when the account day is already through 5% because other positions are losing.
Reset is 00:00 server time, GMT+2 or GMT+3, with an equity check. A protected swing that is green at midnight still changes the next base. The millisecond stop does not freeze the rollover rule. Weekend holds are allowed on Stellar 1-Step, 2-Step, and Lite.
The 5-minute funded window
Challenge phases allow news. Funded accounts have a 5-minute window around high-impact news unless an add-on covers it. The guard should stop new entries in that window on funded logins and leave challenge logins on the rule you actually bought. Five minimum trading days still apply to the evaluation itself.
The $100,000 fee is $549. First payout is 21 days, or 5 days on Stellar 1-Step. None of those dates change the need for a stop at the fill. A payout review will not restore a day the 5% line already ended.
