EA Library · 25 open-source EAs

Free Risk Management and Account Protection EAs

Open-source EAs that protect an account: daily loss limits, equity stops and position sizing.

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About Risk tools

Risk EAs watch the account rather than the market. They close all trades or block new ones when a daily loss or drawdown limit is hit, size positions from a risk percentage, or enforce prop firm rules.

Most can only act while MetaTrader is running and connected, and they react on the next tick, so a fast market can go past the limit. Treat them as a safety net next to stop-losses, not a replacement for them.

Before You Run One

Risk tools, Most Starred First

Account Protector

by EarnForex
124 stars

Account Protector is a risk management expert advisor for MetaTrader 4 and 5 designed to monitor account health and prevent excessive drawdowns. It allows users to set specific triggers based on floating profit or loss, equity levels, free margin, spread, or daily performance. When these conditions are met, the EA auto

MT4MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 8 months ago Apache-2.0 GitHub repository of Account Protector

AutoTrading Scheduler

by EarnForex
55 stars

This expert advisor provides automated schedule management for the MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 platforms. It allows users to define specific time windows for each day of the week to toggle the platform's global AutoTrading status. Beyond simple scheduling, the utility can close active positions and delete pending ord

MT4MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 8 months ago Apache-2.0 GitHub repository of AutoTrading Scheduler
8 stars

JT Prop Firm Trade Manager is a risk management utility for MetaTrader 4 designed to protect accounts from violating equity and drawdown rules. It monitors daily loss limits and maximum drawdown, allowing users to configure thresholds in either currency or percentage. The tool features time-based filters to restrict ov

MT4 Risk & protection

Prop Firm Manager

by pepshirley
6 stars

Prop Firm Manager is a risk management utility for MetaTrader 4 designed to help traders comply with prop firm rules and protect account equity. The tool monitors maximum loss per trade and daily drawdown limits using either fixed dollar amounts or percentages. It manages trading sessions by restricting overnight and w

MT4 Risk & protection

FX Risk Management Collection

by vishnugovind10
4 stars

This MetaTrader 4 collection provides a set of utilities focused on risk management and order execution. It includes scripts and expert advisors designed to automate the closing of open positions and the removal of pending orders. The logic specifically targets closing trades that have reached a specific gain threshold

MT4 Risk & protection

Equity Protector

by sacrosK11
3 stars

Equity Protector is an account management utility for MetaTrader 5 designed to safeguard capital against significant drawdowns. It operates by monitoring account equity and balance at a user-defined frequency, such as every second. When the floating loss reaches a specified percentage or limit, the utility automaticall

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 2 years ago None stated GitHub repository of Equity Protector

ICCapitals Secure

by ICCapitals
3 stars

ICCapitals Secure is a risk management utility for MetaTrader 5. It acts as a supervisor to monitor and enforce trading parameters across an account. The expert advisor calculates position sizing based on a user-defined risk percentage per trade and manages risk-to-reward ratios. It features a timer-driven function to

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 4 years ago None stated GitHub repository of ICCapitals Secure
2 stars

This collection of utilities for MetaTrader 5 focuses on protecting open positions during periods of high volatility or spread widening. The SpreadHourDodger tool manages stop loss orders during market rollover by either removing them entirely or widening them based on historical spread data stored in a CSV file. The N

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 2 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Spread Hour and News Dodger

Mask Protected Trading Panel

by meshalalsultan
2 stars

Mask Protected Trading Panel is a manual execution utility for MetaTrader 5 designed to enforce discipline and strict risk management. It acts as a protective layer, blocking manual orders that violate pre-set rules such as maximum daily trades, drawdown limits, or minimum reward-to-risk ratios. The tool includes a man

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 4 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Mask Protected Trading Panel

Secure Risk Manager

by ItaloCoutinho
2 stars

Secure Risk Manager is a MetaTrader 5 utility designed to provide a framework for account protection and trade sizing. This expert advisor does not execute independent trade entries; rather, it functions as a risk control tool that calculates lot sizes based on a user-defined risk percentage and risk-to-reward ratios.

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 6 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Secure Risk Manager
2 stars

This MetaTrader 4 utility calculates and displays a five percent daily drawdown limit directly on the chart. It determines the daily starting balance by analyzing the account history and subtracting current-day profits from the total balance. Designed as a monitoring tool for traders following specific risk management

MT4 Risk & protection
Updated 5 years ago None stated GitHub repository of Daily Drawdown Monitor

Prop Rules Monitor

by allanninal
1 stars

Prop Rules Monitor is a free indicator for MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5 that displays live equity against user-defined daily loss limits and max loss rules. It calculates day start from typed reset hour and zone with built-in daylight saving, measuring on equity or balance. The chart panel shows daily floor remaining,

MT4 Risk & protection
Updated 7 days ago Custom licence GitHub repository of Prop Rules Monitor

EddyTrader

by hallanbrito
1 stars

EddyTrader is a risk management tool for MetaTrader 5 designed to enforce trading discipline through account-wide loss limits. It monitors the total financial performance of the account regardless of the symbol or strategy. Once a user-defined maximum loss is reached, the expert advisor automatically closes all open po

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 6 weeks ago None stated GitHub repository of EddyTrader

RiskGuard

by domsendotnet
1 stars

RiskGuard is a risk enforcement utility and trade manager for MetaTrader 5, specifically designed for manual gold scalpers. Instead of placing entries, the utility monitors and manages active manual positions. It automatically applies stop-loss and take-profit levels, enforces maximum lot sizing, and prevents traders f

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 2 months ago MIT GitHub repository of RiskGuard
1 stars

This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor serves as a risk management and execution framework rather than a standalone trading strategy. It monitors account equity in real-time to enforce daily drawdown limits. If a predefined monetary loss threshold is reached, the engine can trigger a kill switch to block further trading or f

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 2 months ago None stated GitHub repository of ExecRisk Control Engine
1 stars

Scorpion Risk Infrastructure is a MetaTrader 5 expert advisor focused on capital protection and trade execution. Originally derived from a smart money strategy, this framework handles position sizing based on balance risk, enforces daily loss limits, and applies cooldown periods after trades hit stop loss. It protects

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 3 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Scorpion Risk Infrastructure

Risk Guard EA

by Mind2Money
1 stars

This risk management expert advisor for MetaTrader 5 functions as an account-wide watchdog. It monitors equity fluctuations against user-defined thresholds for daily loss, total drawdown, and profit targets. When a limit is breached, the EA automatically closes all open positions and can optionally delete pending order

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 4 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Risk Guard EA

PropGuard MT5

by dmck24
1 stars

This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor serves as a compliance protection layer designed for proprietary trading firm accounts. It implements three primary risk guards: an equity-anchored daily loss limit that resets at midnight, a static overall maximum loss halt based on starting balance, and a news filter that blocks new e

MT5 Risk & protection Indicator crossover
Updated 4 months ago None stated GitHub repository of PropGuard MT5
1 stars

This MetaTrader 5 utility serves as a risk management tool designed to monitor equity and drawdown across multiple magic numbers. It tracks realized and floating profits for up to twenty individual strategies, allowing users to define specific drawdown limits for each. The EA features an emergency stop function that ca

MT5 Risk & protection
Updated 7 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Equity Drawdown Monitor

Moises Risk Manager

by soulcore-dev
1 stars

Moises Risk Manager is a risk management framework and expert advisor for MetaTrader 5. It offers automated lot sizing through fixed volumes, balance or equity percentage risk, and the Paroli positive progression system. The tool includes a persistence engine that saves trade states to global variables and CSV files, e

MT5 Risk & protection Indicator crossover
Updated 9 months ago None stated GitHub repository of Moises Risk Manager

This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor serves as a risk management tool designed to monitor manual trades. It checks active positions at regular intervals, defined by the user in seconds, and automatically closes them if the drawdown per order exceeds a specific percentage. The utility includes features for performance repor

MT5 Risk & protection
1 stars

JT Prop Firm Trade Manager is a risk management utility for MetaTrader 4 designed to help traders adhere to strict account drawdown and timing rules. It monitors account equity to enforce maximum daily drawdown limits and per-trade loss caps in either currency or percentage terms. The tool includes features to restrict

MT4 Risk & protection
1 stars

This MetaTrader 5 expert advisor serves as an equity monitoring utility designed to alert traders when their account equity hits a specific target. It operates by continuously scanning the account status and comparing the live equity value against a user-defined parameter. When the threshold is met, the program sends a

MT5 Risk & protection
1 stars

This MetaTrader 4 expert advisor focuses on account protection and risk management. It monitors various drawdown levels, including weekly, monthly, and emergency thresholds, and enforces trading pauses if these limits are exceeded. The tool also evaluates trading performance by checking the risk-to-reward ratio of hist

MT4 Risk & protection
Updated 9 years ago None stated GitHub repository of GHTech Risk Management

Equity Tracker

by toomyem
1 stars

Equity Tracker is a risk management utility for MetaTrader 4 designed to monitor account equity in real time. It serves as a global protection mechanism by automatically closing all open and pending positions when equity reaches a predefined target or drops below a minimum threshold. Users can configure these exit leve

MT4 Risk & protection
Updated 9 years ago MIT GitHub repository of Equity Tracker

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