Hard controls remain non-bypassable
Daily loss, drawdown, broker permission, emergency stop, safe mode, and account-level risk locks are treated as hard controls, not preferences.
Risk governance
The risk engine is the product boundary.
BoltIQ is designed around prop-firm survival, account protection, and explicit audit trails before any attempt to scale a strategy.
Live controls
Controls that stop the system before the account breaks rules.
Risk governance is visible, repeatable, and reviewable. The owner should know why trading is blocked before exposure is added.
Daily loss hard lock
Challenge safe mode
Max trades per day
Max portfolio risk
Manual-trading guard
Emergency stop and close-managed flags
News-window blocking
Spread, margin, and permission gates
Manual action is audit context
Manual actions can document intent, approve workflow, reduce risk, or stop exposure. They do not override hard safety gates.
Live risk stays below research ambition
Research may explore aggressive candidates, but live deployment is restricted by tighter trade count, exposure, news, and drawdown limits.