# Drawdown Protection

Banana EA includes five independent drawdown protection mechanisms. You can enable any combination.

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## Daily Drawdown Cap[​](#daily-drawdown-cap "Direct link to Daily Drawdown Cap")

Stops new entries (and optionally closes all open trades) when the day's cumulative loss exceeds a percentage of the account.

| Input                               | Default | Description                                    |
| ----------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
| Enable daily drawdown entry block   | false   | Master switch                                  |
| Daily drawdown percent              | 4.0     | Maximum daily drawdown before protection fires |
| Close managed positions on daily DD | true    | Close managed positions when the limit is hit  |

**Use case:** Accounts with a strict 5% daily loss limit. Set to 4% to leave a 1% safety buffer.

The cap resets at midnight (broker time) each day.

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## Weekly Drawdown Cap[​](#weekly-drawdown-cap "Direct link to Weekly Drawdown Cap")

Similar to the daily cap but resets every Monday at 00:00 broker time.

| Input                                | Default | Description                                          |
| ------------------------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Enable weekly drawdown entry block   | false   | Master switch                                        |
| Weekly drawdown percent              | 5.0     | Maximum weekly loss from Monday-open balance         |
| Close managed positions on weekly DD | false   | Close managed positions when the weekly limit is hit |

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## Trailing High-Water Mark (HWM) Drawdown[​](#trailing-high-water-mark-hwm-drawdown "Direct link to Trailing High-Water Mark (HWM) Drawdown")

Tracks the **peak equity** since the EA started and fires when equity drops more than **High-water drawdown percent** below that peak. This protects profits that have been earned during the session.

| Input                                  | Default | Description                                                      |
| -------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Enable high-water drawdown entry block | false   | Master switch                                                    |
| High-water drawdown percent            | 3.0     | Allowed drawdown from equity peak                                |
| Close managed positions on trailing DD | false   | Close managed positions when the high-water drawdown rule is hit |

**Example:** account grows to $11,000. With a 3% threshold, new entries are blocked (or all trades closed) if equity falls below $10,670.

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## Consecutive Loss Circuit Breaker[​](#consecutive-loss-circuit-breaker "Direct link to Consecutive Loss Circuit Breaker")

Pauses new entries after N consecutive losing trades.

| Input                              | Default | Description                                      |
| ---------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------ |
| Max consecutive losses, 0 disables | 0       | Stop new entries after this many losses in a row |

The counter resets on the next winning trade. Set to e.g. `3` to take a break after three losses in succession.

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## Session Profit Lock[​](#session-profit-lock "Direct link to Session Profit Lock")

Stops new entries once the session has earned a target profit, locking in gains for the day.

| Input                       | Default | Description                                                                                  |
| --------------------------- | ------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Session profit lock percent | 0.0     | Stop new entries once session equity profit reaches this percentage of session-start balance |

**Example:** if **Session profit lock percent** is set to **2.0**, no more entries are taken once the session is up 2% from where it started.