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Trading Lockout.

Set a lockout, what it stops while it runs, and how long it holds.

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The LOCKOUT button sits on the bottom bar of the COPIER and RISK tabs. Set a length, confirm it, and TradeClone flattens every account and turns away new orders until the clock runs out.

Preset lengths
1, 4, 8, 12 or 24 hours.
Custom
Type your own in hours and minutes.
Next session
Runs until the next session open.

TradeClone asks a second time before it starts, and that confirmation defaults to No. You have to mean it.

What happens when it starts

TradeClone closes every open position the moment a lockout begins, then stands the copier down before it does any further work. No trade ends up half-mirrored across your followers.

From then on TradeClone catches each new order at the first point it can see one, before your broker does. If a fill beats the cancel, a sweep closes the position and keeps checking every 1.5 seconds until the account sits flat.

Send an order from TradingView, the DOM, a strategy or the panel itself. TradeClone handles all four the same way.

How long it holds

Once a lockout starts it runs to the end. Closing the panel will not clear it, and neither will restarting NinjaTrader. TradeClone keeps the end time in UTC, so changing timezone buys you nothing.

A lockout is a barrier rather than a vault. TradeClone runs inside NinjaTrader and reaches as far as NinjaTrader lets it, so someone set on trading through one will get there.

While it runs

A blurred overlay with a countdown covers the COPIER and RISK tabs, and the LOCKOUT button turns red. The countdown shows hours, minutes and seconds remaining.

NinjaTrader shows its own order rejection dialog when something tries to get through. That comes from the platform rather than TradeClone, and you can close it.

When it ends

The overlay lifts and the copier comes back on its own. TradeClone re-enables the accounts you had switched on before the lockout, and leaves the ones you had switched off alone.

Still stuck? Ask in the Discord or browse the FAQ.