A safety layer, separate from the trading logic
Alongside the trading decisions Project Iris makes, a dedicated safety layer continuously checks your account's drawdown and exposure against the limits you've set. This safety layer is deliberately built as a separate system, so that your risk limits are still enforced even if something unexpected happens elsewhere in the engine.
Why separate it out
Keeping risk enforcement independent from the decision-making logic is a standard safety principle: a single system that both decides what to do and checks whether that's safe is more fragile than two systems that check each other. If one has a problem, the other still holds the line.
What you need to do
Review your own risk preset (Low, Medium or High) and your drawdown limit in your account settings whenever your circumstances change; these are the actual limits the safety layer enforces on your behalf.
In detail
- The safety layer checks your account's drawdown and exposure against your own chosen limits on an ongoing basis.
- It operates independently of the trading decisions themselves, so it keeps functioning even if something unexpected happens elsewhere.
- Your risk preset (Low, Medium or High) and your drawdown limit, both chosen in your account settings, are the actual limits this layer enforces.
- This separation between "deciding what to do" and "checking whether it's safe" is a standard, deliberate safety principle, not an afterthought.
One more thing
Building the safety layer as a separate system from the trading decisions, rather than as a check built into the same logic that makes those decisions, reflects a basic principle in safety-critical design: a system shouldn't be solely responsible for checking its own homework.
If you've never reviewed your risk preset or drawdown limit, it's worth doing so in your account settings — these are the actual numbers this safety layer is enforcing on your behalf, not a fixed, one-size-fits-all rule.