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The Goals module turns your intentions into enforceable rules. Instead of telling yourself you’ll stop trading after two losses and then not doing it, you define the rule once and NextTick flags — or blocks — the behavior for you. Combine daily limits, active rules, dead-hour restrictions, and a pre-session checklist into a discipline framework that runs in the background every time you open the platform.
Goals is a Pro tier feature. Upgrade your plan to unlock access.

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What you can configure

  • Daily P&L limits — define a maximum loss and a profit target for each session
  • Active trading rules — create conditional rules that trigger based on your intraday behavior
  • Dead-hour cutoffs — flag or restrict trades taken during your worst-performing time windows, identified automatically from your Analytics heatmap
  • Daily checklists — pre-market steps you commit to completing before placing your first trade
  • Habit tracking — log each day whether you followed your process, independent of P&L outcome
Link your Goals directly to patterns uncovered in Drawdown Forensics. If your worst drawdowns consistently start with a specific behavior — trading a particular hour, taking a third trade after two losers — turn that finding into a hard rule here for the highest-impact results.

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Types of goals you can set

Set a maximum loss for the day (for example, -$500). When your realized P&L for the session hits that threshold, NextTick flags the breach and can restrict further entries. This is the single most effective rule for traders whose worst days compound a bad start into a catastrophic one.
Set a target you want to reach (for example, +$300). When you hit it, NextTick notifies you. Knowing you’ve reached your goal makes it easier to protect gains rather than give them back chasing more.
Cap the total number of trades you’ll take in a session. This rule directly targets overtrading — one of the most common ways disciplined traders bleed a good edge.
Define how many losing trades in a row trigger a mandatory pause. For example, “stop trading after 2 consecutive losses.” The rule resets each time you record a winner.
Your Analytics heatmap shows which hours of the day you perform worst. The dead-hour restriction flags any trade entered during those windows so you can review whether taking it was consistent with your plan.
Build a list of items you review before placing your first trade — market bias, key levels, economic calendar events, or any preparation steps specific to your approach. You confirm completion each morning before the session begins.

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Habit tracking

Beyond rules and limits, Goals includes a daily habit log. Each day you mark whether you followed your process: did you complete the pre-session checklist, respect your loss limit, avoid your dead hours? Over time this builds a record of process adherence that you can correlate with your P&L — most traders discover their worst performance periods align directly with their lowest process-adherence streaks.