Daily Loss and Profit Limits Across All Your NinjaTrader 8 Setups | The Indicator Store

How to set daily loss and profit limits per setup, per account and across every automated setup in NinjaTrader 8 with Markers Pro 2026. With video.



Running one automated setup, a daily limit is simple: the setup stops when it reaches it. Running several, on different accounts or in different workspaces, raises a harder question. Each setup can be inside its own limit while the account as a whole is already past the line your prop firm drew.

Markers Pro 2026 handles limits on two levels: one for each setup, and one for everything together.

Level 1: a limit for each setup

Every Markers instance has its own daily profit and daily loss limit. By default, both are set to $500. When an instance reaches either one, it shows a message and stops trading for the day.

This works well because each instance is independent. One Markers can trade longs on one account with its own ATM, another can trade shorts on a different account, and each one respects its own limits.

The problem appears when the number of instances grows. Five setups, each with a $500 loss limit, can add up to a $2,500 loss on a day when all of them go wrong. No single setup broke its rule, but the account did.

Level 2: a global limit for everything

Right-click any Markers Pro menu and open the Global Panel.

Global On/Off. One switch turns every Markers off, or back on. With Global Off, nothing trades, whatever each instance has enabled.

Global daily loss and profit. You set a maximum daily loss and a maximum daily profit for the combined result of every Markers in NinjaTrader, adding up all instances and all accounts. When the total reaches either limit, trading stops for the day. To continue, you have to unblock it manually, and you can change the limits at that moment.

Limits per account. If one account needs a different limit, select it in the panel and give it its own. That’s useful when you run an evaluation and a funded account side by side, each with different rules.

The panel controls every Markers, including the ones in workspaces that aren’t open on screen. Nothing runs outside its reach.

Why two levels matter on a prop firm account

Prop firms set the daily loss limit for the account, not for each strategy. The individual limits keep each setup in check; the global limit makes sure the sum never crosses the firm’s rule. Set the global loss limit below the firm’s limit, with some margin, and the account stops itself before the firm stops it.

Control from your phone

The same controls are also available through Telegram: the status of each system, the result per account and per setup, and the switch to turn off one system or all of them. We’ll cover the Telegram setup in its own video.

For the full overview of the October release, including the new menus: [LINK A LA NOTA: Markers 2026 (October Release): Global Control, Account Risk Limits and Telegram]

Watch the video

 https://youtu.be/Fpuux_uQGVo]

See it live on a prop firm account

On Friday, October 23 at 3:00 PM ET, we’ll set up these limits live on a prop firm account, step by step, and answer your questions.

Free registration: https://forms.gle/bpECaEsCYBZGQAtg8

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