Equity Firewall: Automated MT5 drawdown control and account-level risk protection for traders

In this Review of Equity Firewall for 2025, the performance analysis concentrates on the utility’s effectiveness as an account-level safety net. Equity Firewall monitors net equity across all open positions and pending orders and executes preconfigured responses when thresholds are crossed. The 2025 performance review includes scenario testing where Equity Firewall closed positions during sudden exposure spikes, and the analysis highlights how this prevented larger peak drawdowns in live-demo comparisons. Equity Firewall is unique because it does not attempt to predict market direction; instead it acts as an overseer that enforces discipline across multiple trading systems. The algorithm continuously reads account equity and compares it to maximum drawdown, daily loss, and profit target parameters. When a limit trips, actions can include closing all positions, canceling pending orders, or disabling trading for selected EAs, enabling traders to maintain control even during algorithmic cascades. The developer, Ervand Oganesyan, designed the tool for compatibility with standard MT5 order handling and typical broker execution models. In practice, Equity Firewall performs best in accounts where several expert advisors can suddenly increase exposure or where event risk can cause rapid adverse moves. Expected performance characteristics are stable drawdown containment and fewer large equity spikes rather than higher win rates for individual strategies. Traders should expect the utility to reduce tail risk and improve long-term capital preservation when configured conservatively, while still relying on underlying EA performance for returns.