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<title>Kairotick: new and updated pages</title><subtitle>Free tools and plain-English references for prop firm and MetaTrader 5 traders: prop firm rules explained with dollar examples, an economic calendar from official sources in your own time zone, a lot size calculator, a drawdown calculator and a trading journal. TradeWarden, our MT5 Expert Advisor, closes trades before a prop firm&#x27;s loss limit.</subtitle>
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<entry><title>Free Trading Journal for MT5: Win Rate and Drawdown</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/tools/trading-journal.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/tools/trading-journal.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Drop your MetaTrader 5 report and get a free trading journal: win rate, profit factor, expectancy, max drawdown, best and worst symbols. Nothing is uploaded.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Prop Firm Daily Loss and Max Drawdown Calculator</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/tools/prop-firm-drawdown-calculator.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/tools/prop-firm-drawdown-calculator.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Free calculator: your prop firm&#x27;s daily loss limit and max drawdown in dollars, what you can still lose today and your equity floor. FTMO, FundedNext and more.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Lot Size Calculator for Forex and Gold (MT5)</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/tools/lot-size-calculator.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/tools/lot-size-calculator.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Free lot size calculator for MT5: enter your balance, risk and stop loss, get the lot size, the pip value and what one loss costs. Forex, gold and silver.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>TradeWarden test report: every MT5 test run, published</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/test-report.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/test-report.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Every Strategy Tester run, every planted-bug check and every live demo measurement of the TradeWarden 1.20 build you would install.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Terms of use: Kairotick tools and pages</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/terms/"/><id>https://kairotick.com/terms/</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Terms for using kairotick.com: information, not financial advice; rules and dates from official sources; calculators that work on your numbers.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Start here: TradeWarden in 3 steps</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/start.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/start.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Set up TradeWarden for MetaTrader 5 in about two minutes: copy one file, turn on Algo Trading, pick your firm.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>The5ers High Stakes rules explained: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/the5ers-high-stakes.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/the5ers-high-stakes.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>The5ers High Stakes in plain English: daily loss 5% ($5,000 on $100k), max loss 10% static, day reset at midnight server time. Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>News Trading Rules: FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers, FundingPips</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/news-trading.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/news-trading.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Can you trade the news on a prop firm account? FTMO, FundedNext, The5ers and FundingPips news rules side by side, quoted from each firm&#x27;s own pages.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>FundingPips 2-Step Standard rules: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/fundingpips-2-step-standard.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/fundingpips-2-step-standard.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>FundingPips 2-Step Standard: daily loss 5% ($5,000 on $100k), max loss 10% static, reset at midnight UTC+3. Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>FundedNext Stellar Lite rules: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/fundednext-stellar-lite.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/fundednext-stellar-lite.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>FundedNext Stellar Lite: daily loss 4% ($4,000 on $100k), max loss 8% static, reset at midnight server time. Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>FundedNext Stellar 2-Step rules: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/fundednext-stellar-2-step.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/fundednext-stellar-2-step.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>FundedNext Stellar 2-Step: daily loss 5% ($5,000 on $100k), max loss 10% static, reset at midnight server time. Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>FundedNext Stellar 1-Step rules: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/fundednext-stellar-1-step.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/fundednext-stellar-1-step.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>FundedNext Stellar 1-Step: daily loss 3% ($3,000 on $100k), max loss 6% static, reset at midnight server time. Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>FTMO 2-Step rules explained: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/ftmo-2-step.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/ftmo-2-step.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>FTMO 2-Step: daily loss 5% ($5,000 on $100k), max loss 10% static, reset at midnight Prague time (CE(S)T). Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>FTMO 1-Step rules explained: daily loss and max loss</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/ftmo-1-step.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/ftmo-1-step.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>FTMO 1-Step: daily loss 3% ($3,000 on $100k), max loss 10% trailing, reset at midnight Prague time (CE(S)T). Worked examples and a calculator.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Prop firm rules compared: daily loss, max loss, reset times</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/rules/"/><id>https://kairotick.com/rules/</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Seven prop firm programs side by side: daily loss limit, max loss, when the day resets, in plain English with dollar examples and sources.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Revenge Trade Check — what your tilt trades cost (free, MT5)</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/revenge-check.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/revenge-check.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Drop your MetaTrader 5 history report and see which trades were revenge trades, what they cost you and your discipline grade. Free; the file stays with you.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Privacy policy: what Kairotick keeps and why</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/privacy/"/><id>https://kairotick.com/privacy/</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>What kairotick.com keeps when you use a form, where it is stored, what it never collects, and how to have your data deleted.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Free MT5 Indicators: Position Size and Trading Sessions</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/free-pack.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/free-pack.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Two free MetaTrader 5 indicators: a drag-the-stop position size calculator that uses your broker&#x27;s tick value, and Asia, London and New York session boxes.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Economic calendar for forex traders, in your time zone</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/economic-calendar.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/economic-calendar.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Free economic calendar for traders: US CPI, jobs report, FOMC, ECB, UK, Canada and Australia, with official dates, your local time and a countdown.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Contact Kairotick: questions about TradeWarden and our tools</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/contact/"/><id>https://kairotick.com/contact/</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Write to Kairotick about TradeWarden, the economic calendar, the prop firm rules pages or a mistake you found. We reply by email.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>TradeWarden compared with 16 rival tools</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/compare.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/compare.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>TradeWarden next to 16 trade managers, prop-firm guards and discipline tools, feature by feature, from each product&#x27;s own page.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next UK labour market report: October 20, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/uk-jobs.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/uk-jobs.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>UK labour market report: Tue, Oct 20, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next UK GDP (monthly): October 15, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/uk-gdp.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/uk-gdp.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>UK GDP (monthly): Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next UK CPI inflation: October 21, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/uk-cpi.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/uk-cpi.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>UK CPI inflation: Wed, Oct 21, 2026 at 2:00 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US retail sales: October 15, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/retail-sales.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/retail-sales.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US retail sales is on Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET, from U.S. Census Bureau&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>RBA interest rate decision: release dates</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/rba.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/rba.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>RBA interest rate decision: Tue, Aug 11, 2026 at 12:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US Producer Price Index: October 15, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/ppi.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/ppi.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US Producer Price Index: Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US PCE inflation and spending: October 29, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/pce.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/pce.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US PCE inflation and spending: Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>US stock market holidays 2026-2028 and early closes</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/market-holidays.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/market-holidays.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Every day the US stock market (NYSE) is closed in 2026, 2027 and 2028, plus the 1:00 p.m. early closes, from the NYSE&#x27;s own calendar.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US job openings (JOLTS): November 3, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/jolts.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/jolts.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US job openings (JOLTS): Tue, Nov 3, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US jobs report (NFP): November 6, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/jobs-report.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/jobs-report.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US jobs report (Nonfarm Payrolls): Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US weekly jobless claims: October 15, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/jobless-claims.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/jobless-claims.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US weekly jobless claims: Thu, Oct 15, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Is the stock market open today? NYSE hours and holidays</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/is-the-stock-market-open-today.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/is-the-stock-market-open-today.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Is the US stock market open today? A live answer in your time zone, NYSE hours (9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET), the next holidays and early closes.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US GDP report: October 29, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/gdp.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/gdp.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US GDP: Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET, from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next FOMC meeting (Fed): October 28, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/fomc.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/fomc.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Fed interest rate decision (FOMC): Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Euro area unemployment: October 30, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/eurozone-unemployment.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/eurozone-unemployment.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Euro area unemployment is on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. ET, from Eurostat&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Euro area inflation (flash HICP): November 4, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/eurozone-inflation.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/eurozone-inflation.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Euro area inflation (flash HICP): Wed, Nov 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m. ET, from Eurostat&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Euro area GDP (flash): October 30, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/eurozone-gdp.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/eurozone-gdp.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Euro area GDP (flash) is on Friday, October 30, 2026 at 6:00 a.m. ET, from Eurostat&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US Employment Cost Index: October 30, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/eci.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/eci.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US Employment Cost Index: Fri, Oct 30, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next ECB interest rate decision: October 29, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/ecb.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/ecb.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>ECB interest rate decision: Thu, Oct 29, 2026 at 9:15 a.m. ET, from European Central Bank&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US durable goods orders: October 27, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/durable-goods.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/durable-goods.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US durable goods orders: Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET, from U.S. Census Bureau&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next US CPI report: October 14, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/cpi.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/cpi.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>US CPI inflation report: Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey): Nov 6, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/canada-jobs.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/canada-jobs.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Canada jobs report (Labour Force Survey): Fri, Nov 6, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Canada CPI inflation: October 19, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/canada-cpi.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/canada-cpi.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Canada CPI inflation: Mon, Oct 19, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. ET, from Statistics Canada&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Bank of Canada rate decision: October 28, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/boc.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/boc.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Bank of Canada rate decision: Wed, Oct 28, 2026 at 9:45 a.m. ET, from Bank of Canada&#x27;s official schedule. Countdown in your time zone and every date ahead.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Australia jobs report (Labour Force): October 14, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/australia-jobs.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/australia-jobs.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Australia jobs report (Labour Force): Wed, Oct 14, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>Next Australia CPI inflation: October 27, 2026</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/calendar/australia-cpi.html"/><id>https://kairotick.com/calendar/australia-cpi.html</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Australia CPI inflation: Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 8:30 p.m. ET. Official dates, a countdown in your time zone and the last result.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>About Kairotick: free tools for prop firm traders</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/about/"/><id>https://kairotick.com/about/</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Who makes Kairotick and TradeWarden, where every number on the site comes from, and how the pages are kept up to date.</summary></entry>
<entry><title>TradeWarden: the MT5 guard for prop firm loss limits</title><link href="https://kairotick.com/"/><id>https://kairotick.com/</id><updated>2026-10-10T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>TradeWarden, an MT5 Expert Advisor for prop firm traders: closes every trade before your firm&#x27;s loss limit, stops the revenge trade, sizes each trade.</summary></entry>
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