KaraniFutures trading risk management, built in
Automated trading risk controls are the part of the system that decides how much can go wrong before it stops. Karani treats them as the foundation, not a setting bolted on at the end. Every order is checked against hard position limits and a daily-loss cap, the strategy is proven on paper first, and you hold a kill switch that halts everything from your phone.
The four risk controls
Hard position limits
A cap on how many ES contracts can be open at once. Karani cannot size past it, so a single position can never grow beyond the risk you set.
Daily-loss cap
A fixed dollar limit for the session. When losses reach it, Karani stops trading for the rest of the day and waits for the next session.
One-tap kill switch
Halt every strategy and pull all working orders instantly, from any device. Control never leaves your hands.
Paper before live
Every strategy proves itself on a paper account against the live market before a single real dollar is at risk.
Why a daily-loss limit matters
A daily-loss limit is the single most important guardrail in systematic futures trading. It puts a hard floor under a bad day. Without one, a losing streak or an unusual market can compound while no one is watching. With one, the worst case for the session is known in advance and capped in dollars. Karani checks the running total against your cap continuously, and once the cap is hit, trading for the day is over.
Position limits do the same job for size. They stop the system from stacking contracts into a position larger than you agreed to hold, regardless of how strong a signal looks.
Risk checks run on every order
These controls are not a nightly report. They run inline, before each order leaves the system. An order that would break your contract limit or push the day past its loss cap is rejected rather than sent. Because the checks sit between the strategy and the market, no single trade can bypass them.
Automation handles the disciplined middle of the work. You set the boundaries it runs inside.
You keep the account and the final say
Karani runs on your own AMP brokerage account, connected through Rithmic. Your funds sit with your broker, not with Karani. You approve the limits during onboarding, you can change them, and you can stop the system at any moment from the iOS app. The automation works inside the fence you build; it never owns the fence.
Risk controls you can see and set.
Karani works with a small, invitation-only group of clients. If it fits how you want your capital managed, you are welcome to request access.