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How to stop revenge trading: 6 apps that actually help.
Some tools lock you out after a loss. Others show you the exact moment you talked yourself into the next trade. Here’s what each one does, and who it suits.
Revenge trading is the trade you take to win back a loss. It’s rarely a strategy problem. You know your setup; you just stop following it for a few minutes after a red trade, and those few minutes cost more than the original loss.
There are two kinds of tools that help, and they work on different halves of the problem.
Blockers stop the damage in the moment. Review tools help you stop needing the blocker.
The short list
| Tool | Type | Platform | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| FaceTheTrade | Review | iPhone, web | Records you during the trade and marks the moment a rule broke |
| EmotionLock | Blocker | iPhone + MT5 | Blocks chosen trading apps after a daily trade count |
| TiltGuard | Blocker | Chrome extension | Disables trading in the browser when session limits are hit |
| Tradeblocker | Blocker | App | Blocks trading platforms outside the sessions you schedule |
| Apple Screen Time | Blocker | iPhone (free) | PIN-protected time limits on any trading app |
| Edgewonk | Journal | Web | Tiltmeter shows how often you break your own rules |
FaceTheTrade is our app. Everything else is described from each product’s own site as of October 2026; check them for current features and prices.
Review tools: see the moment it started
FaceTheTrade
FaceTheTrade records video and audio of you for the length of a trade, prompts you to say your setup and how you feel, and drops markers when your voice, heart rate (with an optional Apple Watch) or body language changes. Afterward you watch the exact moment you talked yourself into the revenge trade, and grade the trade A/B/C on whether you followed your plan rather than on P&L. Insights then tracks how often you break your rules: your A/B/C split across every trade, and which thinking pattern shows up most before a rule break.
Best for: traders who keep promising themselves “never again” and want to see what actually happens in the seconds before the rule break. Not for: anyone who wants something that physically stops them from clicking. It doesn’t connect to your broker or block anything.
Edgewonk
A full trading journal with automated trade imports. Its Tiltmeter tracks how often you break your trading rules, and its psychology tracking lets you tag emotions against results.
Best for: traders who already journal every trade and want to see what rule breaks cost in dollars.
Use it with FaceTheTrade: FaceTheTrade tracks how often you break your rules and which pattern is behind it, from what you said during the trade. Edgewonk adds the P&L side. Paste FaceTheTrade’s trade summary into that trade’s notes in Edgewonk to see both in one place.
Blockers: make the decision hard to undo
EmotionLock
Connects to an MT5 account with the read-only investor password, counts your trades, and blocks the trading apps you choose at the Screen Time level once you reach your daily limit.
Best for: MT5 traders who trade from their phone.
TiltGuard
Runs in the browser and disables trading once you hit a trade cap or session limit you set, with no override. It doesn’t connect to your broker.
Best for: traders on browser-based platforms, including prop-firm accounts.
Tradeblocker
Lets you schedule your trading sessions and blocks access to trading platforms outside them, with focus sessions and reminders about your limits.
Best for: traders whose damage happens after the planned session is over.
Apple Screen Time
Set a daily time limit on your trading app and have someone else choose the Screen Time passcode. It knows nothing about your trades, but it’s free and it works with any app.
Best for: trying a blocker before paying for one.
How to stop revenge trading, with or without an app
The tools only enforce decisions you’ve already made. These are the decisions:
- Set a personal daily stop inside any firm limit. Write it down before the open. When you hit it, you’re done, even if the account would let you keep going. If you trade a prop account, the drawdown calculator shows how much room you really have today.
- Fix your size before the session. Changing size after a loss counts as a rule break, the same as moving a stop.
- Give the trade after a loss its own rule. A ten-minute wait, a full checklist, or stepping away. Specific enough that you know whether you followed it.
- Say your setup out loud before you click. A revenge trade sounds like one when you have to explain it.
- Review the moment, not the day. The useful part is the few seconds where you decided. Why you keep breaking your own trading rules goes deeper on that moment.
How do I stop revenge trading?
Decide your stopping point before the session starts, while you are calm: a personal daily loss limit, a maximum number of trades, and a rule for the trade after a loss. Then make that decision hard to undo, either with a tool that locks you out when the limit is hit, or by reviewing the exact moment you broke the rule so the pattern becomes visible.
Is there an app that stops revenge trading?
Yes. Blocking tools such as EmotionLock, TiltGuard and Tradeblocker lock you out of trading apps or platforms once a limit you set is reached or outside the hours you chose. Apple Screen Time can do a simpler version for free on iPhone. Review tools such as FaceTheTrade and Edgewonk do not block trades; they show you when and why the rule breaks happen.
Should I use a blocker or a journal?
They solve different halves of the problem. A blocker stops the damage in the moment. A journal or review tool helps you stop needing the blocker, because you can see what you were saying and feeling right before the revenge trade started. Many traders use one of each.
Does FaceTheTrade block trades?
No. FaceTheTrade records you while you trade, marks the moments that matter, and lets you grade each trade on whether you followed your plan. It does not connect to your broker or lock you out of anything.