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Kill Switch

A single control that halts all automated trading immediately — per strategy or account-wide. Every automated setup needs one before it needs anything else: when behavior surprises you, the first move is stopping new orders, not debugging live. Well-designed platforms make pausing instant and resuming deliberate.
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