Locking your risk management settings and enabling them are two separate actions. The lock prevents you from editing your parameters for the duration you set — it does not activate them. If your settings are locked but your risk rules are not triggering, the parameters need to be enabled separately.

You might be experiencing this if:

These are two separate controls in the Risk Management panel. They look related but do different things:

The rule of thumb: enable to enforce, lock to protect. Both are needed for full protection — but they serve different purposes.

A locked configuration that is not enabled will not trigger. If your parameters show as DISABLED and are also locked, your risk rules will not fire until the lock expires and you are able to enable the parameters.

Your configuration is locked. This is working as intended.

The lock runs for the duration you set when you activated it. It cannot be removed early — this is by design. The lock exists specifically to prevent you from overriding your own risk rules during a live session. There is no override to remove it before it expires, and the team cannot remove it on your behalf.

What to do: Wait for the lock period to expire. The lock duration and remaining time are visible in the Risk Management panel. Once the lock expires, you can edit, enable, or reconfigure your parameters normally.

For future sessions: Enable your parameters first, then set the lock. Once the lock is active, you cannot enable parameters that are still showing as DISABLED — the lock prevents any configuration edits, including enabling.

The lock is active, but your parameters are still DISABLED — configured, but not enforcing.

Locking your settings does not turn them on. A parameter must be enabled (in addition to having a value set) before it can trigger. If you set the lock before enabling your parameters, the lock is now preventing you from enabling them.

If the lock is still active:
- You cannot enable the parameters until the lock expires
- Wait for the lock period to pass
- Once expired, enable each parameter you want enforced and confirm each shows as active before your next session
- Do not set the lock again until your parameters are confirmed as active

If the lock has already expired:
1. Open the Risk Management panel in Tradecopia
2. Check each parameter row for the affected account — any parameter showing DISABLED is not active
3. Toggle each parameter you want enforced to enabled
4. If your account is on Tradovate: push your settings after enabling — Tradovate's engine will not receive the update until you push. See Why aren't my Tradovate risk settings taking effect? if the push step is unclear
5. Confirm each parameter shows as active before your next session

For more detail on identifying and enabling DISABLED parameters, see Why aren't my risk management parameters being enforced?.

The lock cannot be removed early. This is intentional — the lock is designed to be irremovable for the duration you set, so it cannot be bypassed in the moment. There is no workaround, and the team cannot remove it on your behalf.

What to do: Wait for the lock to expire. The remaining time is visible in the Risk Management panel. Once it expires, you can edit your parameters as normal.

If you want more flexibility next time, set a shorter lock duration when you activate it.