A piece of feedback I’ve heard repeatedly from Builder's Lab: "My SL gets filled too far from my trigger. Why can't I tighten that?"

Fair point. On every trigger order, Punch was calculating a limit price behind the scenes: 5% from trigger for options, 1% for equity and futures. You couldn't see it. You couldn't change it.

This week's main release fixes that. The other change brings Magnet Mode to Desktop.

Market Protection, now visible and adjustable

There's a new Market Protection section in Settings. Set your preferred % per instrument type (Stocks, Futures, Index Options, Stock Options) once. It applies to every trigger order you place for that type. Range is 0.1% to 10%. System defaults stay at 1% and 5% if you don't touch it.

On every order form (standalone trigger, SL leg, TP leg), you'll now see a one-line row below the trigger price showing the active % and the computed limit price. Tap it to override for this trade only. Pick from chips (0.5%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 5%) or enter a custom value. The override doesn't get saved back to Settings. The next order goes back to your default. To save your market protection % preference, go to global settings → switch over to the “Market protection“ tab and save you preferred % per instrument type.

A higher protection % gives your SL more room to fill in a fast-moving market whilst a lower % keeps fills tight to the trigger. You decide where on that curve you want to sit, per instrument type, per trade.

How to access: Settings → Market Protection. Or tap the protection row on any trigger order form.

Magnet Mode on Desktop

Drawing a trendline from one candle high to another used to require zooming in and squinting. Magnet Mode fixes that.

Drawing anchors now snap to candle OHLC values automatically. Click the magnet icon on the left toolbar to open the submenu and choose a mode:

Weak snaps only when your cursor is close to an OHLC value. Otherwise places freely.

Strong always snaps to the nearest OHLC, regardless of where you click.

Works across every drawing tool with anchor points: Trend Line, Extended Line, Horizontal Line, Horizontal Ray, Vertical Line, Fib Retracement, Rectangle, and Rotated Rectangle.

There's also a Snap to Indicators toggle in the same submenu. Turn it on and anchors snap to indicator values on the chart too: EMA, SMA, Bollinger Bands, Supertrend, VWAP, and anything else plotted. The system picks whichever target (OHLC or indicator) is closest to your cursor. Useful for drawing trendlines off a moving average or marking exactly where price touched VWAP.

How to access: Magnet icon on the left drawing toolbar.

See you at the Lab.

– Archit Sunat