{"id":15381,"date":"2024-05-28T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/docs\/knowledgebase\/metatrader-4-mt4\/what-is-a-trailing-stop\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T12:39:14","slug":"what-is-a-trailing-stop","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/docs\/knowledgebase\/metatrader-4-mt4\/what-is-a-trailing-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a trailing stop?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15381\" class=\"elementor elementor-15381\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-882ba97 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"882ba97\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0593004\" data-id=\"0593004\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daaa2aa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"daaa2aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A trailing stop is a strategy to manage stop-loss orders. It allows you to set a stop-loss with an automatic update to move beyond the market price. This function helps you to be profitable with less risk.<\/p><p>By right-clicking on your trade, you can choose <strong>&#8220;Trailing Stop&#8221;<\/strong> from the menu that appears. The <strong>&#8220;Trailing Stop&#8221;<\/strong> button allows you to set points that will be moved by market price movement and a specified distance. Also, you can customize your trading stop level by choosing the <strong>&#8220;Custom&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong> function from the menu.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/using-trailling-stop-in-metatrader-4-desktop-step-01.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"doc-rounded-image aligncenter wp-image-15384 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/using-trailling-stop-in-metatrader-4-desktop-step-01.webp\" alt=\"right click on the trade and choose &quot;Trailing Stop&quot; \" width=\"896\" height=\"553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/using-trailling-stop-in-metatrader-4-desktop-step-01.webp 896w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/using-trailling-stop-in-metatrader-4-desktop-step-01-300x185.webp 300w, https:\/\/fxglory.com\/helpdesk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/using-trailling-stop-in-metatrader-4-desktop-step-01-768x474.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/><\/a><\/p><p>When the Stop Loss and Take Profit values are set, they will be displayed on the chart as horizontal lines at the relevant price levels. So by right-clicking on the horizontal line of Stop Loss, the trailing stop menu will appear.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A trailing stop is a strategy to manage stop-loss orders. It allows you to set a stop-loss with an automatic update to move beyond the market price. This function helps you to be profitable with less risk. By right-clicking on your trade, you can choose &#8220;Trailing Stop&#8221; from the menu that appears. 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