Trade Management

When configuring a channel in the Telegram Copier, you can attach automated protections, execution rules, and filters to every trade copied from that channel—even when the original message does not mention them.

Settings are organized into three dedicated sections in the template builder:

1. Trade Management: Position management rules (Trailing Stop and Breakeven) applied by the EA once trades are open on your trading platform.
2. Signal & Order Rules: Order translation rules (Execution Overrides, Cancel at TP1, Target Limits, and Price Offsets) evaluated by the copier when converting channel signals into broker commands.
3. Message Filters: Gating rules (Ignore Messages and Require Stop Loss) evaluated by the copier before any message is parsed into an order.

Toggle on any feature and fill in its values. These settings apply automatically to every trade produced by the channel, across both template-based and AI parsing modes.

Features Overview

Trade Management

The Trade Management section controls automated position management rules that are attached to each signal and executed locally by the TradeSgnl EA on MetaTrader.

Trailing Stop

Attach an automatic trailing stop that follows behind profitable trades at a set distance:

• Trigger: The profit distance required before the trailing stop activates and begins tracking price.
• Distance: How far behind current market price the stop loss trails.
• Step: The minimum increment price must move before the stop loss updates.

Breakeven

Protect profitable positions by automatically moving the stop loss to breakeven once price reaches your trigger:

• Trigger: The profit distance or target level that activates the breakeven rule.
• Offset: An optional distance added beyond entry to lock in extra profit or cover commissions/spread. Leave Offset empty to move the stop loss exactly to your entry price.

Breakeven at a Take Profit Level

In addition to fixed distances, you can select TP Level as the unit type on the Breakeven trigger. The stop moves to breakeven when the signal's own take profit target is reached, adapting dynamically to whatever prices each signal carries.

A typical setup on a three-target signal: the copier sends all three targets, the trade scales out at TP1 and TP2, and with breakeven set to TP2, the stop on the remaining position moves to entry the moment TP2 is reached, allowing the final runner to target TP3 risk-free.

If the channel posts signals with varying numbers of targets, select Before last TP instead. It automatically binds to the target preceding the final one regardless of count: TP2 on a 3-target signal, TP3 on a 4-target signal, or TP1 on a 2-target signal.

Unit Types

Trailing stop and breakeven each feature a unit type selector on the trigger field that defines how values in that card are calculated:

Signal & Order Rules

The Signal & Order Rules section defines how parsed messages are translated into trade commands before dispatching to your connected broker accounts.

Override Order Execution

Signal providers format trade instructions differently. Some write SELL 4196 meaning "sell now, current market price is near 4196". Others post pending limit or stop orders with entry prices when you would rather enter immediately at market. Switch on Override Order Execution to dictate exact order execution behavior:

Comparison of Execution Modes

On MetaTrader, when Force Pending is enabled, the EA automatically places the order as a limit or stop depending on where current market price sits relative to the signal's entry price.

Cancel at TP1

A pending order waits for price to pull back to its entry level. Occasionally, price moves directly to the first take profit target without filling the order. If the order filled later, you would enter an exhausted move after the target was already hit.

Switch on Cancel at TP1 to automatically cancel pending orders from the channel as soon as market price touches TP1 without filling the entry. This monitoring is handled in real-time by the EA on your account.

Cancel at TP1 pairs naturally with Override Order Execution in Force Pending mode: one holds the order at your desired entry price, while the other removes the order once the setup has played out.

Limit Take Profits

Channels frequently broadcast 3 to 5 profit targets when your strategy calls for exiting entirely at earlier levels. Switch on Limit Take Profits and configure Targets to Send to cap the number of targets dispatched to your accounts.

• Setting Targets to Send to 1 sends only TP1; the full trade volume closes upon hitting the first target.
• Setting Targets to Send to 2 sends TP1 and TP2, splitting volume across those two targets.

The limit applies to every signal from the channel regardless of how many targets the message specifies, as well as to subsequent messages that modify targets. In the template builder, excluded targets remain highlighted in the parsed message but are dimmed, and the Signal Preview shows only the targets that will be transmitted.

Take Profit & Stop Loss Offset

Broker spreads, platform slippage, or stop hunts around obvious psychological levels can trigger premature stop-outs or cause missed take profit fills by fractions of a pip. Switch on Take Profit & Stop Loss Offset to shift profit targets and stop losses by a specified distance:

Offset Units

• Pips: Calculated based on the instrument's pip size (e.g. 0.0001 for EURUSD, 0.01 for JPY pairs). Best for Forex currency pairs.
• Currency: Uses the raw price/point distance. Best for Gold (XAUUSD), Indices (US30, NAS100), and Crypto where pip definitions vary across brokers.

Message Filters

The Message Filters section screens incoming channel messages before any trade orders are parsed or dispatched. Both filters run within the copier service before signals reach your broker.

Use filters for channels that post commentary, marketing, or preliminary heads-up alerts lacking stop losses. Skipped messages appear in the Activity tab with the skip reason logged for transparency.

Ignore Messages

Block messages containing specific words or phrases from triggering trades. Separate multiple phrases with a pipe character (|), for example BUY NOW|SELL NOW. Phrase matching is case-insensitive.

Require Stop Loss

Ensure every open order has risk protection. When enabled, new trade signals that do not specify a stop loss are dropped.

Troubleshooting

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