How Trailing Stop Protection Works
Learn how PipsCrusher automatically locks in your profits as a trade moves in your favour — and prevents you from giving back what you earned.
The Trailing Stop is one of PipsCrusher's most important trade protection features. Once enabled, it works silently in the background on every open position — adjusting your stop loss automatically as the trade moves in your favour.
Here is exactly what happens, step by step:
Phase 1 — Break-Even Protection Once your trade has moved far enough into profit (specifically, once it reaches 25% of the distance to its take-profit target), the trailing stop kicks in immediately. At this point, it moves your stop loss to your entry price — locking in a break-even result at minimum. From this moment, you cannot lose money on this trade no matter what happens next.
Phase 2 — Active Trailing As the trade continues to move in your favour beyond the break-even point, the stop loss follows. It stays a fixed distance behind the current price at all times — always protecting a portion of your open profit. The critical rule: the stop loss only ever moves forward. If price moves up on a buy trade, the stop follows. If price pulls back slightly, the stop stays exactly where it was. It will never move backward against you.
Practical example: Imagine you open a buy trade on EUR/USD. Your take-profit is 100 pips away. When you're up 25 pips, trailing activates and your stop loss moves to break-even. As the trade reaches 60, 70, 80 pips of profit, your stop loss trails behind — always 35 pips below the current high. If the market suddenly reverses, your trade closes with a profit rather than a loss.
How to enable it: Go to Settings → EA Configuration on your dashboard. Toggle on "Trailing Stop". The setting takes effect on all currently open positions and all future trades immediately.