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Trailing Stop Examples

Examples using trailing stop functionality. The trailing stop replaces the take-profit order and is activated at take_profit_price, so every example sets one. Trailing stops are not placed for paper bots.

Basic Trailing Stop​

{
  "strategy_key": "your_encrypted_strategy_key_here",
  "exchange": "BINANCE",
  "ticker": "BTCUSDT.P",
  "position_side": "LONG",
  "action": "BUY",
  "entry_price": 50000,
  "stop_loss_price": 48000,
  "take_profit_price": 53000,
  "is_trailing_stop_enabled": true,
  "callback_rate": 1.0,
  "leverage": 10
}

Tight Trailing for Scalping​

{
  "strategy_key": "your_encrypted_strategy_key_here",
  "position_side": "LONG",
  "action": "BUY",
  "entry_price": 50000,
  "stop_loss_price": 49700,
  "take_profit_price": 53000,
  "is_trailing_stop_enabled": true,
  "callback_rate": 0.3,
  "leverage": 20
}

Wide Trailing for Swing Trading​

{
  "strategy_key": "your_encrypted_strategy_key_here",
  "position_side": "LONG",
  "action": "BUY",
  "entry_price": 50000,
  "stop_loss_price": 47000,
  "take_profit_price": 53000,
  "is_trailing_stop_enabled": true,
  "callback_rate": 2.0,
  "leverage": 5
}

No Take Profit - Let Winners Run​

{
  "strategy_key": "your_encrypted_strategy_key_here",
  "position_side": "LONG",
  "action": "BUY",
  "entry_price": 50000,
  "stop_loss_price": 48000,
  "is_trailing_stop_enabled": true,
  "callback_rate": 1.5,
  "leverage": 10
  // No take_profit_price - trail indefinitely
}