Open trade limits
Three things limit the number of simultaneous trades: your own limit setting, the rule of one trade per pair in one direction, and the limits of the account and the exchange.
What it is
Simultaneous open trades is how many automatic trades from signals the bot may run in parallel. Once the limit is reached, new signals are skipped until one of the trades closes. Trades opened by hand through 🕹️ Manual Trading are not covered by the limit.
By default there is no limit: the bot card says “Limit not set”.
Where it is in the bot
Signal bot card → Trading settings → General → Simultaneous open trades. The screen says: “Enter the limit for simultaneous trades. (The limit does not apply to manually opened trades) … Allowed range: 1 - 999”.
How to set it up
- Choose one of the suggested values or enter a number from 1 to 999.
- To remove the limit, send
0ordisabled. - The bot shows “Current simultaneous trades limit: 3”.
How it works
The limit is not the only restriction. A trade from a signal will not open if:
| Restriction | Where it comes from | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| The limit of simultaneous trades is reached | your setting | raise the limit or wait for trades to close |
| There is already a trade on that pair in the same direction | a bot rule | by design: a second trade does not open |
| One-Way mode: the pair already has an active trade | position mode | wait for the first one to close; an opposite signal closes it and opens a new one |
| Limit on the number of bots on the account | the plan or a support setting | stop the extra bots or write to support |
| Exchange limit on active orders | the exchange | the bot warns in advance, at 80 % of the limit |
Example with a calculation
The limit is 3 and one bot is connected to the channel. Over the morning signals arrived for BTC, ETH and SOL — three trades opened. The fourth signal, on XRP, was skipped: “Maximum simultaneous trades limit reached for bot "Main". Signal from channel "Crypto Signals" skipped”. When the BTC trade closes at its target, the next signal will open.
A manual trade on DOGE would still open at that moment — the limit does not count it, but your margin on the exchange is shared by all trades.
Why a limit at all, if the amounts are already calculated from the balance? At Balance percentage 5 %, ten simultaneous trades would take half the account, and at x10 leverage that is positions worth five balances. A limit of 3–5 keeps the total risk within reason.
Limits and allowed values
| Parameter | Range | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Simultaneous open trades | 1–999 | 0/disabled — no limit (the default) |
| Trades per pair in one direction | 1 | a second signal in the same direction is skipped |
| Manual trades | not counted | the limit applies to automatic trades only |
Common errors and what the bot says
- “Could not process the submitted value. Accepted: numbers from 1 to 999 or disabled/0” — enter a whole number from the range.
- “Maximum simultaneous trades limit reached for bot "Main". Signal from channel "Crypto Signals" skipped” — the limit did its job; raise it if you need to.
- “♻️ Duplicate signal for BTCUSDT from channel «Crypto Signals» skipped. There is already an active trade for this pair in the same direction — no second trade opened.” — the one-signal-per-pair rule.
- “Opening trade for BTCUSDT is not possible (One-Way mode): there is already an active trade or pending entries for this pair.” — wait for the first trade to close.