Trailing Entry
Trailing Entry defers the market entry: instead of buying immediately on the signal, the bot waits for the price to run in your favour and then reverse by a set percentage — and enters on that reversal.
What it is
An ordinary market entry is filled at the moment of the signal. With Trailing Entry the bot tracks the price extreme:
- for LONG it waits for the price to fall to a low and bounce up by the set percentage;
- for SHORT it waits for the price to rise to a high and pull back down.
If the reversal by that percentage never happens, the entry never happens either. When the signal has several entries, they are merged into a single order — there will be no double entry.
The feature works on futures (LINEAR) only. It is not available for spot bots.
Where it is in the bot
Signal bot card → Trading settings → Entry → Trailing Entry. The screen heading is “Trading Settings → Trailing Entry”, and it shows “Current value: disabled” or a percentage.
How to set it up
- Enter the reversal percentage from the extreme — from 0.01 to 50. The bot replies “✅ Trailing Entry set: 1%”.
- To switch it off use the ❌ Disable trailing entry button; the bot replies “✅ Trailing Entry disabled”.
When a signal arrives, the bot reports: “⏳ Trailing Entry activated — tracking price peak. Entry will be placed on reversal.”
Example with a calculation
A LONG signal on BTC at a price of 60,000, Trailing Entry 1 %.
- The price goes down: 59,500 → 58,000. The bot remembers the low of 58,000 and does not enter.
- The price turns up. The entry threshold = 58,000 × 1.01 = 58,580.
- As soon as the price reaches 58,580, the bot sends a market order — the entry happens around 58,580 instead of the 60,000 from the signal.
If after 58,000 the price had kept falling to 57,000, the low would have been updated and the threshold would have moved to 57,570. If after the low the price rises by less than 1 % and falls again, there is no entry.
For SHORT it is mirrored: with a peak of 61,000 and 1 %, the entry happens on the pullback to 61,000 × 0.99 = 60,390.
Limits and allowed values
| Parameter | Range | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Reversal percentage | 0.01–50 % | disabled by default |
| Market type | LINEAR only | not available on spot |
| Several entries in a signal | merged into one order | — |
Common errors and what the bot says
- “⛔ Trailing Entry is not available for SPOT bots. The feature works only on LINEAR (futures) — SPOT has no leverage or liquidation.” — the setting exists only on a futures bot.
- “Invalid format. Enter a number, e.g. 0.5 or 1.25” — enter a number with a dot.
- “Allowed range: 0.01% — 50%” — the value is outside the range.
- The entry never happened — this is not a failure: there was no reversal by the set percentage. Lower the percentage or switch Trailing Entry off if you want to enter straight away on the signal.