Manual trading: creating a trade step by step
A manual trade is a trade you define yourself, without a signal from a channel: where to enter, where to take profit, where to place the stop. The bot puts the orders on the exchange and then manages the trade exactly as it manages a trade from a signal.
Where it is in the bot
Main menu → 🕹️ Manual Trading → Create trade. From there, two ways:
- Step-by-step creation — the bot asks the questions one by one; this article is about it;
- Create from template — you send the whole trade as one text, see Formats for entries, targets and the stop.
How to create a trade
The order of the steps depends on whether the bot is a futures or a spot one.
Futures: trade type → bot → trading pair → direction → entry points → take-profit points → stop-loss → leverage → amount → confirmation.
Spot: trade type → bot → trading pair → entry points → take-profit points → stop-loss → amount → confirmation. There is no direction and no leverage: on spot only LONG is available and trading has no leverage.
The trade type — two buttons:
Button What it means Best price An ordinary limit entry: the bot takes a price no worse than the one you named — if the market is better at the moment of entry, the trade is filled immediately and in your favour Exact follow A breakout entry: the position opens only when the price actually reaches the level, with no early fill at market The bot — “Choose which bot you want to create a trade for”. The bot decides the market (spot or futures) and the account.
The trading pair — “Enter the trading pair”, for example
BTC/USDT.The direction (futures only) — LONG or SHORT.
Entry points, take-profit points, stop-loss — one line per level in the format
1) 35000 - 30%. The rules are in the input formats.Leverage (futures only) — “Choose leverage”: type a number or press a button. The bot offers a set of values up to x100 within the limits the exchange allows for the pair, and the option From signal.
The amount — “Choose the amount to open the trade”. The buttons are shares of the available balance: 1 %, 5 %, 10 %, 25 %, 50 %, 75 %, 100 %; the amount in dollars is shown next to them, as well as the lines “Available balance:” and “Minimum value to open trade:”. The amount can also be typed as a number. On the leverage and amount steps there is an Edit entry points button — the entries can be rewritten without starting over.
Confirmation — the bot shows the whole “Trade being created” and asks “Is everything correct?”. Press Confirm and the bot answers: “Your trade has been successfully created and sent for execution”. From there the trade lives in 💼 Trades — see The trade card.
The wizard does not ask for the margin type (Cross / Isolated) — it is taken from the trading settings of the bot: Trading settings → Margin & leverage → Margin type. Set it in advance if it matters to you — see Margin type.
Example with a calculation
The available balance is 1,000 USDT. You press 10 % — the trade amount is 100 USDT. The entries are set as 1) 60000 - 40% and 2) 59000 - 60%: 40 USDT goes to the first level and 60 USDT to the second. The targets 1) 62000 - 50% and 2) 64000 - 50% each close half of the position that was built up, and the stop 1) 58000 - 100% closes the whole remainder.
Limits and allowed values
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| The sum of the percentages for entries, targets and the stop | Exactly 100 % for each role |
| Stop-loss | One level only |
| Leverage (futures) | Buttons up to x100 within the limits the exchange allows for the pair |
| Spot | LONG only, no leverage |
| The “Simultaneous open trades” limit | Does not apply to manual trades |
Common errors and what the bot says
- “No funds on your balance. Make a deposit and come back 😃” — there is no free money on the account of the bot.
- “Insufficient funds to display investment options. Top up your balance or modify the trade.” — the funds are below the minimum amount for this pair.
- “Given your current balance, suitable leverage values cannot be displayed. Try making a deposit or changing the trade.” — with the current balance no leverage gives an acceptable order size.
- “Investment amount is below the minimum for this order” / “Calculated qty is below the minimum allowed for this trading pair” — increase the amount or reduce the number of levels.
- “Could not find the currency. Please try again. Make sure the format is correct” — the pair is written incorrectly or is not traded.