How to add Take Profit and Stop Loss
Take Profit and Stop Loss orders help you plan an exit before entering a trade. Take Profit targets a favorable exit;
Stop Loss attempts to limit losses if price moves against you. Execution can differ from the trigger during fast or thin
markets.
Add TP/SL while opening a position
1. Go to app.n1.xyz and open Trade.
2. Select the market you want to trade.
3. Choose Buy / Long or Sell / Short.
4. Choose Market or Limit, then enter the order size and other order settings. For a limit order, also enter your
price. Take Profit and Stop Loss are offered on the Market and Limit tabs, but not on the Atomics tab.
5. Expand Take Profit / Stop Loss in the order form.
6. Select + Take Profit, + Stop Loss, or add both.
7. Enter the trigger price, or select Gain, Price Chg. or ROI and enter a value, and the app calculates the trigger
price for you. On a limit order, these values are measured from your limit price and update if you change the limit
price. On a market order, they are measured from the estimated fill price when you first set the exit, and they do
not change after that. The same options are available in the trade ticket and the position TP/SL editor in the N1
mobile app.
8. Check the TP max slippage and SL max slippage row under each leg. It sets the worst price that exit may accept — any
value from 1% to 15%, 8% by default.
9. Review the order value, required margin, liquidation price, and fees.
10. Confirm the market, side, size, and exit levels, then submit the order.
For a long, Take Profit is normally above entry and Stop Loss below it. For a short, the usual relationship is reversed.
On a limit order, the Take Profit and Stop Loss are placed together with the order and wait until it fills. Until then,
they show in Open orders with the limit order. If the order fills only partly and the rest stays on the book, the exits
stay pending while that rest is open. If you change the limit price from Open orders, the pending exits stay attached.
If you cancel a limit order that has not filled, its pending exits are removed too. If the order is rejected, neither
the order nor its exits are placed.
You can only attach TP/SL to an order that adds new exposure — one that opens a position or increases the one you
already hold in that direction. An order that only reduces or closes an existing position cannot carry TP/SL, and the
option is not offered. If you change the size or side after adding TP/SL so that the order no longer adds exposure,
submission stops with "This order no longer opens new exposure. Review the order before submitting with TP/SL." Adjust
the order, or set the exit levels on the position after it fills.
Manage TP/SL on an open position
1. Open the Positions tab below the chart.
2. Find the position you want to manage.
3. Use the control in the TP/SL column or the row Actions menu.
4. Select Add take profit, Add stop loss, or both, then enter the trigger price, or the price change, gain / loss, or
ROI value, for each exit.
5. Check the Close amount row for each exit. Each exit closes the entire position by default; select Edit to close only
part of it, and the two exits can use different amounts.
6. Check the Execution row for each exit. It shows the max slippage used to work out the worst price that exit may
accept — any value from 1% to 15%, 8% by default.
7. Review and confirm with Set take profit, Set stop loss, or Set both exits.
A take profit or stop loss that is already active shows as Active. Select Cancel to replace before setting a new level
for that exit.
Before confirming
- Check that each trigger is on the intended side of your entry.
- Confirm whether the exit applies to all or only part of the position when that option is shown.
- Leave enough distance for normal price movement and volatility.
- TP/SL orders reduce risk but do not guarantee an exact execution price. Every TP/SL carries an execution limit, so
an exit can also go unfilled if price runs past that limit — see Take Profit and Stop Loss execution protection.