Candle Trailing Stop on Propr: Trail Your Stop Bar by Bar

Category: Risk Management | Date: 2026-11-03

What a Candle Trailing Stop Does

On every close of the candle you choose (for example 5-minute), the stop moves to the low of the last few closed candles for a long, or the high for a short. It only ever tightens. Strong trends keep you in; the first real pullback through recent structure takes you out.

Settings

Setting	Meaning
Timeframe	Which candle drives the trail, e.g. 1m, 5m, 15m
Lookback	How many closed candles to take the extreme from

How It Behaves

It is armed from the order ticket that opens the trade, or later from the chart.
It acts once per candle close, not on every tick.
Dragging the stop tighter by hand works; a drag that loosens it is undone by the next candle that tightens.
If a move is refused, it is retried on the next candle.
On Propr each move replaces the stop order (cancel and place), since Propr has no modify call.

Copying

Followers copy the leader’s fills. When the trailed stop fills on the leader, Protect closes each follower in that market.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a candle trailing stop?

A stop that moves to the low (long) or high (short) of the last few closed candles on every candle close, and never loosens.

Does the candle trailing stop work on Propr?

Yes. Arm it from the order ticket that opens the trade, or later from the chart.

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