Crypto trailing stop: take profit that follows the peak
A fixed take profit sells the moment it hits target — and you watch price keep climbing without you. A trailing stop fixes that: instead of selling at target, it starts following the peak and only sells when price pulls back a defined margin. You capture more of the upside, without guessing where the top is.
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No stop-loss, by design: if price drops, the bot holds and reopens later. You only realize a gain.
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Half of each profit reinvests, half goes to a vault; the pilot climbs from $100 to $10,000 following a published plan. A rule, not a promise.
Trailing in practice (example)
With target at +3% and a 2% pullback:
- The bot buys at $100.
- Price rises to $103 — target hit. The trailing stop activates and starts tracking the peak.
- Price rises further, to $110. The trailing follows: new ceiling = $110.
- Price pulls back 2% from the peak ($107.80). The bot sells — a bigger profit than the $103 fixed target.
What the corrected backtest showed (and why the default is selling at target)
In our corrected backtest (real candles, no lookahead), selling at the target beat trailing on average — that's why it's Theta's default. Trailing can capture more in a strong, sustained trend, but when price turns it gives back part of the gain on the pullback. So it's an option for when you're confident in the trend, not the default. Important: backtests inform, they don't predict — past results don't guarantee the future.
Why Theta has no stop-loss
Here's the counterintuitive part: Theta has a trailing stop to exit in profit, but no stop-loss to cut a loss. It's deliberate. The philosophy is to never sell at a loss: if price falls below cost, the bot holds the position and reopens the cycle once price recovers, instead of realizing the loss.
This doesn't remove risk — if the asset drops and doesn't recover, the position sits in the red on paper. But it trades panic selling for patience. You decide whether that philosophy fits you.
Frequently asked questions
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