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For example, if the last traded price is $15, you set the trail to $1 and the STP to $13, the stock then rises to $17 your new STP price will be $16, and the order will be triggered if the stock price falls to $16. If, however, the stock price doesn’t improve from $15 and starts to fall, a stop will be reached at $13. Now that the order is set, click submit and the order confirmation window will appear summarizing the order and the inputs you selected. Click Transmit and the order will populate the Activity panel and show TRAIL in the Type data column. 
You can also track the stop price by adding the “Stop Price” data column and the Trailing amount by adding the “Aux. Price” to the Activity Panel order tab by clicking on the gear icon in the top right-hand corner. The Trailing Stop order is a great way for the investor to set a limit on loss without potentially limiting possible profit. Additional Links: Trailing Stop Orders
Hello. Why don’t I see the trailing stop order in my buy and sell orders? Or – need guidance on where to find and run this command ?
Thanks . Yehoshua Aharoni
Hello Mr. Aharoni, thank you for reaching out. Please review the detailed study notes below this video lesson and if you would like, you can also review the order types page on our website: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/ordertypes.php.
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how do you set this in the Global Configuration pre-sets?
Hello, thank you for reaching out. Please describe the difficulty you are experiencing in more detail, and we will do our best to help.
For more information on the Trailing Stop Order, please review this webpage: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/orders/trailing-stops.php
We hope this helps!
When entering trail stops for options, should the prices be set as dollars to relate to current market value or cents as related to the contract price? For example, if I buy a long call for 0.20 or $20 and I want to add a $1 trail and a .15 or $15 stop loss bracket. Should the dollar amount for the trail be entered as $1 or as .01? And should the stop loss price be entered as .15 or as $15? Thank you for the clarification.
Hello, thank you for reaching out. You can enter whole numbers for whole dollar values. We hope this helps!
Cannot see this option in the app
Hello, thank you for reaching out. Trailing Stop Orders are available in IBKR mobile. Please view instructions in this FAQ:https://www.interactivebrokers.com/faq?id=38437623
Is Trailing stop available in IBKR desktop? (Or only TWS) And, trailing stop available only %/$ or also moving averages? (Following ex. 20EMA and triggered when below) Thanks
Hello, thank you for asking. Yes, the trailing stop order is available in IBKR Desktop. The trailing amount can be determined by price or percentage at this time. We hope this helps!
Hello, I have a question about the trailing order calculation, please let me know if it is right. Order type: Trailing stop order (order name Trail in TWS) Bought stock at: 1.9 USD Current market price of the stock: 1.93 USD Selling stock using trial order type, in the order ticket, for initial stop price (STP) I enter 1.92 and I the trail amount at 0.02. Scenario 1 Price goes down to 1.92 – the order fills, selling at 1.92 because of the set STP price (even if its just 0.01 below the market, its overridden because the STP price was entered) Scenario 2 Price goes up to 1.94 (stop price stays at 1.92, because 1.94-0.02 = 1.92) Price goes up to 1.95 (new stop price is 1.93, because 1.95-0.02 = 1.93) Price goes up to 1.96 (new stop price is 1.94, because 1.96-0.02 = 1.94) Price goes up to 1.97 (new stop price is 1.95, because 1.97-0.02 = 1.95) Price goes down to 1.96 (stop price stays at 1.95, and the order gets executed because prices cross) Additional question Also in the order ticket, if I enter just the trail of 0.02 (not the STP price), the initial STP price would be 1.91?
Hi, thank you for reaching out. For scenario #1, the order is sent as a market order and is filled at the market price (this could change from 1.92). Scenario #2 is how the algorithm works. For your additional question, if you leave it blank the Stop or trigger price will automatically be set to the last trade price minus the trail amount. We hope this helps!
Why does a trailing % require a stop price input? it should just be 20% from the current price of your position.
How do I do a trailing stop on IBKR desktop?
Hello, thank you for asking. After logging in, right click your desired security and then click “Advanced” to open the Advanced Order Ticket. Then, where it says Order Type, click the down arrow and “Trailing Stop”. We hope this helps!
Hello, is this feature really available on Desktop and selling shares? I do not see an advanced or Trailing Stop anywhere. Could you please explain in more detail, It would be great if it was just an option on the sell pulldown.
Hi Scott, yes this is possible. Right click the security you would like to sell in the watchlist. Then the Order Ticket will show up. Click “Sell Order”, “Advanced” and Trailing Stop is an available Order Type. We hope this helps answer your question.
Hey Guys, I am also a bit confused about TSB (trailing stop buy) on futures like YM… If you could let me know where my mistake was, would really appreciate it… So i had an open short position, i wanted to place a trailing stop buy.. i selected to buy 1 position as trail stop. I have set the Stop value to ~39460 USD and choose TRL 1 (cant change the amount in TWS, just the type if %/Amount) . When I submitted this order, it immediatly got triggered and placed the buy order., last price was approx at 39433 and order got filled at 39435.. I would have expected that my stop order would be at 39460 while the price was at 39433, meaning i would have an offset of 27 points at that moment (and NO, there was no volatility so that it would trigger my loss) Much appreciated !
Hello, thank you for contacting us. For a time-sensitive trading inquiry, please contact Client Services via phone: https://spr.ly/IBKR_ClientServicesCampus
Can I specify decimal percentage in trail stop order? Looks like only whole number is available on the mobile app
Hi Brian, thank you for asking. Yes, this is possible. In IBKR Mobile, after selecting Trailing Stop as the order type, click the trailing type. You can change it from amount to percentage. We hope this helps!
I place trail orders via TWS API. Can I get updates of the current stop price via the API after placing the order?
Hello, thank you for reaching out. Yes, the same order ID will be returned over the EWrapper.openOrder function in the auxPrice or trailingStopPrice fields of the order object returned. We hope this helps answer your question!
Are this orders valid on the pre/after market and overnight?
Once a trailing stop is in place, is it possible to drag the trailing stop on the chart to adjust it (desktop version)?
Hello, thank you for asking. This is not possible at this time. However, we have passed your feedback to the appropriate team. Please review this FAQ on where you can leave your feedback, and submit any specific suggestion(s) on how we can improve:
https://www.ibkr.com/faq?id=32653353
You can also post in the Feature Poll in Client Portal where other IBKR users can comment and vote:
https://portal.interactivebrokers.com/portal/#/suggestions
(Meant, for desktop version and/or TWS)
Why is trailing stops order’s avaliability is limited to certain categories?
Hi, thank you for reaching out. What categories? For more information on this Order Type, please review this webpage: https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/trading/ordertypes.php?m=trailingLimitModal
We would appreciate the opportunity to help turn around your experience.
Hi, I have been testing the trailing stop and I can’t seem to get the trail to work, as well as have some issues with the time taken to make the initial purchase order with some laying dormant for a while – over a minute or not executing. I have set the trail to between 0.1% and 2% and it just hasn’t triggered on multiple orders when theoretically from what I could see it should have triggered during the day.
Thank you for contacting IBKR. To address your concern/inquiry, we need a few more details about the situation and your account; unfortunately, IBKR Campus is not a secure channel to share this information. We kindly ask that you contact our Client Services team for further assistance via web ticket using the link below. https://spr.ly/IBKR_TicketCampus
We appreciate your understanding.
how to set up a buy with a stop loss. buy with a bracket to sell when it hits a percentage profit. too much on sell set ups. Not enough on buy set ups.
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hi, how to set adjustable trailing stop in option presets , please help
this is how I tried to set adjustable trailing stop in preset — the sell stop order is not converting into a trailing stop and giving error.. below is the detailed setup i did In the attached-stop order section – auto-attach-stop-type – I selected adjustable stop set initial stop loss as -50% stop limit and trailing stop – left blank then under Adjusted stop fields adjusted trigger price – I set it to parent order and offset to 10 ticks adjusted stop price – I set it to 2 ticks then adjusted trailing amount to 5 cents once the order is submitted, I dont see the order change into trail
Hi All, It looks as though the IBKR representative hasn’t been around here for a while, but dropping a note to join this conversation in the hopes of finding a much needed answer anyway. I’ve been trying to first find, then failing that, recreate a Trailing Take Profit order for some time now, and despite mine and Chat GPT’s best efforts, I can’t for the life of me figure out why IBKR is preventing it’s users from implementing it? Someone on another thread here claims that IBKR recently removed this order type. Why they would do that, I don’t know. It’s the simplest composite order ever, and only requires 2 numbers to define it. 1) Price moves in your favourable direction (Short = down, Long = up). 2) When your Trigger Price is reached, instead of exiting the trade, this triggers a Trailing Stop to take over. 3) The price is free continue further in a favourable direction. 4) At any point, once the price pulls back by the trailing amount, the trade is exited. Statistically more profitably. The only two numbers required: Trigger price. Trail amount. Could also be implemented as a Trailing Stop Limit instead of a simple TSL. When I’ve tried recreating this behaviour in TWS with a Conditional Trailing Stop, it won’t allow this combination of instructions. “Conditional order can not be of this order type”. Very frustrating and disappointing. Any help from anyone is much appreciated. Regards. SBT