The safety stop, take profit and liquidation guard

Safety stop: a limit on the fall

When you start a copy you choose a safety stop as a percentage. Orbafin tracks the highest value your copy has reached; if it falls that percentage below the high, the copy's trades are closed at the market price and the copy stops. A 25% stop on a $1,000 copy that climbed to $1,200 fires at $900.

It measures the fall from the peak, so profits are protected too, not only your starting amount.

Take profit: lock in a good run

Optionally set a take profit percentage. When the copy is up that much, its trades are closed and the copy stops, with the gain in your account. Many people set none and let the safety stop trail the peak instead.

Liquidation guard

Independently of the stop, the engine watches the distance to liquidation on each copied position and closes a position that comes dangerously close, so a copy is never lost to a liquidation it could have avoided.

Choosing a percentage

• Lower stop (10–15%): less to lose in a bad week, but a volatile trader will hit it on ordinary swings and the copy ends early.
• Middle (20–30%): room for a normal drawdown, still a clear limit. A reasonable default for most traders.
• Higher (40%+): only for small amounts you are prepared to see cut in half.

Look at the trader's worst 30-day drawdown on their page and set the stop a little above it. You can change it any time from the Copies tab.

When a protection fires

The copy's open trades are closed at market, the copy is marked stopped with the reason, and a Telegram alert goes out if you linked one. Your own trades and other copies continue. You can start the copy again whenever you like.