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# Stop Loss support
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At this stage the bot contains the following stoploss support modes:
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1. static stop loss, defined in either the strategy or configuration
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2. trailing stop loss, defined in the configuration
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3. trailing stop loss, custom positive loss, defined in configuration
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!!! Note
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All stoploss properties can be configured in eihter Strategy or configuration. Configuration values override strategy values.
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## Static Stop Loss
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This is very simple, basically you define a stop loss of x in your strategy file or alternative in the configuration, which
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will overwrite the strategy definition. This will basically try to sell your asset, the second the loss exceeds the defined loss.
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## Trail Stop Loss
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The initial value for this stop loss, is defined in your strategy or configuration. Just as you would define your Stop Loss normally.
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To enable this Feauture all you have to do is to define the configuration element:
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``` json
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"trailing_stop" : True
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```
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This will now activate an algorithm, which automatically moves your stop loss up every time the price of your asset increases.
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For example, simplified math,
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* you buy an asset at a price of 100$
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* your stop loss is defined at 2%
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* which means your stop loss, gets triggered once your asset dropped below 98$
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* assuming your asset now increases to 102$
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* your stop loss, will now be 2% of 102$ or 99.96$
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* now your asset drops in value to 101$, your stop loss, will still be 99.96$
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basically what this means is that your stop loss will be adjusted to be always be 2% of the highest observed price
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### Custom positive loss
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Due to demand, it is possible to have a default stop loss, when you are in the red with your buy, but once your profit surpasses a certain percentage,
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the system will utilize a new stop loss, which can be a different value. For example your default stop loss is 5%, but once you have 1.1% profit,
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it will be changed to be only a 1% stop loss, which trails the green candles until it goes below them.
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Both values can be configured in the main configuration file and requires `"trailing_stop": true` to be set to true.
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``` json
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"trailing_stop_positive": 0.01,
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"trailing_stop_positive_offset": 0.011,
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```
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The 0.01 would translate to a 1% stop loss, once you hit 1.1% profit.
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You should also make sure to have this value (`trailing_stop_positive_offset`) lower than your minimal ROI, otherwise minimal ROI will apply first and sell your trade.
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