Profile Strategies

These are complete profile recipes you can build in a few minutes each: the exact settings to override, why each choice is made, and which channels to put them on. Treat them as starting points and tune the lot sizes and pip distances to your own account and the channels you trade. Every setting name and option here matches what you see in the profile editor.

Jump to the recipe that matches your situation: Conservative for capital preservation, Aggressive for trend-riding, Gold for XAUUSD, Demo vs Live for two accounts on the same channels, Scalping for fast in-and-out, Prop-firm to protect a daily-loss limit, News-safe for high-impact releases, and Signal-driven follow for channels that manage trades after entry.

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1. Conservative — capital preservation

Use when: you are evaluating a new or unproven channel, or you simply prefer a defensive posture.

Philosophy: small size, early profit, maximum protection. You trade upside for capital preservation.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Lot Size	0.01	Smallest meaningful size while you evaluate a channel.
Entry Strategy	Front-Loaded	Small market fill plus cheaper limit layers, with no averaging-down risk.
TP Strategy	Progressive	Closes most volume at TP1–TP2, locking profit early.
Active TP Levels	Keep Signal Settings	Respect the provider's targets.
Open TP Mode	Disabled	No open-ended runners — every order has a defined exit.
Breakeven	On	Move SL to entry once a TP hits.
Auto BE from TP Level	TP1+	Earliest protection.
BE Buffer	3 pips	Avoids being stopped by spread noise at breakeven.
Trailing Stop	Off	Rely on fixed TPs.
TP Redistribution	On	Shifts targets to lock profit faster when deeper layers fill.
L1 Safety Lock	On	Layer 1 locks to TP1 as a safety net.
Cancel Limits from TP	TP1+	Clear unfilled limits once TP1 hits.
Invalid SL Behavior	Use Default SL	Never trade an invalid SL.
Extreme Value Handling	Reject Signal	Skip suspicious (likely-typo) signals entirely.

Inherited (account defaults): Default SL, Default TP distances, and the signal-update toggles all stay inherited from your account.

Why "Reject Signal" matters here

A copy-paste typo can send a TP at ten times the real distance. With Extreme Value Handling set to Reject Signal, TTMT skips that signal entirely instead of auto-correcting it and possibly placing a bad trade. With Auto-Correct Extremities instead, TTMT would try to repair the value and trade it — fine for a trusted channel, risky for one you are still vetting.

Best assigned to: new channels you are vetting, channels with inconsistent signal quality, or any channel during high-impact news (assign temporarily).

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2. Aggressive — riding trends

Use when: you trust the channel, the market is trending, and you want to maximise the reward on strong signals.

Philosophy: larger size, back-loaded profit-taking, a runner plus trailing stop to ride the move. You accept more drawdown for larger wins.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Lot Size	0.20 (your comfort level)	Larger size on high-conviction signals.
Entry Strategy	Even	Balanced exposure across all layers.
TP Strategy	Extended	Holds most volume for later TPs to chase the move.
Open TP Mode	Last TP Open (Runner)	The final portion rides the trend with no fixed target.
Trailing Stop	On	Follows price as the trend extends.
Trailing Distance	30 pips	Room to breathe without giving back too much.
Breakeven	On; Auto BE from TP Level TP1+	Lock in after the first TP.
TP Redistribution	On; L1 Safety Lock On	Risk management even when aggressive.
Cancel Limits from TP	TP2+	Let deeper layers fill through TP1.
Auto Update SL / Auto Update TP	On	Trust an experienced provider's live adjustments.

What changes if you flip Open TP Mode: with Last TP Open (Runner), the final portion has no target and rides the trend. Flip it to Disabled and that portion closes at the last fixed TP instead.

Catch near-miss entries on fast channels

On a fast-moving channel, turn on Entry Zone Expansion with Expansion Pips of 5. This widens the Layer 1 entry just enough to catch entries that barely miss the zone before price runs away.

WARNING

A larger profile amplifies losses as much as gains. Assign it only to channels whose track record justifies it, and check the risk numbers in Trade Preview before you commit.

Best assigned to: high-conviction channels with proven records, and channels that specialise in trending markets where signals typically run to TP4 or beyond before reversing.

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3. Gold (XAUUSD)

Use when: you follow channels that primarily trade Gold. Gold moves many more pips than forex, so it needs its own sizing and distances.

Philosophy: reduced size for equivalent dollar risk, wider buffers, and sensible Gold defaults for signals that omit SL/TP.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Lot Size	0.05	Gold moves many more pips than forex — smaller size for similar dollar risk.
Entry Strategy	Front-Loaded	Gold breaks out fast — capture the move at market.
TP Strategy	Progressive	Gold reversals are sharp — secure profit early.
Default SL	600 pips	Matches Gold's typical SL distances.
Default TP1 / TP2 / TP3	300 / 600 / 1000 pips	Sensible Gold targets when a signal omits TPs.
BE Buffer	5 pips	Wider buffer for Gold's spread and volatility.
Trailing Distance	30 pips	Accommodates normal Gold swings (if Trailing is on).
Cancel Limits from TP	TP1+	Gold's deep retracements fill limits late at bad prices.

No per-profile volume cap

Profiles have no "Max Volume Cap" field. The platform's hard ceiling is a fixed 5.0 lots, applied to every trade regardless of which profile is in effect. See Risk Limits Halt for how that ceiling works.

Gold profile vs. per-asset override

If every Gold trade across all channels should behave the same, a per-asset override for Metals is simpler than a per-channel Gold profile. Use a Gold profile when you want specific channels' Gold trades handled differently from your global Metals fallback.

Best assigned to: channels that exclusively or primarily trade Gold.

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4. Demo vs Live

Use when: the same channels broadcast to both a demo and a live account, and you want different behaviour on each.

You build two profiles and assign each to the matching account on the same channel.

Demo (accelerated testing):

• Lot Size 1.00 — large size for faster P&L feedback with no real risk.
• Entry Strategy Single — market-only fills, simpler to read.
• TP Strategy Balanced — equal split to exercise every TP level.
• Open TP Mode Last TP Open (Runner) — observe runner behaviour.
• Extreme Value Handling Trust Signal Values — let everything through to watch how edge cases behave.
• Invalid SL Behavior Use Default SL.

Live (max safety):

• Lot Size 0.05 — conservative real-money size.
• Entry Strategy Front-Loaded.
• TP Strategy Progressive — secure profit early with real capital.
• Open TP Mode Disabled — no open-ended risk.
• Extreme Value Handling Reject Signal — strict validation.
• Invalid SL Behavior Use Default SL.
• Breakeven On at TP1+ with a 2-pip buffer.

INFO

You only need both profiles if your account defaults don't already match your live preferences. If they do, build just the Demo profile and let live channels use your account defaults.

Assignment: on a channel that broadcasts to both accounts, set the Demo profile on the demo account and the Live profile on the live account using the per-account selector in channel settings — see Applying Profiles.

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5. Scalping — speed over optimization

Use when: you follow channels that send very short-term signals where speed of entry beats price optimisation.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Entry Strategy	Single	100% market execution — speed over price.
Number of Layers	1	Single entry, no layering.
Active TP Levels	1 TP	One quick target.
TP Strategy	Progressive	Irrelevant at one TP; a safe default.
Open TP Mode	Disabled	No runners on scalps.
Breakeven	Off	Scalps are too short-lived for breakeven.
Trailing Stop	On; Trailing Distance 5–10 pips	Very tight trail to lock small gains.
TP Redistribution	Off	One layer — nothing to shift.
Cancel Limits from TP	Never	No unfilled limits with a single market entry.

Best assigned to: channels that send scalping signals (5–30 minute holds), channels with very tight SL/TP distances, and high-frequency channels.

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6. Prop-firm discipline

Use when: you trade a funded or evaluation account with a hard daily-loss limit and a single bad day ends the account.

Philosophy: size to survive a string of losses inside the daily limit, bank profit early, and never sit exposed.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Lot Size	conservative (e.g. 0.10 on a $100k account)	Size to survive a run of losses inside the daily limit.
TP Strategy	Progressive	Bank profit early; smaller open exposure.
Active TP Levels	2 TPs	Fewer targets, faster de-risking.
Breakeven	On at TP1+; BE Buffer 4 pips	Eliminate risk on the runner as soon as possible.
Fast Market Protection	Close Position	If a breakeven move turns adverse, exit rather than hold.
BE Fallback Action	Close Position	When breakeven can't be placed, don't sit exposed.
Cancel Limits from TP	TP1+	Stop accumulating exposure after the first target.
Open TP Mode	Disabled; Trailing Stop Off	No open-ended risk.

The platform's fixed 5.0-lot hard ceiling applies to every trade regardless of profile, so a sizing mistake can't blow through it. It isn't a per-profile field; see the Gold recipe's volume-cap note above.

Without Fast Market Protection = Close Position

A TP hits and TTMT tries to move the stop loss to breakeven — but price has already snapped back below entry. With Close Position, TTMT exits the partial win instead of letting it turn into a loss that eats into your prop daily limit. Set to Keep Original instead, the position would stay open at the old stop and could give the gain back.

Pair this profile with the enforced per-account Risk Limits halt. The profile shapes risk; Risk Limits enforce the hard daily ceiling that stops trading for the rest of the day once you hit it.

Best assigned to: every channel on a funded or evaluation account.

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7. News-safe

Use when: a high-impact release is scheduled (NFP, CPI, central-bank decisions) and you want trades to survive the spike rather than get caught in it.

Philosophy: small size, tight entry zone, take profit fast, and exit hard if a breakeven move goes against you.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Lot Size	0.03 (a third of normal)	Spikes are violent — small size limits the damage.
Number of Layers	2	Tight entry with less exposure into a wide zone.
Always Use My Zone Size	On	Ignore wide signal zones during news.
Entry Zone Size	small (e.g. 15 pips)	Keep limit orders close so they don't fill on the spike.
Open TP Mode	Disabled	No runners through a release.
TP Strategy	Progressive; Active TP Levels 2 TPs	Take profit fast.
Breakeven	On at TP1+; Fast Market Protection Close Position	Exit hard if breakeven goes against you.

Use this as a temporary swap around a scheduled event, then switch back to your normal profile afterwards — see the news-restricted scenario in Applying Profiles.

Best assigned to: your usual channels, temporarily, during the window around a scheduled high-impact release.

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8. Signal-driven follow

Use when: the channel actively manages trades after entry — "Set BE", "Risk free", "close 50%", "close all" — and you want TTMT to honour those follow-ups automatically.

Overridden Settings

Setting	Override	Rationale
Signal-Driven Breakeven	On	Honour "Set BE" / "Risk free" commands from the provider.
Auto Update SL / Auto Update TP	On	Apply the provider's live SL/TP changes.
Auto Partial Close	On	Execute "close 50%" instructions.
Auto Full Close	On	Execute "close all" instructions.
Partial Close Strategy	Profit Only (or Worst First)	How partials pick which positions to close.
Manual SL/TP Behavior	Restore on Signal Update	Let your manual tweaks stand until the next follow-up.

If this channel also wants you to replace its SL/TP with your own defaults, combine this recipe with the override toggles — see Override Modes.

Best assigned to: channels that manage trades actively after entry.

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Combining profiles with per-asset overrides

Profiles and per-asset overrides solve different problems, and they work together:

• Per-asset overrides are an SL/TP-default fallback for one asset class. They fill in a Default SL and Default TP distances for, say, Metals or Indices when a signal omits them — across every channel.
• Config profiles change how a specific channel's trades behave: size, entry strategy, runners, breakeven, redistribution.

A practical combination: set a per-asset Metals fallback (600-pip SL, sensible Gold TP distances) so any Gold signal that arrives without targets is sane, then layer a Gold profile on the one channel whose Gold trades you want sized and protected differently. The per-asset fallback handles the instrument; the profile handles the channel. See Per-Asset Overrides.

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Sharing your recipes

Once a recipe is tuned the way you want, you can share it as a one-click import link or import someone else's. The link carries a complete copy of the profile, so the recipient gets behaviour-identical settings without re-typing all 45 fields.

TIP

Share a polished recipe as a one-click import link and a friend gets behaviour-identical settings without re-typing 45 fields. See Profile Sharing.

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Tips for effective profile management

Keep it simple. Two to four profiles cover most needs. If you are building a unique profile for every channel, a per-asset override or an account-default change is probably the better tool.

Mind the ceiling. You can keep up to 50 profiles. That is plenty of room, but a smaller, well-named set is easier to manage than dozens of near-duplicates.

Re-check inherited values after account changes. A profile leaves blank settings inherited from your account defaults. If you change those defaults, every profile that inherits them changes too — re-check that your recipes still behave the way you expect.

Use Trade Preview. Before assigning a new profile to a channel, run Trade Preview to simulate the trades it would place. This matters most for aggressive and prop-firm profiles where the risk numbers can surprise you.

Start conservative, then loosen. Assign the Conservative recipe to a new channel, watch it for a few weeks, then move to a more aggressive profile or remove the profile to fall back to your account defaults.

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Related pages

• Creating Profiles — build any recipe step by step
• Applying Profiles — assign per channel and per account
• Profile Sharing — share or import a recipe
• Config Profiles Overview — the 2-layer model and what "inherited" means
• Override Modes — the SL/TP override behaviour used in the signal-driven recipe
• Per-Asset Overrides — asset-class SL/TP fallbacks
• Trade Preview — simulate a recipe before committing
• Risk Limits Halt — the enforced ceiling to pair with the prop-firm recipe