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Quick Setup Wizard
TTMT has dozens of configurable settings, but you do not need to understand all of them on day one. The Quick Setup Wizard asks you three straightforward questions and translates your answers into optimized trading settings.
How It Works
The wizard appears during onboarding (Step 5) and can be re-run at any time from Settings > Trading. It presents three questions, each with three choices. Based on your answers, TTMT configures your entry strategy, TP distribution, and position sizing to match your trading style.
No wrong answers
Every combination is valid. The wizard simply maps your preferences to specific settings. You can always fine-tune individual settings later, and you can re-run the wizard whenever your approach changes.
The Three Questions
Question 1: Risk Appetite
"How much risk are you comfortable with per trade?"
| Option | What It Sets | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Smaller position sizes, tighter controls | Lower exposure per trade, prioritizes capital preservation |
| Moderate | Balanced position sizes | Middle ground between safety and opportunity |
| Aggressive | Larger position sizes, wider tolerance | Higher exposure per trade, maximizes profit potential |
This primarily affects your lot size and volume distribution across the 4 entry layers.
Question 2: Profit Style
"How do you prefer to take profits?"
| Option | TP Strategy | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| Secure Early | Progressive | Front-loaded -- most volume exits at TP1 and TP2, locking in profits quickly |
| Balanced | Balanced | Equal distribution -- roughly equal volume at each TP level |
| Maximize | Extended | Back-loaded -- most volume held for TP5 and TP6, chasing bigger moves |
This configures your TP Strategy, which determines how your trade volume is distributed across take profit levels.
Question 3: Entry Style
"How do you want to enter trades?"
| Option | Entry Strategy | Behavior |
|---|---|---|
| Instant | Front-Loaded | Prioritizes immediate market execution -- 31% at market price, rest spread across limit layers |
| Layered | Even | Equal distribution across all 4 layers -- 25% each |
| Deep Retracement | Martingale | Progressively more volume at deeper layers -- only 10% at market, 40% at the deepest level |
This configures your Entry Strategy, which determines how volume is distributed across the 4 entry layers.
What about "Single" and "Limit Only"?
The wizard covers the three most common entry strategies. Two additional options -- Single (100% market order) and Limit Only (no market order, layers 2-4 only) -- are available in the advanced settings for specific use cases.
The MiniTradePreview
As you answer each question, the wizard shows a MiniTradePreview -- a live visualization of how your current selections would affect a real trade. This preview updates instantly as you change your answers, showing:
- How your volume is distributed across the 4 entry layers
- Which TP levels each sub-order is assigned to
- The overall risk/reward profile of the configuration
This gives you an intuitive feel for each combination before you commit to it.
What the Wizard Configures
Here is a summary of what each combination looks like in practice:
| Setting | Conservative + Secure Early + Instant | Aggressive + Maximize + Deep Retracement |
|---|---|---|
| Lot size | Smaller (e.g., 0.01) | Larger (e.g., 0.10) |
| Entry strategy | Front-Loaded (31/23/23/23) | Martingale (10/20/30/40) |
| TP strategy | Progressive (front-loaded exits) | Extended (back-loaded exits) |
| Layer distribution | Heavy on Layer 1 | Heavy on Layer 4 |
| Profit taking | Quick, early exits | Patient, trend-following |
Every other combination falls somewhere between these two extremes.
Re-Running the Wizard
The Quick Setup Wizard is not a one-time thing. You can re-run it at any time from Settings > Trading by clicking the Quick Setup button at the top of the page. Common reasons to re-run it:
- Market conditions changed -- switching from a trending to a ranging market
- New channel added -- a scalping channel might suit different settings than a swing channel
- Risk tolerance shifted -- after a drawdown or after building confidence
Existing trades are not affected
Changing your settings only affects future trades. Open positions keep the settings they were executed with. This means you can safely experiment without disrupting active positions.
After the Wizard
The wizard gives you a solid starting point. Once you are comfortable, you can fine-tune individual settings in the full Trading Settings page, create Config Profiles for different channels, or adjust per-asset overrides for specific instruments.
Related Pages
- Order Execution Strategy -- deep dive into the 12-order layering system
- TP Redistribution -- how targets adapt when layers fill
- Your First Trade -- watch your configuration in action