Settings Contract

This is the source-of-truth reference for what each trading setting defaults to, what values it accepts, and how it behaves. It is grouped the way the settings themselves are organized — Sizing, Entry, Overrides, Take Profit, Protection, Automation, and Risk — so you can find a control without hunting.

Defaults are new-account starting points

A default here is the value a new account starts with. Editing this documentation never changes anything in your account — your saved settings are always preserved. If you've already tuned a setting, that saved value stays as it is; the default only fills in for brand-new accounts and any setting you never touched.

Where the platform is currently inconsistent about an exact number, this page describes the behavior as a range or a group rather than printing a figure that might not match what you see. Those cases are called out inline.

Sizing

How much volume each trade uses, and how it's split.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
Volume mode	Fixed lots	Fixed Lots / % of Balance	% of Balance sizes each trade from your balance and the signal's stop-loss distance. A per-asset override also offers Fixed $ risk (a fixed dollar amount per class).
Fixed volume	0.10 lots	0.01–100 (wizard offers 0.06 / 0.12 / 0.18 / 0.24 / 0.36 / 0.48)	Used in Fixed Lots mode. Wizard labels run Conservative → Maximum.
Risk % per trade	2%	0.1%–10%	Used in % of Balance mode — the share of account balance a single trade may risk. TTMT solves the lot from the stop distance and rejects the trade if the broker minimum lot can't fit the budget (no exposure taken).
Layers	4	1–6	The number of orders per layer is derived by the engine, not chosen — capped at 6 per layer and 36 in total. See How orders are placed.
Entry strategy	Even	Even / Front-Loaded / Martingale / Single	Even splits volume equally across layers (25 / 25 / 25 / 25 at four layers, before broker rounding).
Minimum order lot	0.01 fallback	Your broker's minimum lot and lot step are authoritative	0.01 is only a fallback — do not treat it as a universal minimum; the broker's rules win.
Total volume ceiling	—	—	A platform safety backstop clamps the total volume across all layers of one trade. It is not a setting and there's no selector that raises it; higher internal ceilings can exist for special accounts.

Entry

Where and how orders are placed within the entry zone.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
Entry zone	Auto, 80% of SL	Auto (20–150% of SL distance) / Fixed (5–200 pips)	Auto sizes the zone from your stop-loss distance; Fixed sets it in pips.
Entry zone expansion	Off	Enable + 1–20 pips	Widens the zone on the favorable side only, so it never deepens your worst-case risk. See Entry zone expansion.
L1 market execution	Off	Tolerance default 5 pips (1–200)	Executes Layer 1 at market. Mutually exclusive with Best-Price Entry — if both are on, Best-Price wins.
Best-Price Entry	Off	Single-layer only	Pins the single order to the far edge of the entry zone. Only applies when you run one layer.

Overrides

When TTMT replaces a signal's values with your own. See Override modes.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
Override signal SL	Off	On / off	On ⇒ your default SL replaces the signal's SL. Off ⇒ the signal's SL is used (your default fills in only when the signal has none).
Override signal TP	Off	On / off	On ⇒ your default TPs replace the signal's TPs.
Override signal entry zone	Off	On / off (+ Fixed / Auto)	On ⇒ your zone replaces the signal's. Fixed = a zone you size; Auto = computed from SL distance at execution.
Invalid SL handling	Use default	Use default / use signal	What happens when the signal's SL fails validation.

How signal values resolve

Your account settings resolve first, then your assigned channel profile's non-null overrides sit on top of them. After that, the signal's own SL is kept unless Override Signal SL is on, and the signal's TPs are kept (subject to your TP behavior) unless Override Signal TP is on. Safety validators may still fill in or correct missing or invalid values. In other words, there is always an override or a validator that can change a signal value — the signal does not automatically win.

Take Profit

Which targets are used, and how volume is split across them. See TP redistribution.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
Default SL	60 pips	—	Fallback only — fills in when the signal has no SL. Your saved value is preserved.
Default TP1–TP6	20 / 40 / 60 / 80 / 100 / 120 pips	—	Fallback distances used when overriding or filling missing targets.
TP strategy	Progressive	Progressive / Balanced / Extended	Progressive front-loads (30 / 23 / 18 / 13 / 10 / 6 for six TPs); Balanced spreads ~17% each; Extended back-loads (6 / 10 / 13 / 18 / 23 / 30).
TP count	Keep signal	1–6, or keep-signal	"Keep signal" uses all of the signal's TPs. When the signal has fewer TPs, the distribution adapts down.
Runner (open-TP)	Off	On / off	The last position rides the trend with its TP removed, protected only by breakeven or a trailing stop. See Runner positions.

Protection

Breakeven, trailing, and stop management.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
Breakeven	On, from TP1	On / off; trigger TP1–TP6	Moves the stop to entry once the trigger TP is hit.
Breakeven buffer	2 pips	—	Pips past entry, so spread doesn't stop you out exactly at entry.
Signal breakeven	On	On / off	Honors breakeven instructions that arrive in a signal.
Trailing stop	Off	Distance default 30 pips	Follows price once a trade moves in your favor. Provider caveat: broker-managed trailing may be available on MetaAPI Cloud where your broker supports it; gateway-backed self-host does not support broker-managed trailing and skips its activation. See Position protection.
Cancel orphans on SL	On	On / off	Cancels leftover unfilled orders when the stop is hit.

Automation

How follow-up signals and close instructions are applied to open trades.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
TP redistribution	On	On / off	Shifts open positions' targets closer as deeper layers fill. Redistribution timeout is 5 minutes.
L1 lock	On	On / off	Locks Layer 1 to TP1 once deeper layers fill, turning it into a break-even safety net.
Auto-update SL	On	On / off	Applies follow-up SL changes to the open trade. New/fallback rows default On; existing users keep their saved value.
Auto-update TP	On	On / off	Applies follow-up TP changes to the open trade.
Auto partial-close (signal)	On	On / off	Honors partial-close instructions from a signal.
Auto full-close (signal)	On	On / off	Honors full-close instructions from a signal.
Partial close allocation	Worst-first	—	Closes the worst-performing volume first when a partial close is instructed.
Consistency threshold	0.3	—	Governs when extreme signal values are auto-corrected.

When new settings take effect

New settings apply to new signals immediately. For trades that are already open, the entry structure (sizing, layers, entry strategy, order placement) can't be rebuilt, but some post-execution management — breakeven, redistribution, follow-up modifications, closes — can pick up the newly-assigned profile. Per-trade P&L limits are snapshotted when the trade opens and stay as they were for the life of that trade.

Risk

Account-level protection. Risk limits are account-only — a profile never sets them. See Risk Limits and account halts.

Setting	Default	Range / options	Notes
Risk Limits (enforcement)	Off	On / off	When on, the account halts new signal-trades once the daily-loss cap is crossed.
Daily-loss cap	5%	Percentage or fixed amount	Only TTMT-placed trades count toward it. A matching daily-profit cap can also halt the account.
Per-trade P&L limits	Off	Max loss / max profit	When set, they're snapshotted per trade and don't change mid-trade. Hitting one closes the trade with a Loss Limit or Profit Target reason.
Maximum open positions	—	A configurable per-account cap	Limits how many TTMT positions can be open at once. The exact ceiling is set per account — see the note below.

Values that vary by account

A few limits are set per account rather than being a single published number:

• Maximum open positions — a configurable cap on how many TTMT positions can be open at once; the exact ceiling is set per account.
• Account vs. profile SL/TP ranges — the account-level controls and the profile editor allow different SL/TP spans. Configure each within the editor you're using; a profile can't exceed the profile editor's own caps.
• Total volume ceiling — a platform backstop, not a fixed figure you can rely on being the same across accounts.

Where you see one of these, treat the current value shown in your dashboard as authoritative for your account.

Related pages

• Quick Reference
• Glossary
• How orders are placed
• Override modes
• TP redistribution
• Entry zone expansion
• Position protection
• Risk Limits and account halts
• Runner positions

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Last verified: 2026-07-16.