Per-Asset Overrides

A 0.10-lot, 60-pip stop that's perfect for EUR/USD is far too much for crypto and far too little for an index — different instruments move differently. Per-Asset Overrides let you set a different lot size and default stop-loss/take-profit pips per asset class, so one global setting doesn't have to fit gold, indices, crypto, and forex all at once. They live inside the Entries & Targets page and only kick in for the instruments they cover; everything else uses your global settings.

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The single most useful override is Metals — gold's pip value and volatility are so different from forex that one global setting almost never fits both.

What an override is (and isn't)

A per-asset override supplies a lot size and default stop-loss/take-profit pips for one asset class. When a signal comes in, TTMT looks for a single-instrument override for the symbol, then for its asset class. If you've set one, your override's lot size and SL/TP defaults are used for that trade. No override for the class, no change — the trade uses your global settings or the channel's profile as usual.

An override applies to every channel that trades that asset class on the account. It has no per-channel setting. It does not touch entry strategy, breakeven, trailing, or anything beyond sizing and the SL/TP pips. Overrides are set per account, so you can run different ones on a live account and a prop-firm account.

An override outranks your Config Profiles

This is the part that surprises people. For sizing, a per-asset override beats a channel's Config Profile — even when that profile sets a lot size explicitly. Setting a lot size in a profile does not protect that channel from an override.

So if you run two gold channels with deliberately different lot sizes, adding a Metals override collapses both to the override's size. If a channel needs its own sizing for an asset, leave that asset class without an override and size it in the profile instead.

Overrides only set sizing and default SL/TP pips

Entry strategy, breakeven, and trailing always come from your account settings or the channel's profile — never from an override. If you want gold to trade with different breakeven behavior, that's a Config Profile, not an override.

Example — what an override fixes: Your global 0.10 lots and 60-pip stop fit EUR/USD. The same 0.10 lots on gold risks roughly ten times the dollars per pip, and 60 pips on BTC is a rounding error. A Metals override at 0.03 lots / 300-pip default SL and a Crypto override at 0.02 lots fix both at once.

Example — when no override applies: You set overrides only for Metals and Crypto. A GBP/USD signal has no override, so it uses your global 0.10 lots and 60-pip default SL.

The six asset classes

TTMT groups instruments into six classes. Forex is split into Majors and Minors, and crude oil and natural gas have their own class, Energies.

Class	Examples	Typical character
Forex Majors	EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY	Stable, predictable pip values
Forex Minors	EUR/GBP, AUD/NZD	Wider spreads, choppier
Metals	Gold (XAU), Silver (XAG)	Large, fast moves; big pip swings
Indices	NAS100, US30, SPX500, DAX, DE40	Different pip value, large point moves
Crypto	BTC/USD, ETH/USD	Extremely volatile
Energies	WTI and Brent crude (e.g. XTIUSD, USOIL), natural gas	Big moves, contract sizes unlike forex

The examples are examples, not the full list. To see exactly which of your broker's instruments a class catches, look at the Applies to line on its override card (see below).

Overriding a single instrument

When one instrument needs its own size — oil on a prop account, say, or one index that moves more than the rest — add a single-instrument override instead of a class. It uses the same fields as a class override, and for that instrument it outranks the class override. Everything else in the class keeps the class override.

Example: An Energies override at 0.10 lots plus a single-instrument XTIUSD override at 0.30 lots. XTIUSD trades at 0.30; Brent and natural gas trade at 0.10.

How a symbol is matched to an override

You don't classify anything yourself — TTMT does the matching, once per trade, in this order:

1. A single-instrument override for the symbol.
2. The override for the symbol's class.
3. No override — the trade uses your account settings or the channel's profile.

TTMT checks your broker's symbol first and the signal's symbol second. So when a channel posts GER40 and your Symbol Mapping sends it to your broker's DE40, an override set on DE40 applies. Broker suffixes like XAUUSDm or XAUUSD.pro are handled for you.

A symbol that fits no class has no class. That covers most stock CFDs and unusual names. It is sized by your account settings unless you give it a single-instrument override. One spelling to watch: any name containing GOLD is filed under Metals, including a gold-mining stock. If you trade such a symbol, check it with Which override applies? below. (Earlier, every unknown symbol fell into Forex Minors; it no longer does.)

Example — a match in action: A signal on XAUUSD-ECN comes in. TTMT matches it to Metals and applies your Metals override's 0.03 lots and 300-pip default SL instead of the global 0.10 / 60.

Seeing what an override covers

Each override card shows an Applies to line: the instruments on this account it actually sizes — up to eight names, then a count of the rest. It reads "No instruments on this account" when your broker has none in that class.

Below the cards, Which override applies? answers for any symbol you type — a channel's name for it, or your broker's instrument name: which override sizes it (and how), that no override applies, or that it isn't in any class. Both answers come from your trading service, using the same matching that sizes your trades. If your trading service is offline, they say so instead of guessing. If a symbol isn't mapped to an instrument on the account, the lookup tells you so: a signal for it would not trade.

Setting an override

The controls are on the Entries & Targets page, under Per-Asset Risk & Default TP/SL Overrides.

1. Click Add Override and pick an asset class, or pick A single instrument… and choose the instrument from your broker's list. Classes you've already added stay listed but greyed out — edit those on their card.
2. Set the Volume Mode:
   • Use Global — inherit your global position sizing for this class.
   • Fixed Lots — trade a fixed lot size for this class (0.01–100 lots).
   • Risk % of balance — size this class from your balance and the signal's stop-loss distance (0.1%–100%; raising it above 10% asks you to confirm), the same way the global % of Balance mode does.
   • Fixed risk (account currency) — risk a fixed amount of money on this class regardless of balance (for example, 50 per gold trade); TTMT sizes the lot from the stop distance to hit that figure. The amount is in your account's own currency, not dollars, and its range is 1–100,000. The same mode is also available account-wide on the Position Sizing page and in a Config Profile — this override simply lets one asset class use a different amount from the rest.
3. Optionally set a Max Volume safety cap for the class (defaults to 1.0 lot, range 0.01–100).
4. Optionally open Default TP/SL Distances and set stop-loss and TP1–TP6 pip distances (1–500). Leave any field blank to inherit that value from your global settings.

Each override has a Remove Override button. There is no pause switch: to stop an override applying, remove it. Removing one does not affect the others.

A saved change reaches new trades within 5 minutes — usually at once, and the confirmation tells you which.

Blank means inherit

In the Default TP/SL Distances section, an empty field means "use my global setting." Only fill in the pips you want to differ for this asset class — leave the rest blank.

A per-asset override can size a class differently from the rest of your account — for example, Fixed Lots globally but Risk % of balance on gold, or a Fixed risk (account currency) amount on crypto. When you pick Risk % of balance or Fixed risk (account currency), the same stop-distance sizing and the same safety check apply as they do globally (see Order Setup and Risk Management): if your broker's minimum lot can't fit the class's risk budget, that trade is rejected rather than over-risked, and no exposure is taken.

What an override beats, field by field

The three fields do not rank the same way. It's worth knowing which is which before you set one.

Field	Order used, first available wins
Lot size / sizing mode	Your override, then the channel's Config Profile, then your global settings
Default TP pips	Your override, then the profile or global settings, then the channel's own suggested defaults
Default SL pips	The signal's own stop, then the channel's own defaults, then your override, then the profile or global settings

Two things follow from this. Sizing and TP pips are the strong cases — your override wins there. Default SL pips are the weak case: a channel that publishes its own default stop distance beats your override, because that channel's own guidance is treated as better information about that channel's signals than a class-wide rule.

Default SL/TP pips are only ever a fallback in the first place. When a signal carries its own stop and targets, those are used and none of the defaults come into play.

Override signal SL/TP switches off this override

If a channel's Config Profile has Override signal SL or Override signal TP turned on, that channel uses its own profile values for that field and ignores the pips you set here — the per-asset override is bypassed entirely.

Sizing is not affected: that channel's lot size still comes from your override. So one override row can land on a channel for sizing while being ignored for SL/TP. See Override Modes.

The Max Volume cap

Each override carries a Max Volume value — a ceiling on lot size for that asset class, no matter what your sizing produces. Cap crypto at 0.05 lots, say, and a tight-stop crypto signal can never size larger than that.

This is your own per-class cap. It sits underneath TTMT's platform safety ceiling on total trade volume. Both apply at once, and the lower of the two wins. Your per-class Max Volume is a separate field from the platform ceiling — setting one does not change the other.

Two caps, lower wins

Your per-class Max Volume and TTMT's platform safety ceiling both apply. Whichever is lower is the one that limits the trade.

Example — a cap doing its job: Your sizing would put 0.4 lots on a tight-stop crypto signal. Your Crypto override's Max Volume of 0.05 caps it, so you stay small on the most volatile instrument.

Example — what an override won't do: You expected your Metals override to also change breakeven for gold. It doesn't — overrides only set lot size and default SL/TP pips. Use a Config Profile for the rest.

Suggested starting points

These are starting points, not rules — adjust them to your broker, your account size, and your risk tolerance. The lot-size values come from the in-app hint shown alongside the override controls:

• Forex majors — around 0.10 lots (stable, predictable)
• Gold (XAUUSD) — around 0.05 lots (more volatile)
• Indices (NAS100) — around 0.50 lots (different pip values)
• Crypto — around 0.02 lots (extremely volatile)

For default SL/TP pips, the right number depends entirely on how far the instrument actually swings on your broker. Set them after watching a few signals or checking the Trade Preview — a stop that's right for forex will be far too tight for gold or crypto.

Ideal Settings & Trading Strategy

Scenario 1 — Conservative Gold-Aware Trader

Setup: $4,000 account following one forex channel that occasionally posts gold signals. You don't want gold to dominate your risk.

Settings:

• Global: Fixed 0.08 lots, 60-pip default SL.
• Metals override: Fixed 0.02 lots, default SL 300 pips, default TPs 150 / 300 / 450, Max Volume 0.05.
• No other overrides — forex uses the global setting.

Why: Gold's volatility is contained to a tiny lot and a wide stop that reflects how far it actually swings, while forex keeps the comfortable global setting. The Max Volume cap guarantees a gold position can never balloon.

Watch for: Too small a Metals lot can skip deeper-layer orders on multi-layer gold trades. Accept fewer fills or nudge the lot up — the Trade Preview will show how many orders execute.

Switch when: You start trading gold seriously — give it its own Config Profile with a tuned entry strategy, not just a sizing override.

Scenario 2 — Moderate Multi-Asset Trader

Setup: $20,000 account, channels covering forex majors, indices, and crypto.

Settings:

• Global: Fixed 0.15 lots, 50-pip default SL.
• Indices override: Fixed 0.30 lots, default SL 200 pips, Max Volume 1.0.
• Crypto override: Fixed 0.03 lots, default SL 500 pips, Max Volume 0.10.
• Forex majors and minors: global.

Why: Each class trades at a size and stop matched to its pip value and volatility, so risk is roughly equalized across very different instruments without re-tuning the whole account per channel.

Watch for: Index point moves are large. A 200-pip default SL may be tight or loose depending on the index — verify against the Trade Preview.

Switch when: A specific index behaves differently from its peers — that's a Config Profile job, not a class override.

Scenario 3 — Prop-Firm Risk-Equalizer

Setup: $100k challenge account, mixed-instrument channel, a strict per-trade risk cap.

Settings:

• Global: Fixed 0.20 lots, 30-pip default SL.
• Metals override: Fixed 0.05 lots, default SL 250 pips, Max Volume 0.20.
• Indices override: Fixed 0.40 lots, default SL 150 pips, Max Volume 0.80.
• Crypto override: disabled (don't trade crypto on the challenge).

Why: Per-class Max Volume caps are a hard ceiling on each instrument's contribution to daily drawdown — exactly the kind of containment prop rules reward. Disabling the crypto override and not trading it removes the most volatile risk entirely.

Watch for: Max Volume caps interact with your sizing. If a cap bites on every trade, your base sizing is too aggressive for that class.

Switch when: Funded with looser rules — raise or remove the Max Volume caps.

Scenario 4 — Mixed-Asset and Single-Asset Channels on One Account

Setup: One MT5 account. Some channels are dedicated gold channels, each with its own Config Profile and deliberately different gold sizing. Other channels are mixed — they post gold, BTC and forex through a single profile. You want the mixed channels sized per asset, without disturbing the gold channels.

The conflict: Overrides are per asset class, not per channel. A Metals override would hit your dedicated gold channels too and flatten them to one size — and because sizing overrides beat Config Profiles, setting the lot size explicitly in those profiles would not protect them.

The rule that resolves it: leave an asset class un-overridden if a dedicated channel owns it, and size that class in the profile instead. Use overrides only for classes no dedicated channel owns.

Settings:

• No Metals override. Gold stays governed by each channel's Config Profile, so your dedicated gold channels keep their own sizes and your mixed channels use their own profile's lot size for gold.
• Crypto override: fixed 0.02 lots, Max Volume 0.05.
• Indices override: fixed 0.30 lots.
• Forex Majors / Minors overrides: sized to your normal forex risk.

Why: Every channel's gold is controlled per-channel where you need the differentiation, and everything else is controlled per-class where you don't. One account, no compromise.

Watch for: The one standing constraint is that gold must be sized in profiles, not overrides. If you later add a Metals override, every gold channel inherits it at once.

Switch when: You genuinely need class-level control of gold and per-channel gold differentiation. That needs two accounts — overrides are per account, so put the dedicated gold channels on one and the mixed channels on the other.

Related Pages

• Order Setup — the global lot size and SL/TP defaults these override
• Config Profiles — per-channel overrides of everything, not just sizing
• Symbol Mapping — how symbols are matched to your broker's instruments
• Trade Preview — see how an override changes a sample trade