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Runners ​

A runner is a position with no take-profit target — instead of closing at a fixed level, it rides the move until your stop-loss, a trailing stop, or a manual close ends it. TTMT creates runners when a channel marks a target as "open" or "runner" and you've turned on Open TP in your settings. Runners are how you capture the big trends that fixed take-profits cut short — and they're the only positions a trailing stop can follow.

Never enable Open TP with breakeven off

A runner with no breakeven can give back all its open profit on a reversal. Pair Open TP with Auto-Breakeven from TP1 so the worst case is break-even, not a loss.

What a runner is ​

A normal position closes when price reaches its assigned TP. A runner has no TP price at all — the broker holds it open until the stop-loss is hit, a trailing stop catches up, or you close it by hand. In the dashboard and in the Trade Preview, runner orders show in amber and their profit shows as a dash, because there's no fixed target to calculate against.

The trade-off is simple: a runner gives up the certainty of a fixed take-profit in exchange for unlimited upside, at the cost of giving back open profit if price reverses before the stop moves up.

Turning runners on (Open TP) ​

The Open TP (Runner Positions) toggle lives in Take Profit Configuration on the Entries & Targets page. It's off by default. Turn on Enable Open TP Support and any take-profit a signal marks as "open" or "runner" creates runner positions with a stop-loss only — no take-profit.

If a signal doesn't mark any target as open, nothing changes — your trades behave exactly as before. The runner allocation still takes part in take-profit rebalancing as deeper layers fill, and runners are protected by breakeven. There is no automatic profit-taking on a runner; it closes on a stop-loss hit or a manual close.

Open TP only acts on "open" signals

Open TP only does something when a signal actually marks a target as "open" or "runner." If your channel never does, the toggle has no effect.

Runners and breakeven ​

This is the safety point that matters most. A runner is exposed to giving back all its open profit if price reverses — unless breakeven moves the stop up first. With Auto-Breakeven on (trigger at TP1), once an early take-profit is hit the runner's stop moves to entry, so the worst case becomes break-even rather than a loss.

That's why you should never run Open TP with breakeven off. For the full mechanics, see Breakeven Management.

Example — caught by breakeven: A swing channel marks TP3 as "open" on a GBP/USD BUY. TP1 and TP2 hit, breakeven moves the stop to entry, then price reverses right after TP2. The runner closes flat instead of giving back its open profit.

Example — breakeven off (cautionary): Open TP is on but breakeven is off. The runner builds 90 pips of open profit, then a news spike reverses it straight to the original stop. All the open profit is gone. This is why Open TP needs breakeven.

Runners and the trailing stop ​

The trailing stop and runners are two halves of the same feature. Trailing only works on runners — positions with no fixed take-profit — and only after breakeven has completed on the trade.

The reasoning is practical: a position with a fixed take-profit would hit that target before trailing ever mattered, so trailing only adds value on a position left to run. And waiting for breakeven to finish first stops the trailing stop and the breakeven stop from fighting over the same position.

You set the trailing distance (default 30 pips, range 5–500) under Trailing Stop (Runners) on the Active Trade Setup page. The trailing controls stay hidden until Open TP is on — with Open TP off, that section shows only a link to enable it in Entries & Targets.

The full sequence on a runner:

If trailing isn't firing

The full runner sequence is TP hit → breakeven → breakeven completes → trailing activates. If trailing never engages, confirm Open TP is on and breakeven has finished on the trade.

Example — a runner win: A swing channel marks TP3 as "open" on a GBP/USD BUY. TP1 and TP2 hit, breakeven applies, trailing activates, and the runner rides another 140 pips before the trailing stop closes it — roughly double what a fixed TP3 would have banked.

Example — trailing "not working": You set a 30-pip trailing distance but it never engaged — because Open TP was off, so there were no runners. Trailing has nothing to trail without Open TP.

What happens at the last fixed TP ​

Once the non-runner orders have all hit their fixed targets, only the runner allocation is still open — riding behind its (now break-even-or-better) stop. The runner isn't abandoned: rebalancing keeps managing its target assignment as layers settle, and the trailing stop continues to follow price until the runner closes.

When runners help and when they hurt ​

Runners shine on trending instruments and on channels that genuinely call extended moves. They hurt on choppy, range-bound instruments, where a "runner" just oscillates, gives back its open profit, and gets stopped at break-even. If your channel rarely marks open take-profits, Open TP does nothing for you — leave it off.

Runners trade certainty for upside

On choppy instruments, runners routinely give back open profit and stop at break-even. Match Open TP to channels that genuinely call extended moves.

Example — a choppy instrument: On a range-bound minor pair, every "runner" just oscillates and gets stopped at break-even — you'd have been better off banking a fixed TP3.

Ideal Settings & Trading Strategy ​

Scenario 1 — Conservative: Runners Off ​

Setup: $2,500 account, a choppy intraday forex channel, low risk tolerance.

Settings: Open TP: off. Trailing Stop: off. Auto-Breakeven: on (TP1). TP Strategy: Progressive. TP Count: exactly 3.

Why: On a range-bound channel, runners mostly give back open profit and stop at break-even, so banking fixed take-profits is the higher-expectancy choice. Keeping Open TP off keeps trailing out of the picture entirely.

Watch for: You'll miss the occasional big trend. Accept it — this channel doesn't produce many.

Switch when: You add a trending or swing channel that marks open take-profits — enable Open TP for that channel via a Config Profile, not globally.

Scenario 2 — Moderate: Runners on a Swing Channel ​

Setup: $12,000 account, a swing channel on majors and gold that regularly marks a final "open" target.

Settings: Open TP: on (via the swing channel's Config Profile). Auto-Breakeven: on (TP1), buffer 2. Trailing Stop: on, 30 pips. TP Strategy: Extended, Keep Signal TPs. Layer-1 Safety Lock: on.

Why: Extended TP plus a runner and trailing is built to capture trends; breakeven from TP1 caps the downside before the runner is exposed. Scoping Open TP to the one channel that calls extended moves avoids turning every trade into a runner.

Watch for: Trailing only engages after breakeven completes. On a fast reversal the runner may stop at break-even for no gain. That's normal.

Switch when: The channel's win-rate on extended moves drops — tighten the trailing distance or revert to fixed take-profits.

Scenario 3 — Aggressive: Trend-Rider / Prop With Looser Rules ​

Setup: $50,000 funded account (rules already cleared), one strong trend-following channel.

Settings: Open TP: on. Auto-Breakeven: on (TP1), buffer 2. Trailing Stop: on, 20 pips (tighter — lock gains faster). TP Strategy: Extended, Keep Signal TPs. Layer-1 Safety Lock: on. Manual Override: Respect Forever.

Why: A tighter trailing distance locks gains quickly on a strong trend while still letting the runner ride. Breakeven removes the risk of the runner reversing into a loss, and the Layer-1 lock guarantees early layers bank profit on the way up.

Watch for: A tight 20-pip trail can get whipsawed out of a noisy trend early. Widen it if you're being stopped before real moves develop.

Switch when: Volatility rises (a news regime) — widen the trailing distance or temporarily turn Open TP off so runners aren't shaken out.