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Trade Preview ​

Every settings page has a Trade Preview panel that turns your current settings into a worked example: the exact orders that would be placed, where the take-profits and stop-loss sit, the dollar risk, and how the trade behaves if price retraces into your deeper layers. It updates live as you change a setting — before you save — so you can see the effect of a change without risking a cent. It's the fastest way to understand what your settings actually do.

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Change one setting, watch the preview, repeat. It's the safest way to learn what each setting does — no real trades involved.

Opening the preview ​

The preview opens as a panel beside the settings page (a fixed side panel on desktop, a slide-over on mobile). At the top you set a sample symbol, entry price, direction (BUY / SELL), and account balance. The preview applies your live, unsaved settings and recomputes instantly — what you see reflects your edits even before you press Save.

When you're in Keep Signal mode for take-profits, the header also gives you a 1–6 selector so you can preview how the trade looks with that many TP levels.

The Trade tab — what would be placed ​

The Trade tab shows the full picture of a single trade.

  • A price ladder plotting every level on one chart: the entry, each deeper layer, the stop-loss, and each priced take-profit. Entry layers are blue, take-profits green, the stop-loss red, and the shaded band is your entry zone.
  • A TP Distribution list — every TP level with its price, the share of volume assigned to it, and the dollar profit if it's hit. Runner targets show in amber, marked with "(R)" and "Runner" instead of a price, and their profit shows as a dash because they have no fixed target to calculate against.
  • Quick Stats — the Entry Zone width in pips (the range between Layer 1 and the deepest limit order), the average entry, and an Orders count.
  • A collapsible All Orders table: every order with its layer, price, lot size, and assigned TP level (Layer 1 highlighted in blue, runners in amber). This is where you confirm your order structure — the default is 12 orders, and you can configure up to 36 — is doing what you expect.
  • A Total if all TPs hit figure: the most the trade can make if every fixed take-profit is reached.
  • A Config Health line that stays a green "healthy" note until something needs attention, then turns yellow or red with a specific fix (oversized risk, skipped orders, weak risk/reward).

Read the Orders count

The Orders count (e.g. 12/12) tells you whether your lot size is big enough to fill every order you configured. If it shows in amber, some orders would be skipped for being below the minimum lot size.

Example — reading the order grid: You set 6 layers x 3 orders = 18 orders, but the preview shows 9/18 executing — your 0.05 lots is too small to fill every order. Raise the lot size or reduce layers until it reads 18/18.

Example — a viability catch: The Trade tab shows "Orders 8/12" in amber — four of your deep-layer orders would be skipped at this lot size. Better to find that here than to wonder why only part of your trade filled.

The Scenarios tab — what happens if price retraces ​

The Scenarios tab answers "what if the market moves against my entry before reversing?" A scenario bar lets you pick how many layers fill: L1 (only Layer 1 — "none"), the L1–N range in the middle (light, moderate, heavy), up to All N ("deep"). For each scenario it shows the filled volume, the actual risk in your account currency, the average entry, and how many orders filled.

This is also where you see TTMT shift take-profit targets closer as deeper layers fill (the Redistribution panel). Two messages are worth knowing:

  • "Only Layer 1 fills." When just Layer 1 fills on a multi-layer setup, the deeper layers stay pending as limit orders and no target shifting happens — your original targets hold. This is normal, not a bug.
  • Layer-1 Safety Lock off. When you've turned the Layer-1 Safety Lock off, the panel explains that target shifting behaves differently: all layers shift their targets closer, and Layer 1 is no longer pinned to TP1.

The tab also has a breakeven simulator: pick a trigger TP and a buffer (default 2 pips) and it shows the profit locked in, the new stop-loss price, and that your exposure drops to zero at break-even.

"Only Layer 1 fills" is expected

On a shallow move where only Layer 1 fills, the preview shows "no redistribution — original targets hold." That's expected behavior, not an error.

Example — a retracement scenario: On the L1–4 scenario, the preview shows your average entry dropping 35 pips and the risk rising to $180 — exactly what a deep retracement would do. Now you know your worst-case fill before it happens.

Example — the L1-only insight: Pick the L1 scenario and the preview says "Only Layer 1 fills — no redistribution, original targets hold." That's TTMT telling you a shallow move won't trigger target shifting.

Example — Safety Lock off: Turn off the Layer-1 Safety Lock and the Scenarios panel explains all layers shift targets closer instead of Layer 1 locking to TP1 — you see the difference before committing.

Example — the breakeven simulator: Set the simulator to trigger at TP1 with a 2-pip buffer and it shows your exposure at $0 (break-even) — exactly the protection you configured.

Seeing overrides and zone resolution in the preview ​

The preview reflects the real logic TTMT uses to open a trade. If you've turned on Override signal SL or Override signal TPs, the preview shows your default levels replacing the signal's. The entry zone shown is the resolved zone — the same resolution a live trade uses — so a single-layer, zone-only setup shows the synthesized entry it would actually trade.

Example — override visualization: Flip Override signal SL on and the preview's stop jumps from the sample signal's level to your 60-pip default — confirming the override does what you expect.

For the full meaning of those toggles, see Override Modes; for the target-shifting the Scenarios tab shows, see Take-Profit Rebalancing.

What the preview can't show ​

The preview uses a sample price and your settings — not live market depth, spread, or slippage. Actual fills depend on your broker. It's a faithful model of the decisions TTMT makes, not a guarantee of execution, and a real signal may carry its own SL, TP, or entry zone that differ from your defaults.

The preview models TTMT, not your broker

The preview models TTMT's decisions, not your broker's execution. Real spread, slippage, and the signal's own levels can shift the result.

Ideal Settings & Trading Strategy ​

Scenario 1 — Conservative: Verify Nothing's Over-Sized ​

Setup: A new $2,000 user testing a Fixed 0.03-lot, 4-layer setup before going live.

How to use the preview: Open the Trade tab, set a sample gold entry, and confirm the Orders count reads 12/12 (or accept a lower count deliberately). Check the max-risk figure on the Scenarios "All" tab is a comfortable share of the account. Run the breakeven simulator at TP1 to confirm losers can't run.

Why: A new user's biggest risk is an accidentally oversized position or a setting that skips most orders. The preview surfaces both before any money is involved.

Watch for: If the Orders count is amber on every scenario, the lot size is too small for the chosen layer count.

Switch when: Confident in sizing — move on to tuning entry style and TP strategy, using the preview as a feedback loop.

Scenario 2 — Moderate: Tune TP Strategy Against Retracements ​

Setup: A $12,000 trader deciding between Progressive and Extended TP on a swing channel.

How to use the preview: On the Trade tab, compare the TP Distribution under Progressive vs Extended (where the volume sits). On the Scenarios tab, step through L1 to All and watch how targets shift and how average entry and risk change on deep fills. Use the L1-only insight to confirm shallow moves leave targets alone.

Why: The preview makes the trade-off concrete — Progressive shows fat early TPs, Extended holds volume for later — so the choice is informed, not guessed.

Watch for: Extended's later TPs may show fewer assigned orders at low TP counts. The TP Distribution readout flags TPs with no volume.

Switch when: The channel's behavior changes — re-run the scenarios with the new settings.

Scenario 3 — Prop-Firm: Stress-Test Worst-Case Risk ​

Setup: A $100k challenge trader validating that a full retracement can't breach the daily-loss line.

How to use the preview: Set a realistic adverse entry, go to the Scenarios "All" tab, and read the actual-risk figure for a full fill. Compare it to the prop firm's per-trade and daily limits. Toggle Override SL on to confirm every trade enforces the planned stop. If you run runners, confirm the breakeven simulator shows break-even protection.

Why: Prop accounts fail on drawdown, not single trades — the worst-case full-fill risk is the number that matters, and the preview gives it exactly.

Watch for: If a single trade's full-fill risk is a large fraction of the daily limit, a cluster of signals could breach it — pair this with Risk Limits.

Switch when: Funded with looser rules — the preview shifts from a risk-gate to a profit-optimization tool.