Pine Script Trailing Stop

Uses strategy.exit trail_points and trail_offset to lock in profit as price moves your way — both measured in ticks.

Copy//@version=6
strategy("Trailing Stop", overlay=true, calc_on_every_tick=false)

// ── Inputs ──────────────────────────────────────────────
activationTicks = input.int(40, "Activation (ticks in profit)", minval=1,
     tooltip="Trail activates once price moves this many ticks in your favor.")
trailTicks      = input.int(20, "Trail Distance (ticks)", minval=1,
     tooltip="Stop follows price at this distance once active.")

// ── Entry logic (replace with your own conditions) ───────
longCondition  = ta.crossover(ta.ema(close, 9), ta.ema(close, 21))
shortCondition = ta.crossunder(ta.ema(close, 9), ta.ema(close, 21))

if longCondition
    strategy.entry("Long", strategy.long)

if shortCondition
    strategy.entry("Short", strategy.short)

// ── Trailing stop via strategy.exit ──────────────────────
// trail_points = ticks in profit before the trail activates
// trail_offset = ticks the stop trails behind price once active
strategy.exit("Long Trail", "Long", trail_points=activationTicks, trail_offset=trailTicks)
strategy.exit("Short Trail", "Short", trail_points=activationTicks, trail_offset=trailTicks)

Settings

• activationTicks — profit in ticks required before the trail activates. Default 40.
• trailTicks — distance in ticks the stop follows behind the best price. Default 20.

How to use

• Paste into the Pine Editor, or copy the two strategy.exit lines into your own strategy.
• Keep the exit calls at global scope (evaluated every bar), not inside the entry if block — the order must stay attached while the position is open.
• Replace the EMA-crossover placeholder with your own entry conditions.
• For a hard floor before the trail activates, add a loss= parameter to the same exit call.

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