# Breakeven Trailing Stop

A strategy that uses a breakeven trailing stop that steps up to a fixed stop once breakeven is reached.

Canonical: https://prismaticalgos.com/compendium/algo/3316-breakeven-trailing-stop
Record ID: 3316
Catalog rank: 2909 (reading order, not performance)
Snapshot: 2026-10-31 15:46 UTC
Family: Trade & Execution Management (K)
Source: https://www.prorealcode.com/topic/breakeven-trailing-stop/
Evidence label (unverified): source_code

## Scope and limitations

These are machine-extracted research records, not verified trading systems. Catalog rank measures specification detail and claimed evidence, not profitability. The catalog extraction pipeline did not independently backtest these records. Its separate selected testing ledger does not validate the wider corpus. Rules, labels and parameters can be incomplete or wrong; consult the original source and its reuse terms.

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## Extraction warnings

No automated warnings recorded; this is not validation.

## Recorded profile

- symbols: Not specified
- timeframes: Not specified
- sessions: Not specified
- market_regime: any

## Indicators

- SuperTrend: {"factor": 2.1, "period": 21}; applied to: close

## Recorded long-entry rules

- close CROSSES OVER SuperTrend[2.1,21] AND time >= 080000 GMT

## Recorded short-entry rules

- close CROSSES UNDER SuperTrend[2.1,21] AND time >= 080000 GMT

## Recorded exit rules

- close CROSSES UNDER SuperTrend[2.1,21] (for longs) or close CROSSES OVER SuperTrend[2.1,21] (for shorts)

## Recorded filters

- Not specified.

## Risk controls

- Stop loss: initial stop loss is 13 pips, then steps down by 2 pips until it reaches 0, then becomes fixed
- Take profit: null
- Position sizing: 2 contracts