Recovery: every setting

Recovery manages the exit of a losing position with a basket of orders. Read what each setting does before switching it on.

What it is

Recovery manages the exit of a losing position with a basket of orders, instead of letting the stop close it. It does not remove risk: market risk stays whole, and a basket can lose more than the trade it was meant to save. This page describes each setting; it is not advice to switch it on.

Where to find it

My accounts > Robot settings > Recovery tab. Nothing is armed until you turn it on.

1. Scope

• Scope decides what Recovery may arm on: the whole account, or only the pairs you list.
• On the chosen scope, EVERY position is managed — including the ones you opened by hand. Never those of another robot.
• For a first run, choose a single pair.

2. Strategy and level

• Strategy — how the robot recovers: Dual Grid, Zone Recovery or Martingale.
• Level — Careful, Balanced or Aggressive set the whole basket mechanism for you. Custom unlocks the advanced settings.

3. The circuit breaker

• Max loss is your ONLY automatic protection: when a basket reaches this loss (% of reference equity), everything is closed and the loss is taken.
• It is mandatory, and capped at 50%.
• It must stay above the trigger below.

4. The trigger

• Trigger — floating loss is the level from which Recovery arms. Below it, your TradingView stops and targets stay in charge.
• Measured on decides whether the trigger watches the whole account or each pair separately.
• Permanent recovery off (recommended) stops Recovery after a successful recovery. On, it stays armed and re-arms. The circuit breaker always cuts.

5. Advanced settings (Custom level only)

• Max basket depth — how many orders a basket may hold. Ten at most.
• Lot multiplier — each new order is this multiple of the previous one. 1.0 keeps constant lots, 1.5 is the maximum.
• Max cumulative lots — the absolute cap on the basket's lots. Zero applies the robot's careful cap; it never means unlimited.
• Basket exit target — the basket closes whole at this net gain, as a percentage of equity.
• Partial close at — the minimum floating gain before funding a partial close.
• Grid step — the minimum spacing between two orders of the basket.
• Regime adaptation — Auto widens the step when the market is volatile; Fixed keeps it constant.
• Margin/equity floor — the robot stops adding orders when free margin falls below this share of equity.
• Per-pair profiles — fine settings per symbol, in JSON. Optional.
• Manual exit closes every Recovery basket on the account at once. Your normal positions are untouched.

Before switching it on for real

Replay your strategy through the robot on past data first, Recovery included: see the Recovery CSV backtest page. Every value changes the behaviour, and the backtest is the only place where a wrong value costs nothing.

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