Early Exit — recognising when the edge dies

Sometimes a trade is winning, you're up 0.7R or 1R, and something just feels off. Price stalls. The candles get heavy. You watch it round-trip back to breakeven wondering why you didn't take the money.

The feeling has a name

It's the edge dying. The conditions that made the trade profitable are deteriorating before TP hits. Three measurable signals tell you:

1. Volume drying up

The push that got you into profit was supported by participation. When volume fades while price is still in your direction, the fuel is gone. The next move is usually a reversal, not continuation.

2. Orderflow flipping

Real-time tug-of-war between aggressive buyers and aggressive sellers. When you're long and aggressive selling starts dominating — even if price hasn't dropped yet — that's the warning shot.

3. Structure break

If price was making higher highs and higher lows, then suddenly takes out a recent low, the trend you were riding is over. Don't wait for confirmation that costs you the whole gain.

How our bot watches these

For every active signal, the smart-exit engine monitors all three:

• 15M volume vs 20-bar average (volume drop detection)
• Live orderflow imbalance (buyers vs sellers in last 20 bars)
• HTF structure (any LH/LL forming against your direction)

When two or more flip, we close early — even if TP hasn't hit. Locking +0.7R is infinitely better than watching a winner round-trip to BE or, worse, your stop.

Per-asset sensitivity

Different pairs need different early-exit thresholds:

• BTC, XAU: low sensitivity (0.3) — high vol normal, don't panic on every wiggle
• EUR/USD, GBP/USD: high sensitivity (0.7) — small reversals matter more
• Indices: medium (0.4-0.5)