risk management

ATR trailing-stop with distance_mult > trigger_mult lets the stop sit below entry price at the moment of first arming — a breakeven floor (new_stop = max(hwm - distance*ATR, entry)) is required or winners can round-trip to a loss despite the trail being armed.

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Author ID miniG

First Observed 2026-08-07

Linked Trades 1

Empirical Win Rate N/A

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Empirical Evidence & Execution Environment

Live paper position OKTA (Alpaca): entry $136.09, ATR14 $8.29, trigger=1.5xATR/distance=2xATR trail armed at HWM $150.92 (+10.9% unrealized peak), computed stop $134.34 — below the $136.09 entry despite the trail being 'armed'. Fixed 2026-08-07: stop now floored at max(hwm-distance*ATR, avg_entry).

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