Manual Trading on EntryGenius: TP1, TP2, Break-Even and Trailing Explained
A practical guide to managed manual trading: partial profits at TP1, an automatic move to break-even, a trailing take-profit that rides the trend, and a stop loss that lives on the exchange.
Manual trading on EntryGenius (called Genius Trading in the dashboard) means you pick the direction and the levels once, and the engine executes the discipline for you around the clock: it takes partial profit at your first target, moves the stop to break-even, trails the rest of the position as price runs, and keeps a real stop loss on the exchange the whole time. Your judgment, automated hands.
Why managed exits beat willpower
Most manual traders do not lose on the entry; they lose on the exit. Profit evaporates because nobody took some off the table, a winner turns into a loser because the stop never moved, a trend runs on without them because they closed everything at the first target. Managed manual trading keeps your decision-making, direction, levels, size, and hands the execution of the plan to software that never sleeps, never hopes and never hesitates.
Entry and stop loss, done properly
You choose LONG or SHORT, your entry, and your stop loss. Before anything fires, an entry check validates the setup, so a stop on the wrong side of price or a target below your long entry gets caught before it costs money, not after. The stop loss itself is placed on the exchange, not just in our system: even during a restart or a connection issue, your protection stays live on Hyperliquid's book.
TP1: pay yourself first
TP1 is your first profit target, and it closes a percentage you choose of the position, for example half or seventy percent. That partial does two things at once: it converts paper profit into booked profit, and it shrinks the remaining risk so the rest of the trade is played with lighter pressure. The leftover position stays in the market for the bigger move.
Break-even: the free trade switch
With the break-even toggle on, the moment TP1 fills, your stop loss jumps to your entry price. From that second, the worst realistic case for the remaining position is roughly zero: profit is banked, the runner is free. It is the single habit that separates calm traders from stressed ones, and here it happens automatically, every time, without you watching.
TP2 and the trailing take-profit
For the rest of the position you have two styles. A fixed TP2: a second target that closes the remainder when hit, simple and predictable. Or a trailing take-profit: it arms once price has moved a chosen distance in your favor (the activation), then follows the price as it climbs, and closes the position when price gives back a chosen amount from its best level (the delta). A tight delta locks profit early; a wider one gives the trend room to breathe. When the trailing close fires, it closes the live size of the position, whatever remains at that moment, so partial fills and manual adjustments never confuse the exit.
A full trade, in numbers
LONG BTC: entry $64,000, stop loss $62,700, TP1 at $65,300 closing 50%, break-even on, trailing armed after 1% with a 0.5% delta. Price rises to $65,300: half the position closes, profit booked, and the stop jumps to $64,000. Price keeps running to $66,900, the trail follows it up. Price then pulls back 0.5% from that peak: the remaining half closes near $66,565. Two profits banked, zero moments where a winner could have become a loser, and you did not touch a button after the setup.
Common mistakes
Stops inside the noise. A stop at the average hourly wiggle gets hit by randomness, not by being wrong; give it structure. A trailing delta too tight. If the delta is smaller than normal pullbacks, the trail closes you out of every trend early. Skipping break-even. The runner is only free if the stop actually moves; leave the toggle on. Oversizing because it feels manual. The engine manages exits, not risk; position size is still the decision that decides everything.
Trade it on EntryGenius
Open Genius Trading in the dashboard, connect your Hyperliquid account if you have not yet (here is the API setup guide), set direction, entry, stop loss, TP1 with its percentage, and either a fixed TP2 or the trailing settings, and submit. The engine manages the trade server-side 24/7, every order visible on the exchange, LONG or SHORT. Prefer full automation instead? That is what the grid and DCA bots are for.
Manual trading FAQ
What is the difference between TP1 and TP2?
TP1 is the first target and closes only a percentage of the position, banking profit while the rest keeps running. TP2 handles the remainder: either a fixed second target, or a trailing take-profit that follows the trend and closes on a pullback.
What does moving the stop to break-even do?
After TP1 fills, the stop loss moves to your entry price. The profit from the partial is already booked, and the remaining position can no longer turn the trade into a net loss under normal conditions. It converts a winner into a risk-free runner automatically.
How does the trailing take-profit work?
Once price moves a set distance in your favor, the trail arms and follows the best price reached. When price retraces a set delta from that best level, the remaining position closes at its live size. You capture the meat of a trend without guessing its top.
Is managed manual trading better than a bot?
They answer different questions. Manual trading is for a specific idea, this level, this direction, executed with discipline. Grid and DCA bots are standing strategies that trade a structure continuously. Many traders run both: bots for the base, manual for conviction trades.