MT4 Trailing stop question

Hello I am new to trading forex and I have a quick question, I use MT4 and when I open a order I then right click on the order to place a trailing stop of 50 points which from my understanding is equal to 5 pips when the trade goes in profit above 6 pips it should activate and trail from that moment on but it doesn’t do anything, My question is I only placed the order and then the trailing stop but I never placed a stop loss order could this be the reason why it did not activate ? Do I have to place the order followed by a stop loss then the trailing stop ? Thanks for all your help

you say your trade goes in profit for 6 points (0.6pip) and you have a trailing stop of 50 points (5pip). If you want your trailingstop to kick in at 5 points you should set it to 5.

You should review the theory on the difference between a pip and a pipette (point on most brokers).

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Did you really check carefully the stop loss price? maybe it was adjusted following your trailing stop.

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