I have an active robot on the chart with trailing stop and break even, but when I closed the MT4, the trailing stop and break even did not jump, and they should have jumped because it reached the necessary points.
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MT4 needs to be always running for the program to work.
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Trailing stops and break even functions on MT4 only work while the platform is open and connected to the internet because they are processed locally by the terminal, not on the broker’s server. When MT4 is closed or your internet disconnects, the robot cannot update stops or move them automatically.
If you want those features to stay active even when your computer is off, you need to run MT4 on a VPS so it remains online at all times. Regular stop loss and take profit orders are stored on the broker’s server and will still trigger, but trailing and break even adjustments will not work unless MT4 is running continuously.
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That’s normal with MT4, those function only work while the platform is running. If you close it, the robot can’t update anything so those levels won’t jump until you reopen it.