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# How to Set Partial Stop Loss and Take Profit Orders

Partial Stop Loss and Take Profit can be achieved by placing an opposite pending order with a smaller quantity than your open position. This allows you to automatically close only part of your trade while keeping the remaining position open.

### Which order should you use? <a href="#h_f93c39108e" id="h_f93c39108e"></a>

| **Open Position** | **Partial Take Profit**            | **Partial Stop Loss**             |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------- | --------------------------------- |
| Buy / Long        | Sell Limit above the current price | Sell Stop below the current price |
| Sell / Short      | Buy Limit below the current price  | Buy Stop above the current price  |

### Partial Take Profit Example <a href="#h_1fc937747f" id="h_1fc937747f"></a>

Suppose you have a Buy position of 0.10 lots on XAU/USD and want to close 0.04 lots when gold reaches a higher price.

1. Select XAU/USD.
2. Open the Order Form.
3. Select Limit.
4. Choose Sell, because your existing position is a Buy position.
5. Enter 0.04 lots as the quantity.
6. Enter your desired Take Profit price above the current market price.
7. Submit the Sell Limit order.

### Result <a href="#h_a9570d80fc" id="h_a9570d80fc"></a>

When XAU/USD reaches the selected price:

* The Sell Limit order for 0.04 lots is executed.
* 0.04 lots of your original Buy position are closed.
* Any profit generated on those 0.04 lots becomes realized profit.
* The remaining 0.06 lots stay open and continue to gain or lose value with the market.
* The original position is reduced; a separate Sell position is not opened, provided the pending order quantity does not exceed the open Buy quantity.

### Partial Stop Loss Example <a href="#h_a7d355267f" id="h_a7d355267f"></a>

Suppose you have a Buy position of 0.10 lots on XAU/USD and want to close 0.03 lots if the price falls.

1. Select XAU/USD.
2. Open the Order Form.
3. Select Stop.
4. Choose Sell.
5. Enter 0.03 lots as the quantity.
6. Enter your desired Stop Loss price below the current market price.
7. Submit the Sell Stop order.

### Result <a href="#h_b5ba53ce37" id="h_b5ba53ce37"></a>

When XAU/USD falls to the selected price:

* The Sell Stop order for 0.03 lots is executed.
* 0.03 lots of your original Buy position are closed.
* The loss on those 0.03 lots becomes a realized loss.
* The remaining 0.07 lots stay open.
* The remaining position can still recover, continue into profit, or be managed with another Stop Loss or Take Profit order.

### *Note:* <a href="#h_1a4c2ba81d" id="h_1a4c2ba81d"></a>

These pending orders are not automatically linked as a partial Stop Loss or Take Profit pair. After one order executes, review the remaining position and update or cancel the other pending orders where necessary.

Never place an opposite pending order larger than your remaining position. Otherwise, it may close the position completely and open a new position in the opposite direction.