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Is Hedging allowed?

Yes, you can hedge your position at any time in order to protect a losing position or to balance your equity, as long as your Free Margin is positive (Margin Level>100%). When all positions are fully hedged, the Margin Requirement will be zero. Please note however that even if your positions are fully hedged, you … Continued

How does a Trailing Stop work?

You can set up a Trailing Stop on MT4 by right-clicking on an open trade, selecting “Trailing Stop” and clicking on the points value required. As soon as you do this, the system starts to automatically check with each new incoming quote whether the trade is profitable. Once the profit in points becomes equal to … Continued

Can a trade be closed with loss if Take Profit is triggered?

Yes, this is possible. If you have a Buy position, for example, you need to place your Take Profit above the current market price. If you are placing Take Profit when your trade is in loss and do not set it not far enough above the current market price (in other words, if you place … Continued

I had a short position and my Stop Loss was triggered but I can see on the charts that the price never reached my Stop Loss level.

As this was a Sell position, your Stop Loss had to be triggered at the Ask price. Remember that the price shown on the MT4 charts is the Bid price and the spread needs to be added to it in order to obtain the actual Ask price at the time.