Triggers

A trigger is the smallest trading piece: one "if this, then buy or sell" order. Like "buy 1 SPY at the market if the price drops to 550." When the condition is met, Atlas places the order with your broker and then handles the exit (stop loss and take profit) you set.

What can start a trigger

• Just the trade. The order is set up now and waits for the entry you gave it, the classic "if the price hits X" order.
• Something starts it. A schedule (a set time), an alert (when it goes off), or both.

More than one trade

A trigger can hold several trades, and they can be linked: when this trade fills, cancel that one, or when this trade fills, start that one.

Check first, then place

Trading tools always let you check first, then place. One tool shows you exactly what will be set up. Another one places it. The same goes for one off orders.

A trigger is a fixed rule you set up front. A workflow is an AI that decides what to place on each run. When a workflow decides to trade, it makes triggers. So triggers are the layer under the automation.

Manage single triggers in the Triggers tab.