Once a trade is working, many traders move the stop to break-even or past it, so a reversal can no longer lose money. On a long that puts the stop above the entry; on a short, below it. That is a normal trade, and the trade form keeps it on the side you recorded.
How the form picks Long or Short
- On a saved trade the side never changes on its own. Edit the stop as often as you like.
- Once you click Long or Short yourself, the form stops guessing.
- On a new trade it guesses from the target (a target is always on the profit side), and from the stop only when there is no target.
A trade that was switched to Short
Before version 9.43.5 the form switched a trade to Short whenever its stop sat above the entry, including while editing. If you saved a long after moving its stop into profit, it may be stored as a short with the wrong P&L. Open it on the Journal, set it back to Long and save.
What a stop in profit counts as
A stop at or past the entry risks nothing, so the position sizer shows $0.00 at risk and how much the stop locks in, and the open-risk totals on the dashboard count it as zero. R-multiples still measure from the stop you have recorded now, since a trade keeps one stop.