Where do you set them? Back testing your system can be useful here. You can check through the last months and years of markets that would trigger a trade under your system and work out what would’ve been the optimal setting for the limit order. Remember of course that past results aren’t necessarily going to be repeated in the future. Testing in a demo account is also handy. Usually you’ll want the limit order to be farther from your place to begin than your stop-loss, even after spread is considered. This may mean that you just need to score a 50% success rate to be in profit. Setting the limit order at twice the pips of the stop loss, either before or after spread, could be suitable. However , this depends upon your system. Don’t skip over the testing.
Using limit orders has another valuable benefit too. This reduces stress and makes it less certain that you will panic and deviate from your original plan. So using limit orders in forex trades implies a happier, more profit-making trader.



