Thread by @toritrades

99% of traders focus on entries...

Yet the majority are exiting trades wrong.

Here’s the exact exit strategy I used to make $500k+ from trading:

Everyone teaches entries.

- Breakouts
- Retests
- Sniper setups

But that’s not what makes you profitable.

Exits are.

If you don’t have a system for exits, your strategy will fail no matter how clean your entries are.

Let’s break down the 3 main ways to exit a trendline trade:

1. Higher timeframe trendlines
2. Support & resistance
3. Trailing stop-loss using a “Safety Line”

Here’s how they work, and how I combine them:

Exit #1: Higher Timeframe Trendlines

Once price breaks your trendline, exit when it reaches a major HTF line.

In this platinum trade, there were two HTF trendlines that signaled exits.

One move. Two clean profit targets.

Exit #2: Support & Resistance

Another natural exit point is key resistance zones.

In the same platinum trade, price hit 1078, a clear S/R level.

Perfect place to close before a reversal.

Exit #3: Trailing Stop using a Safety Line

This is what I use most often.

As price moves in your favor, trail your stop using a custom-drawn trendline on the opposite side.

If price crosses it, you exit… with profit.

Here’s how to draw a Safety Line:

Find the lowest visible point on the chart (Point A).

Connect to the most recent high without price intersecting (Point B).

This creates a structure for stop-loss placement.

As price trends up, create new steeper trendlines using recent pullbacks as new A/B points.

Then drag your stop behind them.

Now your worst case? Break-even or locked-in profit.

No more guessing, just reacting to structure.

You don’t need one “perfect” exit method.

Use multiple exit signals in confluence.

- HTF lines

- S/R zones
- Safety Line breaks.
Let price action tell you what’s most relevant in the moment.

That’s how real traders exit with confidence.

Thanks for reading!

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