Kosta Ouzas explains why trailing take profit orders don't execute at the price you touch. They trail the trend to capture longer moves, forcing you to choose between taking profits early or riding the trend further.
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If you decide to use a trailing take profit instead. The downside and what you sacrifice is that your take profit might not always hit when price touches the line. The reason is it's got a trail built in that will follow the trend for as long as possible before it reverses. So you have to ask yourself what you prefer. Would you rather get out of the market, be liquid, and then look for your next trade, or would you rather capture Bitcoin's natural price movements and ride the trend for as long as possible? They both have pros. They both have consistent.