Take Profit Configuration

Take Profit automatically sells portions of your position as price increases, locking in gains at predefined milestones. This guide explains how to configure take-profit settings for your trading agent.

Overview

Take-profit configuration consists of four main settings:

1. Enable/Disable - Turn take-profit on or off
2. Take-Profit Mode - Preset levels or custom configuration
3. Take-Profit Levels - Price gain targets and sell percentages
4. Moon Bag - Optional portion retained indefinitely

Access take-profit configuration in Agent Configuration > Trading Strategy > Take Profit tab.

Take Profit configuration tab showing enable toggle, mode selector, levels, and moon bag settings

What is Take Profit?

Take Profit is the opposite of DCA:

How it works:

• When price rises above your purchase price (or DCA average)
• Agent automatically sells a portion at each configured gain level
• Remaining position continues to be monitored
• Profits are locked in progressively

Example:

• Purchase: 1 SOL buys 1000 tokens at $0.001 SOL/token
• Price rises 50% → Sell 25% (250 tokens) → Lock in profit
• Price rises 150% → Sell another 25% (250 tokens) → Lock in more profit
• Continue until all levels hit or moon bag activated

Enabling Take Profit

The take-profit toggle enables or disables automatic profit-taking:

When enabled:

• Agent monitors price gains from purchase price
• Triggers partial sales at configured gain levels
• Automatically locks in profits progressively
• Respects moon bag settings if enabled

When disabled:

• No automatic sales on price increases
• Manual position closure only
• Full position held until stop loss or manual close

Take-Profit Modes

Take-profit modes define when to trigger sales and how much to sell. Choose a mode based on your profit-taking strategy.

Mode Selection

Five modes are available:

Select your mode using the mode selector in the Take Profit tab. Each mode displays a brief explanation and visual chart when selected.

Mode selector showing all five take-profit modes

Mode Details

Moon Bag Configuration

The moon bag feature allows you to retain a portion of your position indefinitely, even after all take-profit levels are hit.

Moon Bag Settings

How Moon Bag Works

1. Activation: When price reaches the trigger percent gain, the moon bag is "set aside"
2. Protection: The retained amount is excluded from future take-profit sales
3. Retention: Moon bag remains until stop loss triggers or manual close
4. Stop Loss Override: If stop loss triggers, everything is sold including moon bag

Example:

• Original position: 1000 tokens
• Moon bag: Trigger at 300%, Retain 10%
• At 300% gain: 100 tokens (10%) set aside as moon bag
• Take-profit levels can only sell the remaining 900 tokens
• If stop loss triggers: All 1000 tokens (including moon bag) are sold

When to Use Moon Bag

Take-Profit Levels Chart

The Take Profit tab includes a visual chart showing your configured levels and how they map to price gains.

Take-profit chart showing gain levels, sell percentages, and moon bag threshold

The chart shows:

• X-axis: Price gain percentage (0% to configured max)
• Y-axis: Cumulative percentage sold
• Bars/Steps: Each take-profit level
• Moon bag line: Trigger threshold (if enabled)

Use the chart to visualize your profit-taking strategy and ensure levels are configured as intended.

How Take Profit Works

Per-Level Calculation (Original Amount)

Important: Each take-profit level's sell amount is calculated as a percentage of the ORIGINAL position, not the remaining amount.

Original Position: 1000 tokens

Level 1 (50% gain):  Sell 25% of 1000 = 250 tokens
Level 2 (150% gain): Sell 25% of 1000 = 250 tokens (NOT 25% of 750)
Level 3 (300% gain): Sell 25% of 1000 = 250 tokens
Level 4 (400% gain): Sell 15% of 1000 = 150 tokens
Moon Bag: Retain 10% of 1000 = 100 tokens

Total: 250 + 250 + 250 + 150 + 100 = 1000 tokens (100%)

This ensures predictable, consistent profit-taking regardless of execution order.

Gap Handling (Price Jumps)

If price jumps over multiple take-profit levels, all missed levels are executed together:

Example:

• Levels: 50% (sell 25%), 100% (sell 25%), 200% (sell 25%)
• Price jumps from 40% gain to 120% gain
• Both 50% and 100% levels are triggered simultaneously
• Total sold: 50% (25% + 25%)

This prevents missed profit-taking opportunities due to rapid price movements.

Take-Profit Evaluation Process

Take-profit is evaluated on every price update:

1. Check if enabled - Take-profit must be enabled in agent config
2. Calculate gain - gainPercent = ((currentPrice - purchasePrice) / purchasePrice) × 100
3. Find levels - Match gain to any unexecuted levels
4. Check moon bag - Activate moon bag if threshold reached
5. Trigger sale - Execute partial sale for matched levels

DCA can be enabled on the same agent; take-profit and DCA are evaluated independently on each price update.

Take Profit vs Stop Loss Interaction

Take-profit and stop loss work together:

• Take-profit: Sells portions when price rises (locks in gains)
• Stop loss: Sells remaining position if price drops too far (limits losses)

Combined protection:

• Take-profit locks in profits as price rises
• Stop loss protects remaining position (including moon bag) on reversals
• Both calculated from original purchase price

Allocation Validation

The system validates that your total allocation doesn't exceed 100%:

Total Sell % (all levels) + Moon Bag Retain % ≤ 100%

Valid configuration:

• Levels: 25% + 25% + 25% + 15% = 90%
• Moon bag: 10%
• Total: 100% ✅

Invalid configuration:

• Levels: 25% + 25% + 25% + 25% = 100%
• Moon bag: 10%
• Total: 110% ❌

If your configuration exceeds 100%, an error alert is displayed and you cannot save until corrected.

Custom Mode Configuration

When using Custom mode, you must manually configure take-profit levels.

Take-Profit Levels Editor

The levels editor allows you to add, edit, and remove custom levels:

Custom mode levels editor showing manual level configuration

Adding Levels

Each level requires two values:

How it works:

• Levels are evaluated from lowest to highest target percent
• All levels at or below current gain are triggered (gap handling)
• Each level's sell % is from the original position size

Level Requirements

Custom mode has specific requirements:

Validation:

• System validates levels are sorted correctly
• System validates total allocation doesn't exceed 100%
• Invalid configurations prevent saving

Example Custom Configuration

Strategy: Aggressive early profit-taking with small moon bag.

Configuration:

Level 1: Target 30%, Sell 30%   → At 30% gain, sell 30%
Level 2: Target 75%, Sell 30%   → At 75% gain, sell 30%
Level 3: Target 150%, Sell 25%  → At 150% gain, sell 25%
Level 4: Target 300%, Sell 10%  → At 300% gain, sell 10%
Moon Bag: Trigger 150%, Retain 5%

Behavior:

• 30% gain → Sell 30% of original
• 75% gain → Sell 30% of original
• 150% gain → Sell 25% of original + Moon bag activated (5% set aside)
• 300% gain → Sell 10% of original
• 5% retained as moon bag indefinitely

Total: 30% + 30% + 25% + 10% + 5% = 100% ✅

Configuration Best Practices

Choosing a Mode

Recommendation: Start with Moderate mode - it's balanced and works well for most traders.

Setting Take-Profit Levels

Moon Bag Settings

Recommendation: Start with 300% trigger and 10% retain. Adjust based on conviction level.

Risk Management

Important considerations:

• Use with stop loss - Take-profit locks gains, stop loss limits downside
• Don't over-allocate - Ensure total ≤ 100%
• Consider moon bag carefully - It's locked until stop loss or manual close
• Match to conviction - Higher conviction = higher targets, lower conviction = lower targets

Common Questions

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