# Trade Timeout Exit

The **Trade Timeout Exit** group adds a time-based exit layer for trades that remain open too long without producing a sufficiently strong result. It is designed to help limit prolonged exposure and improve trade management in slow or unfavorable market conditions.

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**These settings are especially useful if you**

* want to prevent trades from staying open too long without sufficient progress
* aim to reduce exposure to underperforming positions
* want to free capital from trades that have stalled
* trade in conditions where momentum can weaken quickly
* prefer an additional time-based layer of exit control
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### Practical Example

If:

* **Maximum time a trade may remain open, in minutes**= `45`
* **P/L threshold for timeout exit** = `0.0`

then the EA will check each trade and if after **45 minutes** the trade is still in loss at that moment, it will be closed automatically.
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