Price Limits
The Price Limits section is used to create reusable price-based rules for the Futures module.
It opens as a window from the Price Limits button above the list in Trade Strategies.
Open this section when you want to prepare separate price-boundary rules that can later be connected to a strategy instead of configuring everything directly inside the strategy.
Why this section exists
Price Limits are placed in a separate section because the same rule can be reused across multiple strategies.
Keeping this in a separate section makes strategy settings cleaner and easier to reuse. Instead of repeating the same price-boundary logic again and again, you can create a rule once and reuse it where needed.
What users do here
In this section, users create and manage named price-limit rules.
Use these rules when you want a strategy to follow additional price-related boundaries instead of relying only on its main trading conditions.
What a price-limit rule contains
A rule in this section usually includes:
- a clear rule name;
- an indicator used as the reference point;
- a timeframe;
- an offset;
- a refresh interval.
What these settings mean
A rule does not block anything by itself: it only draws a line, a price level. What happens when the price is on one side of that line or the other is decided by the strategy field the rule is connected to (see How a limit works in a strategy).
Indicator
The indicator is the line the level is measured from. Available:
- moving averages SMA30, SMA40, SMA50, SMA100, SMA200;
- Mean Reversion Channel (MRC) lines: Meanline, Upband and Lowband, Weak / Normal / Strong Overbought (above the meanline) and Weak / Normal / Strong Oversold (below it).
The indicator is calculated separately for every contract: BTCUSDT has its own meanline, ETHUSDT has its own.
Timeframe
The timeframe is the candle interval the indicator is calculated on. The meanline on 15M and on 4H are two different lines: on the higher timeframe it moves more slowly and sits further from the current price.
Offset
The offset shifts the line up or down by a percentage of the indicator value:
Limit level = indicator value × (1 + offset / 100)
- 0% — the level is the indicator line itself;
- a positive offset raises the level above the line: +2% is 2% higher;
- a negative offset lowers the level below the line: −2% is 2% lower.
Example: the meanline is currently at 100.
| Offset | Limit level |
|---|---|
| +2% | 102 |
| 0% | 100 |
| −2% | 98 |
Refresh interval
The refresh interval is how often the level is recalculated. Between refreshes the level stays where it is and does not follow the price.
For example, with a 15-minute interval the level is updated every 15 minutes, with a 4-hour interval every 4 hours. A short interval keeps the level close to the current indicator value; a long one makes it more stable.
How a limit works in a strategy
A Trade Strategy has two fields, and you can connect any of your rules to either of them:
| Strategy field | The deal is not opened if, at the moment of the signal, the price is |
|---|---|
| Upper price limit | above the rule's level |
| Lower price limit | below the rule's level |
The same rule works differently depending on the field. "Meanline +2%" in the upper field means "don't enter while the price is more than 2% above the meanline"; in the lower field it means "enter only while the price is more than 2% above the meanline".
If both fields are set, a deal opens only while the price is between the lower and the upper level.
When the price is outside a limit, the strategy skips the signal for that pair and waits for the next one. As soon as the price is back in the allowed zone, signals open deals again. You may get a Telegram notification that a signal was skipped because of a price limit.
A price limit is checked only at the moment a new deal is opened. It does not affect deals that are already open, their safety orders, take-profit or stop-loss.
If a rule connected to a strategy is disabled, the strategy does not open deals until you enable the rule again or remove it from the strategy.
Example 1. LONG: don't buy into a spike
Rule: Meanline, timeframe 15M, offset +2%. In a LONG strategy it is set as the Upper price limit.
The meanline is at 100, so the level is 102.
- Price 101 → below 102 → the deal opens.
- Price 103.5 → above 102 → the signal is skipped: the price is already more than 2% above the meanline, too late to buy.
Example 2. SHORT: don't short into a dump
Rule: Meanline, timeframe 15M, offset −2%. In a SHORT strategy it is set as the Lower price limit.
The meanline is at 100, so the level is 98.
- Price 99 → above 98 → the deal opens.
- Price 96 → below 98 → the signal is skipped: the price has already dropped more than 2% below the meanline.
Example 3. LONG only from the oversold zone
Rule: Weak Oversold, timeframe 1H, offset 0%. In a LONG strategy it is set as the Upper price limit.
Deals open only while the price is at or below the Weak Oversold line, i.e. in the lower part of the MRC channel. While the price is above that line, signals are skipped.
Example 4. A corridor: both fields at once
LONG strategy:
- Lower price limit — SMA200, 4H, 0%;
- Upper price limit — Meanline, 15M, +2%.
A deal opens only if the price is above SMA200 on 4H (overall uptrend) and has not moved more than 2% above the 15M meanline (no entry into a spike).
Turn on My Price Limits on the TradingView chart: the rule is drawn as a line for the current pair, so you can see right away which side of it the price is on.
Creating or editing a rule
When creating or editing a rule, the user gives it a clear name and selects the price-limit settings needed for that rule.
The goal is to prepare a reusable rule that can later be attached to a strategy.
Enable, disable, and clone
Rules can be managed without rebuilding them from scratch every time.
Users can:
- enable a rule when it should be active;
- disable a rule without deleting it;
- clone a rule to create a similar version more quickly;
- edit a rule later if the strategy setup changes.
This works well for testing and maintaining several similar approaches.
Main actions
The section supports the actions users usually need for reusable setup elements.
Users can:
- create a new rule;
- edit an existing rule;
- enable or disable a rule;
- clone a rule;
- delete a rule;
- search and filter the list;
- save their preferred table layout.
How Price Limits are used in strategies
Price Limits are designed to be selected later in Trade Strategies.
A strategy can use a prepared price-boundary rule instead of requiring the user to rebuild the same logic inside every strategy.
For users, the benefits are clear:
- strategy setup becomes cleaner;
- rule logic becomes easier to reuse;
- price-boundary conditions become easier to maintain.
Typical workflow
A typical workflow looks like this:
- Open Price Limits.
- Create a new rule with a clear name.
- Select the Indicator, Timeframe, Offset and Refresh interval, which define the line.
- Save the rule.
- Enable it when needed.
- Go to Trade Strategies and connect the rule as the Upper or Lower price limit, depending on which side of the line deals must not be opened.
Summary
Use Price Limits when you want to manage price-boundary rules separately and reuse them across strategy setups.
The section makes price-limit rules a reusable and maintainable part of Futures configuration.