How to trade on DXtrade step by step: orders, stop loss and lot size

To trade on DXtrade, you log in with the username and password your broker or prop firm gives you, pick the instrument from your watchlist, click Buy or Sell to open the order ticket, set the order type, lot size, Stop Loss and Take Profit, and submit. From there, you manage the position from the Positions widget. This guide follows Devexperts’ official user manual, clarifies which advanced order types actually exist, and finishes with a lot size calculation for an EmergeFX account.

Step 1: log in to DXtrade (web and mobile)

DXtrade is a white-label platform: Devexperts builds it, but each broker or prop firm publishes it under its own domain with its own credentials. The official manual puts it simply: to log in you need the specific URL your provider gives you. If the platform is new to you, read what DXtrade is and how it works first.

1. Open the DXtrade link in your welcome email or your funding firm’s dashboard. Bookmark it.
2. Enter the platform username and password. They’re usually different from your client dashboard login.
3. If you have several accounts, choose one from the account list. The first time, DXtrade asks for each account’s credentials; after that you can switch accounts without retyping them.

On your phone, not just any app called DXtrade will work: each firm publishes its own or tells you to use the mobile browser. If your password doesn’t work, Devexperts can’t reset it; your provider does, according to the official FAQ.

Step 2: the DXtrade interface in five widgets

The screen is built from widgets that you save as a layout with Save Layout As. To trade, these are all you need:

Widget	What it’s for	Useful detail
Watchlist	Choosing instruments and watching prices	Right-click: Buy/Sell without opening the chart, Pre-config SL/TP and Instrument info
Chart	Analysis and trading from the chart	Shows the symbol’s lot size, margin, trading hours and swaps
Positions	Open positions	Individual or aggregated view; “x” button to close everything
Orders	Pending orders	Cancel all orders button
Order History / Trade History	Reviewing what was executed	Search by order ID and by date range

Link widgets with the same color so the chart and order panel follow the instrument you select. Since March 2026 there’s also a side order panel that brings opening, modifying, closing and canceling into one place. The full setup is in how to set up DXtrade correctly.

Step 3: how to place a market, limit or stop order

Click Sell or Buy on the chart, the watchlist or the side panel. With One-click trading on, the order goes to market instantly; with it off, the order ticket opens. On an evaluation account, leave it off.

1. Choose the order type: Market, Limit, Stop or OCO.
2. Enter the size in Lots.
3. For Limit and Stop orders, enter the trigger price.
4. Check Margin Impact: the margin the order will tie up, before you send it.
5. Turn on Stop Loss and Take Profit under Protection Orders (step 4) and submit the order.

The rule for pending orders: a Buy Limit goes below the current price and a Buy Stop above it; for sells it’s the other way around.

Trading from the chart

Turn on Chart settings → Trading → Trading from chart. Right-clicking gives you market buy and sell plus stop or limit orders; the “+” button next to the price scale creates pending orders at that level. You change an order’s price by dragging its line, and double-click to add Stop Loss and Take Profit.

Step 4: Stop Loss and Take Profit on DXtrade

A stop loss on DXtrade is a protection order attached to your entry. The official manual lets you set it in four ways:

• Price: a stop behind a specific technical level.
• Pips: when your system uses a fixed distance.
• Projected loss in account currency: type $200 and the platform places the stop based on your lot size. It’s the most direct way to stick to a fixed risk.
• Percentage of balance: handy on evaluations measured in percent (0.5%, 1%).

So you never forget it, use Pre-config SL/TP (right-click the instrument in the watchlist): those levels are applied to every new order on that symbol. A triggered stop executes at market, so expect slippage around news.

DXtrade order types: OCO, bracket and trailing stop

Here’s what the official documentation confirms for DXtrade CFD, the version used by forex and index prop firms:

Order type	How it works	When to use it	Available on DXtrade CFD?
Market	Fills at the best available price	Getting in now, with price in your zone	Yes
Limit	Buys below or sells above the current price	Pullbacks to support or resistance	Yes
Stop	Buys above or sells below; goes to market when triggered	Breakouts of ranges or highs/lows	Yes
OCO	Two linked orders: if one fills, the other is canceled	Breakouts in either direction, or pullback vs. breakout	Yes
SL/TP (bracket equivalent)	Stop and target attached to the entry	Every trade on an evaluation account	Yes, one SL and one TP per order
Stop limit	Places a limit order once the trigger is hit	Breakouts with slippage control	Not in the CFD manual; some firms show it depending on their setup
Trailing stop / break-even	The stop follows price or moves to entry automatically	Letting trends run	No (official FAQ); move it manually
Multiple Take Profits	Automatic partial exits at several levels	Scaling out of winners	No (official FAQ)

OCO order example on EUR/USD

EUR/USD spends the Asian session between 1.1480 and 1.1520, and you expect a breakout at the London open (3:00 a.m. ET; 8:00 a.m. London). You choose OCO with two legs: Buy Stop at 1.1525 with a stop at 1.1500, and Sell Stop at 1.1475 with a stop at 1.1500. If price breaks higher, the buy fills and the sell disappears. Without OCO, a whipsaw could trigger both and leave you long and short the same pair, which also counts as hedging.

How to replace a trailing stop manually

Set the rule before you enter: with a 25-pip stop, once the trade is 25 pips in profit, move the stop to entry plus 2 pips; at 50 pips, move it to +25. Drag the line on the chart or use Modify Position.

Step 5: modify, close and partially close

• Modify SL/TP: right-click the position in Positions and choose Modify Position, or drag the lines on the chart. Pending orders move the same way.
• Close a position: right-click and choose Close Position, or click the ✕ icon on the row to close at market instantly.
• Close everything: the “x” button in the top corner of the Positions widget closes all positions; Cancel all orders in Orders removes all pending orders.
• Partial close: in the close window, enter a volume smaller than the full position (for example, 0.40 of 0.80 lots). Several prop firms that use DXtrade show this in their tutorials; if your version doesn’t show the volume field, ask your firm’s support.

A simple plan: close half at 1R and move the rest to break-even. The most common slip-ups when managing positions are covered in common DXtrade mistakes.

Step 6: history, journal and stats

Order History shows each order from placement to position close, and Trade History shows fills for the period you choose. The Trading Journal supports tags and notes per trade so you can filter later. The Trading Dashboard calculates net P&L, win rate, risk/reward ratio, max drawdown and average time in winning and losing trades. If your losers last twice as long as your winners, you’re widening or removing your stop.

How to calculate lot size on an EmergeFX account

Take a 50K Classic EmergeFX Instant Funding account: $1,000 daily loss limit and a $2,500 static max drawdown (the floor stays fixed at $47,500). Risking $200 per trade is 20% of the daily limit and lets you take five stops in a row without breaking the rule. The formula is lots = risk in USD ÷ (stop in pips × pip value per lot).

Input	EUR/USD	USD/JPY
Assumed price	1.1500	155.00
Pip value per lot (100,000 units)	$10	100,000 × 0.01 ÷ 155 = $6.45
Technical stop	25 pips	30 pips
Risk per lot	25 × 10 = $250	30 × 6.45 = $193.50
Lots to risk $200	0.80	1.03 → 1.00
Margin at 1:100 (1%)	0.80 × 100,000 × 1.15 × 1% = $920	1.00 × 100,000 × 1% = $1,000

Check it on the platform: enter the Stop Loss in amount mode ($200); if DXtrade places it closer than your technical stop, your size is too big. And watch Margin Impact: on a 1-Step EmergeFX Evaluation (1:30 margin), the same 0.80 lots tie up about $3,067. To spread risk across days and phases, follow drawdown management on forex evaluations.

Consistency: if you trade 0.80 lots today, don’t jump to 3 tomorrow to win back a loss; abrupt size changes go against Emerge Profit’s Operational Consistency and Position Sizing Rule.

DXtrade for beginners: a pre-session routine

1. Check the economic calendar and flag high-impact releases (New York time).
2. Confirm the active account and note your starting balance. Balance minus the allowed daily loss is the number your equity must not touch.
3. Review Positions and Orders: no position without a stop and no pending order left over from yesterday.
4. Check One-click trading and the value in the chart’s lot size field.
5. When you’re done, click Cancel all orders if you don’t want a pending order filling while you’re away.

How to trade on DXtrade with Emerge Profit

Emerge Profit’s EmergeFX accounts are simulated trading accounts on forex, indices and commodities, traded on DXtrade or cTrader. There are two ways to start:

• EmergeFX Evaluation (from $68): on 1-Step, a 10% target with a 3% daily drawdown, 6% max and 1:30 margin; on 2-Step, 8% and 5% targets with a 5% daily drawdown, 10% max and 1:100 margin. Minimum 5 trading days and no time limit. Static drawdown and weekend holding allowed.
• EmergeFX Instant Funding (from $120): no evaluation phase, 5K to 250K accounts with static drawdown, 1:100 equivalent margin, swing and news trading allowed.

Three rules that affect how you use DXtrade: every trade must last at least 10 seconds, hedging is prohibited (don’t sell a pair you’re already long), and position size must grow gradually. To see how an evaluation plays out day by day, read forex funding challenge: rules and example.

How to trade on DXtrade: FAQ

Sources

• Devexperts – DXtrade User Manual (version current as of December 2024; accessed November 2026).
• DXtrade – Traders’ FAQ (accessed November 2026).
• DXtrade – DXtrade announces latest round of updates (March 18, 2026).
• Finance Magnates – DXtrade adds REST API settings control in latest round of platform changes (March 18, 2026).
• FXIFY – How to manage my trade positions? (Modify Position and Close Position on DXtrade; accessed November 2026).
• Hola Prime – How to Modify and Partially Close Open Trades on DXtrade (accessed November 2026).
• Tradeify – DXTrade Platform Guide (platform-specific credentials; accessed November 2026).
• Velotrade – How to Use DXtrade for Crypto Prop Trading (stops executed as market orders; accessed November 2026).

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