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# No previous trade
The trigger for this option works as follows:
**If there has been no \[long, short, long or short, same side, opposite side] trade in the last \[number] candles \[timeframe].**
Ex 1: \[No trade in the previous 2 one-hour candles]
The bot closes a position at 1:00 PM. The strategy triggers a long position, one hour later, at 2:00 PM.
-> The bot will not enter any position, because the bot executed a transaction (closing the last position) in the last 2 hours.
Ex 2: \[No trade in the previous 2 one-hour candles]
The bot closes a position at 1:00 PM. The strategy triggers a long position, 2 hours (2x1) later, at 3:00 PM.
-> The bot opens a long position, since there have been no transactions in the last 2 hours.
