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# Guards and exits
Control price impact, slippage, limits, trade frequency and pause behavior.
Your trading guards help decide which caller trades are eligible for copying. Open **Copytrade → Settings** to review the controls.
Open each setting to review its value. Limits shown here reflect one account's choices.
## Common guards
| Setting | What it controls |
| ------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| **Min caller buy size** | Skip caller buys below your threshold |
| **Max price rise after their buy** | Avoid chasing a move too far from the caller's entry |
| **Max price impact** | Limit how much your trade could move the price |
| **Slippage** | Control acceptable execution-price movement |
| **Wait between buys** | Set a cooldown between eligible trades |
| **Max positions / Daily budget** | Limit open exposure or daily spending |
| **Buy each token once / Same token** | Control repeated entries |
| **Low-balance alert** | Receive a warning when funds run low |
## Choose the right pause
{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Pause new buys" %}
Stop additional entries while keeping any separately configured eligible exits available.
{% endtab %}
{% tab title="Pause everything" %}
Stop new buys **and** automatic exit activity. Your open positions may be unprotected until you resume or manage them manually.
{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}
{% hint style="danger" %}
**Pause everything can disable protective take-profit/stop-loss actions.** Check your open [Positions](/callgraph-docs/trading/positions-and-sells.md) before confirming it.
{% endhint %}
Why was my trade skipped?
A trade may fail a guard because the caller buy was too small, the price moved, estimated price impact exceeded your limit, your budget was exhausted or a token could not be checked. Open the skip notification for the specific reason, then use [Troubleshooting](/callgraph-docs/support/troubleshooting.md).
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