If a new trade fails to open, you might receive one of two specific notifications depending on which limit you have reached:

These limitations apply "across the board" to all types of trades on that specific symbol, including auto-trading, smart bots, and manual trades, regardless of whether they are Long or Short positions.

Cornix evaluates your account against three specific rules. Your bot will automatically apply the lowest limit out of the three rules below.

In your Signals Bot settings, you have the option to manually restrict how many trades can run at once.

Regardless of which exchange you use, Cornix enforces a strict hard cap: The absolute maximum number of open trades per symbol is 30 per bot.

Every cryptocurrency exchange strictly limits the number of conditional orders you can have open simultaneously for a single symbol. Because Cornix relies on conditional orders to execute advanced features (like Stop-Losses and Trailing features), your trades consume this exchange limit.

Cornix applies this rule differently depending on whether you are on the new dynamic calculation system or the legacy system.

For most users, Cornix dynamically calculates your limit based on how many conditional orders your specific trades require.

The 80% Safety Threshold: To prevent API errors and ensure your trades do not fail, Cornix only allows you to use 80% of your exchange's total conditional order limit. For example, if your exchange allows 10 conditional orders, Cornix will cap you at 8.

How Orders Are Counted: A single Cornix trade can use 0, 1, or a maximum of 2 conditional orders based on your configuration:

Calculation Examples (Using ByBit USDT - Limit 10, Threshold 8):

Current Exchange Conditional Order Limits: Here is the raw maximum number of conditional orders each exchange allows per symbol (Cornix will calculate 80% of this number):

For older accounts that have not been migrated to the dynamic system, Cornix applies a static maximum trade limit based on historical exchange restrictions. Below is the maximum number of trades you can have open for the same symbol (both directions included) on the legacy system:

If you want to open more trades for the affected symbol, you have two options depending on which limit you hit:

💡 Note: Exchange limitations are based entirely on each exchange’s internal architecture. These limits are subject to change without notice if the specific exchange updates its API restrictions.

Why did my bot stop opening trades for [Coin]/USDT? If your bot received the "Trade Was Filtered - You already have X open trades" error, it has hit a maximum limit for [Coin]/USDT. This is either because your personal bot settings restrict it, you hit the Cornix global cap of 30 trades, or your active orders have maxed out the exchange's conditional order limit. You must either increase your personal setting or close an active [Coin]/USDT trade.

Why did my bot stop at 4 trades when the limit says 30? Your bot takes the lowest limit available. While the bot allows up to 30 trades, your specific trades likely consumed the 80% threshold of your exchange's conditional order limit. If your trades use both a Stop-Loss and a Trailing feature, they use 2 conditional orders each, drastically reducing how many trades you can open.

Can Cornix increase my trade limit if I upgrade my subscription? No. The conditional order limits are enforced by your specific cryptocurrency exchange (e.g., Binance, Bybit), not by Cornix. There is no way to bypass an exchange's API restrictions.

How many conditional orders does my trade use? A standard trade with no Stop-Loss or Trailing features uses 0 conditional orders. Adding a Stop-Loss uses 1. Adding a Trailing Entry or Trailing Take-Profit uses 1. The maximum number of conditional orders a single Cornix trade can consume is 2.