# Help explain what happened

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/help-explain-what-happened/5316>\
**Category:** Alpaca Questions\
**Created:** [April 5, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/help-explain-what-happened/5316 "2021-04-05T17:24:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2021, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/help-explain-what-happened/5316/1 "2021-04-05T17:24:46Z")

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Can someone please explain why these trailing stop orders were executed?