# Trailing Stops - unspecified behavior

**URL:** <https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trailing-stops-unspecified-behavior/18185>\
**Category:** Alpaca Trading\
**Created:** [November 25, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trailing-stops-unspecified-behavior/18185 "2025-11-25T23:06:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![luke\_trade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@luke\_trade](https://forum.alpaca.markets/u/luke_trade)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.alpaca.markets/t/trailing-stops-unspecified-behavior/18185/1 "2025-11-25T23:06:59Z")

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The documentation does say what price metric you are looking at to trigger the market order. Are you using Bid/Ask or Last Traded Price? Please let us know and please update your documentation!