This may happen when you place a “Short-Selling Take Profit Pending Order” . Short Stop needs to take into account the effect of spreads. A short-selling take profit order is a buy (long) action that is preset at a price lower than the current price. The actual take-profit price triggered requires the market price (minus the spread). If the market price only reaches the set take profit price but there is not enough room for the spread, the take profit order will not be triggered and cannot be filled. Example: If an investor is selling 1 lot of XAUUSD and the take profit price is set at $1800.00 with a spread of 20 pips, the take profit order will not be triggered when the bar price is at $1800.00 and will only be filled if the price continues to fall to $1799.80 ($1800.00-0.20=$1799.80).