---
id: "P:cAlgo.API.PendingOrder.StopOrderTriggerMethod"
kind: "property"
type: "T:cAlgo.API.PendingOrder"
url: "https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Trading/Orders/PendingOrder/StopOrderTriggerMethod/"
---

> Documentation index for agents: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/llms.txt · machine index: https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/api.json

# PendingOrder.StopOrderTriggerMethod

Member of [PendingOrder](https://help.ctrader.com/ctrader-algo/references/Trading/Orders/PendingOrder/index.md).

## StopOrderTriggerMethod

Determines how pending order will be triggered in case it is a StopOrder

Environments: Desktop supported · CLI supported · Cloud supported.

C#:

```csharp
StopTriggerMethod? StopOrderTriggerMethod {get;}
```

Python:

```python
pendingOrder.StopOrderTriggerMethod: StopTriggerMethod | None
```

### Returns

`StopTriggerMethod?` — 

### Examples

C#:

```csharp
var stopPrice = Symbol.Ask + 20 * Symbol.PipSize;
var result = PlaceStopOrder(TradeType.Buy, SymbolName, 10000, stopPrice, "myLabel", 20, 40, ProtectionType.Relative, null, "", false, StopTriggerMethod.Trade, StopTriggerMethod.DoubleTrade);
if (result.IsSuccessful)
    Print("Stop order trigger method: {0}", result.PendingOrder.StopOrderTriggerMethod);
```

Python:

```python
stopPrice = api.Symbol.Ask + 20 * api.Symbol.PipSize
result = api.PlaceStopOrder(TradeType.Buy, api.SymbolName, 10000, stopPrice, "myLabel", 20, 40, ProtectionType.Relative, None, "", False, StopTriggerMethod.Trade, StopTriggerMethod.DoubleTrade)
if result.IsSuccessful:
    api.Print(f"Stop order trigger method: {result.PendingOrder.StopOrderTriggerMethod}")
```