Trading Settings and Presets
Trading settings control how your orders execute. Open Settings in the sidebar. Trading defaults is the first screen. Use the search field to find any setting.
Execution presets
A preset is a saved set of execution settings. There are three: P1, P2 and P3. Your active preset applies to every trade. Switch it from the header, from a column header on the Action board, or from the trade panel. The status bar shows which preset is active.
The default values are:
| Preset | Slippage | Priority fee | Bribe | MEV protection | Quick buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | 15% | 0.001 SOL | 0 SOL | Secure | 0.25 SOL |
| P2 | 50% | 0.005 SOL | 0.003 SOL | Reduced | 0.5 SOL |
| P3 | 80% | 0.01 SOL | 0.01 SOL | Off | 1 SOL |
P2 is active by default. The values above are the default Buy settings. Sell settings start with the same values.
Click Edit presets to change them. The Trading Settings window has one tab per preset and a Buy and a Sell side. Each side has:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Slippage | The maximum price movement allowed while the transaction executes |
| Priority fee | Extra SOL paid to improve transaction processing priority |
| Bribe | Extra SOL paid to the block builder to improve inclusion odds |
| Auto fee | Lets the engine pick the fee, up to a maximum fee you set. On by default, with a maximum of 0.05 SOL |
| Max tax | The highest buy or sell tax you accept before the trade is blocked |
Each preset also has an MEV mode and a Quick buy amount.
Presets are saved in your browser. They do not follow you to another browser or device.
MEV protection
MEV protection routes your order through Jito to reduce the risk of sandwich attacks and front running.
| Mode | Behavior |
|---|---|
| Off | No MEV protection. Fastest, but trades can be sandwiched |
| Reduced | Reduced protection through Jito. Balances speed and safety |
| Secure | Full protection through Jito. Safest, slightly slower |
Defaults and RPC
Above the presets, Trading defaults has app-wide fallback values:
- Slippage: Auto (recommended), or a custom value in basis points
- Priority fee: in micro-lamports. The default is 0
- Jito MEV protection: on by default
The presets are the profiles used by Quick Buy and the trade panel.
Custom RPC routes your transactions through your own Solana RPC endpoint. Leave it blank to use Sentinel's default RPC.
Trading denomination is SOL. USDC is not available yet.
Quick Buy and Quick Sell
- Quick Buy: set the amount per surface (default, search, Action board) and per Action column. Choose the button size and whether it shows your holdings.
- Quick Sell: turn one-tap sells on or off, choose the default percentage (10, 25, 50 or 100) and choose where they appear: the Positions table, the token page and the quick bar.
Other trading settings
| Section | What it controls |
|---|---|
| Token summary and Token display | Which metrics and elements the token header shows, and how names render |
| Chart | Chart behavior, lines and trade bubbles |
| Trades | Wallet indicators on trade rows: KOL, developer, sniper, whale, smart money and bot |
| Buy display | What the Buy control shows: SOL amount, supply share, estimated tokens |
| Instant trade | The one-tap panel, wallet group options and hotkeys |
| PnL | Whether PnL shows in SOL or USD, and which fields show |
| Blacklist | Mints and keywords you never want to see |
Safety
Open Settings, then Safety.
- Emergency stop pauses all automation at once
- Confirm before closing positions asks before a full close
- Spend caps set a daily cap and a per-trade cap for automation, in SOL. Leave a cap blank for no cap. If a cap and a rule limit differ, the lower number wins
Other settings groups
Action, Tracking, Portfolio, Navigation, Notifications, Appearance and Account and system cover board filters, tracker layout, positions density, header layout, toasts and sounds, themes, sessions, license pairing and your preferred Solana explorer. You can export, import or reset your device preferences under Account and system, then Advanced.