I just uncheck my auto-trade box. (payout to BTC)
Then set my payout threshold in my Dogecoin balance to 999999999. This means that my coins will sit in the pool until it hits that impossible to reach number. When i am ready to cash in i will go into my user settings and check the auto-trade box and apply it.
Will that work? i haven't tried dumping them yet. Yes i know its not "safe" but its only 40,000 or ~$100 worth so far.
This wont work ftr. The pool marks whether you auto-trade or not at the time the each round ends. This is because it has to know how much of that rounds earnings get paid out in doge vs. get sent off for auto-trading. Turning auto-trade back on later will only affect future rounds earnings. In addition, auto-trade will never trade your already confirmed balances of coins, it only ever deals with coins mined in recently active rounds.