How to Place a Stop Loss Order When Trading | Stop-loss

To limit your risk on a trade, you need an exit plan. And when a trade goes against you, a stop loss order is a crucial part of that plan. A stop loss is an offsetting ...LinkedInwithBackgroundInvestingPortfolioManagementPlacingaStopLossOrderWhenTrading•••Maskot/GettyImages TableofContentsExpandTableofContentsMarketOrdersLimitOrdersStop-LossOrdersWhenBuyingStop-LossOrdersWhenShortSellingAlternativePlacementPointsDefineYourStop-LossStrategyByFullBioFollowLinkedinCoryMitchell,CMT,isadaytradingexpertwithover10yearsofexperiencewritingoninvesting,trading,anddaytrading.MitchellfoundedVantagePointTrading,whichisawebsitethatcoversandreportsalltopicsrelatingtothefinancialmarkets.Hehasabachelor'sfromtheUniversityofLethbridgeandattendedtheCanadianSecuritiesInstitutefrom2002to2005.ReadTheBalance'seditorialpoliciesCoryMitchellReviewedbyFullBioFollowLinkedinGordonScott,CMT,isalicensedbroker,activeinvestor,andproprietarydaytrader.Hehasprovidededucationtoindividualtradersandinvestorsforover20years.HeformerlyservedastheManagingDirectoroftheCMT®ProgramfortheCMTAssociation.ArticleReviewedonSeptember12,2020ReadTheBalance'sFinancialReviewBoardGordonScottUpdatedSeptember12,2020Tolimityourriskonatrade,youneedanexitplan.Andwhenatradegoesagainstyou,astoplossorderisacrucialpartofthatplan.Astoplossisanoffsettingorderthatexitsyourtradeonceacertainpricelevelisreached. Here'sanexample.Ifyoubuyastockat$20andplacea stop-loss orderat$19.50,yourstop-lossorderwillexecutewhenthepricereaches$19.50,therebypreventingfurtherloss.Ifthepriceneverdipsdownto$19.50,thenyourstop-lossorderwon'texecute.KeyTakeawaysAstop-lossorderhelpsyoulimityourriskonatrade.It'sanoffsettingorderthatexitsyourtradewhenacertainpricelevelisreached.Anothertypeofstop-lossisastop-losslimitorder,whichwillcloseyourtradeonlyatthestoplosspriceorbetter.Yourstop-losslevelsshouldbeastrategicchoicebasedontestingoutandpracticingmultiplemethods.MarketOrdersStop-lossordersareusually"marketorders,"whichmeans itwilltakewhateverpriceisavailableoncet


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