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Importance of Stoploss in Trading


Here are ten reasons a Stop Loss is so important in trading:

  1. A stop loss defines your price risk by quantifying what price level you will exit a trade at. 
  2. A stop loss helps define your trade size. By knowing what price you are going to exit a losing trade you can set your position size based on your stop loss to define the size of your loss. 
  3. You can’t control how big your win will be or if your trade will hit your profit target but you can define the size of your loss by getting out at your stop loss price level. 
  4. A stop loss removes big losses from your trading strategy. 
  5. A stop loss frees up capital to move on to find winning trades. 
  6. You can save a lot of mental and emotional capital by getting out of a losing trade early. 
  7. The risk component of your risk/reward ratio is set by your stop loss and position size. Without a stop loss you can’t have a risk/reward ratio. 
  8. A stop loss caps your downside risk to a specific amount, this removes a lot of stress and the risk of ruin in one trade. 
  9. In Option plays the option hedge part of the play acts as a stop loss. 
  10. A stop loss is a way of forcing a trader to admit that they are wrong about a trade, it keeps the ego in check. 
Traders who trade without a Stoploss Eventually Stop Trading.

Comments

Neil said…
Nice article bro! Useful information!
please write also about trailing a stoploss bro!
16 May 2020 at 17:46
Sharma said…
Thanks for sharing this wonderful information .
16 May 2020 at 20:13
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