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More on Stop Loss orders

Stops Are Normal Market Events.  
It is vitally important to think of the hitting of stops as normal market events.  Our stop is our way of knowing that the idea behind our trade was wrong.  Because we are fallible and markets are uncertain we will be wrong frequently.  Many great traders lose on more trades than they win but because their wins are larger than their losses they make good livings.  Stops are our friends they keep us out of those large losers that eat up many days of profits. 

Even a trader who is right 60% of the time will have a streak of losing trades many times a year.  If stops are too wide or disregarded these normal runs of losses create what is called risk of ruin.  All traders are subject to risk of ruin but keeping position sizes aligned with holding periods and stops will reduce risk and is essential to success.  If you are worrying about stops being hit you are trading too large relative to your account size. 

You should reduce your position size to the point where having your stops hit becomes no big deal. This is why we recommend no more than 10% in any one position.  When your stop is hit you want to be able to say to yourself That's no problem I can make this small loss back. You do not want to feel like if stopped out it will be a disaster. 

If a string of five consecutive losing trades would knock you for a loop financially or emotionally you know you are trading too large.  All active traders eventually undergo such slumps we have gone through such slumps at STHQ as well.  Everyone has them but how you handle them will determine if you will be a successful trader/investor over the long haul.  You cannot win the game if you are not in the game!





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