When Should You Use a Trailing Stop? Let’s Keep It Real.

You open a trade at night — price starts climbing, everything looks dreamy.

Next morning? You wake up to -83% and regret not setting that trailing stop.

Sounds familiar?

A trailing stop is your seatbelt. Doesn’t guarantee a moon ride, but can save your capital from a crash landing.

So when’s the right time to use it?

- When your trade is already +2–4% in profit — not too early, not too late.

- When $BTC is calm-ish — because if the king gets shaky, your alt might trigger that stop mid-yawn.

- When volume is healthy and RSI isn’t maxed out — no need to trail into exhaustion.

- When you have a life outside the chart — gym, sleep, pizza dates... trailing stop has your back.

How much is enough?

On alts with 10–20x leverage, a 0.5–1.2% trailing distance is common.

For super volatile moves? You can give it more room — up to 1.5% — but manage the risk.

Worst move? No stop at all.

Because “I’ll watch it” often turns into “why did I even trade this?!”