Before opening a position, make sure to set a stop loss.
It is best to establish a set of rational, controllable, standardized, and executable stop loss principles for yourself,
aiming to avoid emotional and chaotic trading due to market fluctuations.
Rational Stop Loss
🚨 Fixed Stop Loss
For example: a maximum loss of 3% per trade, simple and direct.
🚨 Technical Stop Loss
Stop loss when breaking previous lows / breaking previous highs, a commonly used method in technical analysis.
🚨 Trailing Stop Loss
When there are unrealized profits, protect at least 10%, commonly seen in trend trading.
🚨 Volatility Stop Loss
Set stop loss based on the ATR indicator, relatively stable but requires calculation, suitable for advanced traders.
🚨 Time Stop Loss
For example: if the position does not increase after 1 hour / 5 minutes, exit, commonly used in intraday trading.
Irrational Stop Loss
⚠️ Emotional Stop Loss
Driven by emotions, such as panic, anxiety, or mental breakdown leading to chaotic trading.
⚠️ Fearful Stop Loss
Closing positions as soon as seeing paper losses, without giving enough space for fluctuations.
⚠️ Revenge Stop Loss
Due to a loss in the previous trade, impulsively entering and exiting in this trade, becoming entirely unstrategic.
Stop loss is not admitting defeat,
it is saying: "I am willing to pay a small price to control risk."
Trading is like doing business,
if you do not bear risks or invest capital, how can there be stable returns?