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A stop-loss order placed at the time a stock is purchased that requires the stock to be sold if the price falls below a specified price level. The stop-loss price is set at a fixed percentage point below the market price. If the price increases, the stop-loss price rises proportionately. If the stock price falls, the stop-loss price doesn’t change. A stop-loss order allows investors to set a limit on the maximum possible loss without limiting potential gains or requiring a constant monitoring of the investments performance.
A trailing stop loss is used by stock and option traders to protect their profits or limit their losses. The trailing stop loss is set at a fixed percentage the trader chooses below the current market price. The advantage of the trailing stop loss over a regular stop loss is that the stop loss price changes in proportion to a rising stock price. If the stock price goes up, the trailing stop loss price also rises. If the stock price goes down, the trailing stop loss price remains the same. As a result, the trader can let his profits run and limit his losses without continually having to place new stop loss orders
1. Understand that the stop-loss has some good and bad features as a system. First, it is difficult to apply to shares that are highly volatile. If the shares often move by 5% or more in a week and a stop-loss set too closely to the current price, it might force you to sell when you would rather not. In those circumstances, a limit of 20% or more may be more appropriate. On the plus side, if you really do need to protect your capital at all costs, selling should the price move against you is a vital way of protecting yourself. Sure, you may guarantee to lose 10%, but if the price keeps on falling, you may have saved a lot of money indeed. Shares often rise or fall in a rather predictable way - when things are good and a company is growing and generating good profits, prices rise and rise. If however, things are bleak and losses are being made, the fall can last for months or years and massive amounts can be wiped from a company's value.
2. Use a 'trailing stop-loss' to benefit from this trend. This is a more active track of share prices and performance and is designed to let you 'run your profits and cut your losses'.
3. To use a trailing stop-loss, set a number of points or percentage below your current share price. This will be your minimum - the automatic trigger to sell if the price is breached. However, should the share price rise, your stop-loss is moved upwards in the same ratio as the share price. Thus, your trigger will still be (for example) 15% below the current price, but that will be higher than it once was. The further up a price goes, the farther the trigger is reset. This has the effect of locking in a majority of your profits. Should the price go into reverse, you sell at your new higher level, but if the price keeps rising and rising, you get to profit from those gains.
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