Good morning, I am back to paper trading as I am testing a new strategy with hotkeys with DAS Trader Pro. Yesterday, when trading with real money, I was in the green, only to see my trailing stop loss trigger and stop me out of a profitable position. DAS support sent me some hotkeys which I have since modified to suit my strategy, but I think the trailing stop was too tight. Their hotkeys allow to jump into a position with a market order with a .10 cent trailing stop, which stopped me out of numerous positions too early at a loss. I was chasing NVFY when it had an afternoon spike, and I jumped in with a market order for an average of 3.45, and ended up getting stopped out at 3.40 for a loss. I had automatically triggered a .10 cent trailing stop. I think I was stopped out during the spike when it sold at a low of 3.35. I am thinking about trying a .20 trailing stop strategy as .10 seems to be too tight. When jumping into a spike, I've noticed it's difficult to get filled at the bid as the stock moves so fast. What do experienced traders recommend when jumping into a spike like this? Something like RGSE and NVFY move so fast when they spike it's difficult to get filled with a limit order. I may also try a stop range order, but a 1:3 risk reward may be too tight of a stop as I'd get stopped out at .10 cents for a reward of +.30 cents.
I also think when the stock is moving up so fast, perhaps buying at the ask, or at the ask +.10 could fill better than a market order.