Actually to be completely clear it's relative to time period volatility,and without a firm stop you have no firm plan. If you are constantly getting stopped you are skimming too close, which means you are either under-capitalized or your entry levels are poor...either way you shouldn't trading futures. The misinformation on this thread is disappointing.
u place your stop to lose. imagine if u are day trading es 1 contract equal $100,000, u profit trading without stop. Otherwise, HFT will blow u away small traders. More than 90% of small traders lose! They just lose! http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-...-seen-profiting-at-small-firm-expense-1-.html
Ha, what a total idiot you are ... with just a small stop nothing woulda happened to you on your handpicked chart ROFL !
The guy with the stop loss gets hit for a (relatively) small loss. The guy without a stop loss endures the plunge and is CURSING the diaster that just happened. Luckily he will recover if he didn't panic and sell at the bottom. Now what if it really was an actual bombing event like the Boston Marathon? Geez your account just took a serious dent.
They certainly do. And lose big time! Those who says otherwise belong to one of these catgs: - gullible newbie reading too many brokers' and teachers' website - have never traded in their life and are "backtesting tigers" - failed traders, hoping to recover what they lost by attempting to "teach" others their nonsense. - peanuts trader running a slot machine which makes no money but feeds the addiction For some alternative to stops see, for instance, (linkedin thread): http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Use-..._most_recent_rich-0-b-ttl&goback=.gmr_4932221
I will wait you in the mkt. Prepare your peanuts $ ;-))) if you have any left from your failed option trading >- peanuts trader running a slot machine which makes no money but feeds the addiction LOL!
HFTs will stop small traders out. Intelligent (HFT aka higher educated traders) vs schmuck (small traders aka lower educated traders) Chickens (small traders) are coming home tonight to roost.
I know a trader who is short the DAX from 6000. The dax is currently 7682. He told me he's going to use stops from now on