Trailings are always a pain, sometimes they just don't work as you want them to. I have switched to adjust after every S/R taken one S/R higher or down. But good luck Btw today you might get a good payday as a bear
Agree, t/s pain ... best exits I've made, biggest wins are when I manually tighten t/s vs automatic which shake out a lot. Next test is using sell limit orders to exit with .3 type scalps Right re potential beary week, will test UVXY TZA if they run
Look at today's crude oil market. today CL is not volatile. It is very trendy. 12 ticks max loss is very realistic. and for some not-so-spiky products like Germany, US, Italy bonds, max loss can be 10 ticks.
since i trade forex ill say it in pips My stop losses go about 1 to 3 pips max and usually risking 0.5% to 1% of my capital
In most trades, I keep my stop loss between 15% and 20%. I use a pure momentum strategy and stop loss helps me avoid market crashes. This way I have been able to make small profits even when the market loses.
%% Trail it; like a psar, moving average or deer trail. IF running\ deer will jump the fence/creek.WALKING, they go low, under lowest strand barbed wire fence. Round numbers may help ,but my local bank needed some change/LOL, NEVER use a dollar stop, good way to get goofed, qqq was $30 in 2002 bear; unless trading in US dollars, could use $ stop.