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Old 03-27-2022, 01:15 PM
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Originally Posted by 44Apple View Post
Do you tend to use stop loss orders?

I'm thinking of listing one for each of my etfs at the 10% loss point.

Seems like a holding could drop 10%, be automatically sold and then rebound the next day/week by a quick 8% or so and then I would be missing the rebound.

Thoughts?
With a stop loss and the market volitility each day, it could easily spike down 10% during the day and would then cause a sale of your stock. If you want a stop loss, have it set on the closing price to avoid the interday spikes.