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Stop Loss Order for Day Trading

What is Stop Loss Order?

Stop loss order is an order to close position if/when losses reaches a particular point. In other words this is an order by which you can decide the maximum loss that you are ready to accept. Here we are going to discuss only Stop Loss Order regarding Day Trading, but the same principle can be used for Swing Trading or Long Term Trading.

Following Example can explain the point.

If u have placed a buy order at 100. You need not place a stop loss order till your trade gets executed. Once your trade gets executed, you have to place another order for Stop Loss.

Now lets assume that CMP(Current Market Price) is 100.50.

Stop Loss Order should be like this

Type= Sell

Quantity = Quantity you have got (received).

Price=99.40

Trigger price =99.50

Note: Trigger price is the price at which your order gets triggered (fired). Till then it’s on hold.

So in our example If CMP falls from 100.50 to 99.55 nothing will happen but at 99.50 your order (Stop Loss) for sell will get executed at a price of 99.40 so your loss would be limited to 0.60 (100-99.40) only.

Additional Points:

Percentage Of Stop Loss

For day trading stop loss of 1-2% max is recommended. Some traders like me use 0.5% stops, which is what I have explained (100-0.5%*100=99.5). You have to decide the % according to your experience & confidence.

If you don’t use stop loss order the price can go down by 5% or even 20% & you won’t be able to do much then, hence for every trade without fail you should use stop loss order.

A warning, don’t ever think that just because you have placed stop loss order, you are 100 % safe. That’s not the case even after a stop loss order you can suffer huge loss. Surprised? See how.

In the above example if the your stop loss order gets triggered at 99.50 for 99.40 but there is no buyer at 99.40 so the order will get triggered but not executed till there is some one ready to buy at 99.40. In mean while some one else has put a sell order at 99.30, now you are at number two still waiting, then if some one puts a sell order at 99.10 you are at number three & hence your order may left behind while others keep putting orders at less than your order & you may wonder why my stop loss order did not get execute!!!!!!!!!!!

Solution for above problem is as follows.

The gap between trigger price & price is important. If you want your stop loss order to be more secured, increase the gap.( Gap between Trigger Price & Price). i.e. triggered price at 99.50 & price 99.10(instead of 99.40). You should change the gap depending upon the share you trade. More volatile stocks require big Gap while for slow movers small Gap is enough. You can decide the Gap on the basis of difference between best buy & best sell (bid /ask) in second window.

Stop Loss For Shorting

For shorting that is selling first & then buying, the stop loss order has to be reversed as follows.

If you have shorted at 100(CMP=99.50)

Stop Loss order should look like this

Type =Buy

Quantity = Quantity you have shorted

Price=100.60

Trigger Price =100.50

Cancel/Modify Stop Loss Order

The most important thing if your stop loss does not get hit & you earn profit by squaring of your position; do not forget to cancel the stop loss order. Yes I repeat do not forget to cancel the stop loss order. Other better option is that you can modify your stop loss order as Trailing Stop till the execution. (I do this as I forget to cancel the stop loss order.)

Following example can explain how you can do this.

Your Stop Loss for first example was 99.50 for 99.40, right? Now if the CMP has gone up from 100.50 to 102.20, you can modify your stop loss order to 101.10 in place of 99.50 & 101.00 for 99.40. If price keeps going up, keep following the price by modification.

Always remember the following rule.

For buy’s Stop Loss Order (Type=Sell) “Trigger Price” should be more than “Price” of Stop Loss Order & for Short Selling’s Stop Loss Order (Type=Buy) “Trigger Price” should be less than “Price” of Stop Loss Order.

Important Note:

Some Trading Systems allow Trader to enter Stop Loss Order at the time of Actual Order and some Systems allow Stop Loss Order to get automatically cancelled against squaring off position.

Happy Day Trading

Vishal Deshpande

by Jason L. Parks

Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #14

Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #14

You know what is so amazing? We get to keep learning how to
improve ourselves. Each day brings a new opportunity for us to
practice unconditional love, especially of ourselves. Loving
your body is demonstrating unconditional love. Think what your
body does for you each day.

Right now, say: I love my body, I love my body, I love my body,
I love my body! Feels great, doesn’t it? Our bodies are
incredible gifts from God. If we’re experiencing resistance to
change, then we’re resisting God’s loving message. What are you
resisting?

I was on a teleseminar recently and the topic was visualization.
The message was very powerful. Let me share with you what I
learned.

Take out a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Write down 5
things that you desire in your life. It can be a car—mine is a
red BMW convertible and I have a picture of it on my dream board
and look at it everyday while I say affirmations in my energy
circle. Of course, in my visualization the real George Clooney
is in the passenger seat, not my cardboard cutout of George that
a friend gave me.

Maybe you want a new house, a trip to Hawaii, thousands of
dollars, a new outfit as you achieve your ideal weight. Whatever
it is, write down 5 things.

Say the statements out loud, shout them and do the visualization
hiney dance to them. I do love shaking it. I read a cute quote
the other day….what if the hokey pokey is what it’s all about?
Interesting thought, huh?

You know what? I took a break from writing, went for a walk and
just came back. While I was on my walk, guess what I saw? A red
BMW convertible!! Now, is that synchronicity or what? You know
what I should have done? Jumped out in front of that car and
made the driver get out and give me her car. Ooooppps…wrong
vibration. The focus is higher vibration and manifesting it
through Divine means. See the difference in vibration levels.

I will manifest that car. I don’t know how it will come; I just
know it will. I only know why I desire it. I like the feeling
that it conjures up….the feeling of freedom, sex appeal,
youthfulness, being a hottie!

We’ve all experienced times throughout the day where we have a
lull….where our energy is low or flat. What we want to do is to
keep that vibration high so we constantly are aligned with the
energy that we’re pulling to us. When we are in a low or flat
vibration, those things we desire can’t be propelled to us
because our thoughts are creating a disconnection. When our
thoughts are creating and saying, “Yes, I am attracting a red
BMW convertible” then we keep the energy lines open and that car
will reveal itself.

It’s like that phone commercial, “Can you hear me now?” When
we’re in low vibration, that which we want to attract cannot
hear us. Guess what shows up? Everything we don’t want. Now,
when we’re in high vibration, the reception is great and we get
heard loud and clear. All that we desire flows easily to us.

Let’s practice. We’ll name these the High 5. Get it? 5 things
that will manifest at a High vibration. I just made that up and
I believe it’s extremely clever. Read those statements and
dance, dance, dance!!

Now, you’re going to be carrying that list with you throughout
the day and take it out and do the routine of saying the
statements out loud with enthusiasm. Do this several times
throughout the day and notice how your energy will remain at a
high vibration. I encourage you to get carried away and shake,
shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake your booty while saying
them. Now say them over and over and really put some feeling
into it. I know you can do it!

I’ve had a practice of doing this type of visualization in the
morning and at night while reading those things that I am
manifesting in my life. I had noticed that I was experiencing
some lulls in my energy during the day, and was grateful to hear
this Divine message on how to sustain the high energy throughout
the day. I’ve been doing this a few days since I heard this on
the teleseminar and I’ve seen remarkable results. We were told
to make a commitment to ourselves and make it a goal for 30
days. I encourage you to do the same. For 30 days take time to
shout the High 5′s throughout the day. I look forward to hearing
about your results.

God is AWESOME! I am shouting that statement from my office
window right now. I just opened the window and shouted it so
everyone could hear. Oh, the birds just flew away. They’ll be
back….I have a bird feeder.

We’re on fire!! Nothing can stop us!!

High 5!

Love and hugs,

Tami http://www.tamiclose.com http://www.closekeptsecrets.com

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by Kevin Steele

close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #16

Close Kept Secrets to Weight Loss Lesson #16

Today is the most wonderful day! We have gifts right in front
of us and we are ready to grab those gifts and say WAHOO! Look
around you at your extraordinary treasures.

For my 50th birthday, my nieces gave me a CD by Tim McGraw
entitled Live Like You Were Dying. They paid me a wonderful
compliment and said, “Aunt Tami, you’re the one we think of who
is living like you were dying.” What a powerful message to me as
I blast that song every morning to rev up my energy. Of course,
picturing Tim in those tight jeans helps!

Remember I used to live in such deep doo doo with fear and
worry. Through daily practice my connection to God becomes
clearer–it’s corrosion free. It takes practice to transcend
fear and putting those daily activities in place to help bring
in the positives. Want to have some fun with your inner child?
Sticking your tongue out at fear does help. So let’s practice.
Stick out your tongue and face your fears and shout, “You’re not
the boss of me.” It’s kind of hard to have your tongue hanging
out while talking but it sure feels good, doesn’t it?

I am reprinting some lines from the song so you can breathe in
the message.

Live Like You Were Dying

He said, “I was in my early forties, with a lot of life before
me, When a moment came that stopped me on a dime. And I spent
most of the next days looking at the x-rays And talking “bout
the options, talking “bout sweet time.”

And I asked him when it sank in That this might really be the
end. “How’s it hit you when you get that kind of news? Man
what’d you do?” He said,

“I went sky diving; I went rocky mountain climbing; I went two
point seven seconds on a bull named Fumanchu. And I loved
deeper, and I spoke sweeter. And I gave forgiveness I’d been
denying.” And he said, “Someday I hope you get the chance To
live like you were dying.”

He said, “I was finally the husband that most the time I wasn’t.
And I became a friend a friend would like to have. And all ‘a
sudden going fishin’ wasn’t such an imposition And I went three
times that year I lost my dad. And I finally read the good book
and I took a good long look

Powerful message, right? So what are you going to do? Tell a
friend you love him or her. Call a family member whom you
haven’t forgiven and forgive. Do something nice for your
neighbor. Ready to ride the bull? Just for today, “Live Like You
Were Dying!”

Love and hugs,

Tami http://www.tamiclose.com http://www.closekeptsecrets.com

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