🔴 A stop-loss (SL) is a limit order that specifies how much loss you are willing to take on a trade. It prevents you from making additional losses on a trading position.
🟢 A take-profit (TP) works as the exact opposite of a stop-loss. It specifies the price to close out a position for profit. When you have a take-profit order, the trading platform you are using closes your position automatically when the price level is reached.
These tools are beginner friendly and are usually effective for short term trading.
The first thing a trader should consider is that the stop loss must be placed at a logical level. This means a level that will both inform the trader when their trade signal is no longer valid, and that actually makes sense in the surrounding market structure. There are several tips on how to exit a trade in the right way. The first one is to let the market hit the predefined stop loss that you placed when you entered the trade. Another method is to exit manually, because the price action has generated a signal against your position.
I advise you to use Stop Loss for EVERY trade that you open. Trading without a Stop Loss is a huge risk and it requires specific strategy and experience.
🟢 A take-profit (TP) works as the exact opposite of a stop-loss. It specifies the price to close out a position for profit. When you have a take-profit order, the trading platform you are using closes your position automatically when the price level is reached.
These tools are beginner friendly and are usually effective for short term trading.
The first thing a trader should consider is that the stop loss must be placed at a logical level. This means a level that will both inform the trader when their trade signal is no longer valid, and that actually makes sense in the surrounding market structure. There are several tips on how to exit a trade in the right way. The first one is to let the market hit the predefined stop loss that you placed when you entered the trade. Another method is to exit manually, because the price action has generated a signal against your position.
I advise you to use Stop Loss for EVERY trade that you open. Trading without a Stop Loss is a huge risk and it requires specific strategy and experience.