How to Stop Moving Your Stop Loss — The Most Expensive Override

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Moving a stop loss is the single most expensive execution leak behavior. It turns defined-risk trades into undefined-risk disasters. Automation eliminates the possibility.

The Answer

Moving a stop loss wider is the most common and most expensive execution override. A trader sets a 2% stop. The trade moves against them. The trader moves the stop to 4%. Then 6%. What started as a $400 risk trade becomes a $1,200 loss. This single behavior accounts for more retail trader losses than bad entries, bad timing, and bad strategy selection combined. The solution is not more discipline. The solution is removing the ability to move the stop. An automated execution engine sets the stop according to the rules. The stop does not move. Period.

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