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Tight stops: why traders lose

Name: Tight stops: why traders lose
Uploaded: 2026-10-27T16:24:39+00:00
Duration: 30 s
Description: Tight stops feel safe. In our tests, only 15% of versions with stops under 2% of price made money. Wider stops did better at every step: 61% of versions with stops over 8% made money. A tight stop gets hit by noise, and every hit costs fees.

Posted 2026-10-27

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Tight stops feel safe. In our tests, only 15% of versions with stops under 2% of price made money.

Wider stops did better at every step: 61% of versions with stops over 8% made money. A tight stop gets hit by noise, and every hit costs fees.

A stop is where your idea is wrong, not where you feel uncomfortable.

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