Lessons › Risk and money management › The stop-loss: decide your exit first
World 5 · Risk and money management · lesson 2 · level 2
The stop-loss: decide your exit first
A stop-loss is the price where your idea is wrong, and you choose it before you enter.
What it is
Price fell back to a level that stopped it before, and bounced again.
Your task in the app
Where is support? Then decide: buy, sell, or wait?
How often it worked
| Market | Times found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India (NSE) | 21 | 38% | 48% | 14% |
| United States | 40 | 30% | 68% | 2% |
| Japan | 22 | 36% | 64% | 0% |
| Crypto | 396 | 32% | 53% | 15% |
| Forex | 44 | 32% | 59% | 9% |
| Commodities | 11 | 36% | 46% | 18% |
Counted on real past charts by the Trading Class research engine, 534 cases in all. Past odds, not a forecast.
Read more on the Support bounce pattern page.
Goal of this lesson: Place a stop-loss at the price that proves the trade idea wrong.