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Protective Stops

Stop placement and risk control used to invalidate a trade idea.

First course anchor

19A - Monthly charts need monthly stops

Open source lesson

Evidence stack

Course references

These relationships are currently derived from Al Brooks lesson topics. Books, ES reviews, and research notes should later attach to this same concept instead of creating parallel concepts.

Uses (24)
  1. 19A - Monthly charts need monthly stops Support, Resistance, and Basic Patterns / 19A - Support and Resistance
  2. 27B - What happens when stop is hit? Support, Resistance, and Basic Patterns / 27B - Head and Shoulders
  3. 32A - Stop orders How to Trade Prerequisites / 32A - Orders
  4. 32B - Stop orders are better for most traders How to Trade Prerequisites / 32B - Orders
  5. 33A - Why use stops? How to Trade Prerequisites / 33A - Protective Stops
  6. 33A - Stop determines position size How to Trade Prerequisites / 33A - Protective Stops
  7. 33B - After a stop is hit How to Trade Prerequisites / 33B - Protective Stops
  8. 33B - Use correct stop How to Trade Prerequisites / 33B - Protective Stops
  9. 33C - Price action stop How to Trade Prerequisites / 33C - Protective Stops
  10. 33C - Trailing stops How to Trade Prerequisites / 33C - Protective Stops
  11. 33C - Stops in bear How to Trade Prerequisites / 33C - Protective Stops
  12. 33E - Wide stops How to Trade Prerequisites / 33E - Protective Stops
  13. 33G - Breakeven stops and BO tests How to Trade Prerequisites / 33G - Protective Stops
  14. 33G - Stops for scalpers How to Trade Prerequisites / 33G - Protective Stops
  15. 39D - Trail stops Trading Price Action Patterns / 39D - Trading MTR Bottoms
  16. 41B - Use swing stops Trading Price Action Patterns / 41B - Trading Breakouts
  17. 41D - Stop management Trading Price Action Patterns / 41D - Trading Breakouts
  18. 43D - Stops and taking profits Trading Channels & Ranges / 43D - Trading Tight Bull Channels
  19. 44D - Stops and taking profits Trading Channels & Ranges / 44D - Trading Tight Bear Channels
  20. 46D - Bulls use wide stops and scale in Trading Channels & Ranges / 46D - Trading Broad Bear Channels
  21. 47C - Wide stops and scaling in Trading Channels & Ranges / 47C - Trading in Trading Ranges
  22. 48B - Stop orders are better Trading Different Times of the Day / 48B - Trading the Open
  23. 51D - Correct stop Managing Losses / 51D - Losing Because of Mistakes
  24. 12 - Protective stops Bonus Videos / 12 - Trading Options on Daily Charts
Applies (1)
  1. 02 - How to enter, place stop, and exit Bonus Videos / 02 - Trading Patterns on the Open