Using stop loss? Are you in profit?

[Oshosondy]

You may have forgotten the crash on October 10, 2025. The entire market dropped sharply within just 1–2 hours. If you did not use stop-loss orders on that day, you could have been fully liquidated...

On that day, not only those who do not set a stop loss were liquidated, but also those who had it set. It should be understood that with such a dump that occurred on the market on October 10, the stop loss did not work for many traders due to high volatility and lack of liquidity. But this is not the reason to ignore the stop loss.

See how wrong DavidPham is.

Bitcoin fall from $122500 to $102350, but the day closed with bitcoin increase to $112940. How is this liquidation for 1x traders? Even 4 to 5x should not be liquidated but it will only remain little for 5x to be liquidated. Bitcoin still went back to almost $116000 on the third day but greedy traders were liquidated.

Some people do not know how to calculate liquidation price.

[Big Dirams]

You may have forgotten the crash on October 10, 2025. The entire market dropped sharply within just 1–2 hours. If you did not use stop-loss orders on that day, you could have been fully liquidated...

On that day, not only those who do not set a stop loss were liquidated, but also those who had it set. It should be understood that with such a dump that occurred on the market on October 10, the stop loss did not work for many traders due to high volatility and lack of liquidity. But this is not the reason to ignore the stop loss.

Many traders and holders were liquidated during that high market volatility and definitely stop loss didn’t save a lot of traders. Both traders with stop loss and without stop loss were liquidated but that shouldn’t gives us the mindset to over look stop loss as nothing. Stop loss is important for traders despite some traders doesn’t use it but it helps a lot and save us from unnecessary loss.
 Many stop loss were liquidated but let assume no stop loss at all a lot of traders would have lost so much than they did with their stop loss.  

[Hamza2424]

You know that I am one of the traders on this forum that have always gone against the use of stop loss, just because I noticed that it does not make sense because the reason I used it in the past was because I use high leverage to open a position.

One of the things I learn about trading is patience, the use of low leverage, not trading highly volatile coins in a way that I can open a position and still be able to sleep conveniently over night.

I have noticed that most of you people have gone against me anytime I say stop loss is for greedy traders. Do you use stop loss and still earn money from trading since the last 6 months?

Also are you sure you are not a greedy trader?

I am not a greedy trader, and it's not just about greed if we are not using stop loss, because we know what works best for us. Everyone has been in this phase, bro. It wouldn't be right to claim you are the only one. In fact, this post will let other people share how they were and what they experienced.

My experience was pretty much the same, bro. Using SL was good sometimes, when tokens dump, it feels good that we saved some money. But if it recovers and pumps very high, then we regret using SL. After using SL, we have already accepted our fate, while with swing trading, we can keep it optional, not necessary. If we are in good coins, like top 100 by MCAP, then we are good. No need to use SL, we should use SL only with high-volatility coins.

The same goes for those who use it, because in my view, those who use SL are usually the active ones who want to leave and move on to other trades, which is not greed in my opinion.

[Johnlomape]

I have noticed that most of you people have gone against me anytime I say stop loss is for greedy traders. Do you use stop loss and still earn money from trading since the last 6 months?


Also are you sure you are not a greedy trader?

Hey dude, I want you to pray that your asset does not get liquidation when you have large capital to trade and you mistakenly opted out from using a stop loss. You need to understand that using stop lose does not stop you from losing trade at all, it reduces the chances of you losing all your asset when the market suddenly become volatile to your unconsciousness.

If you are a type of trader that don't like to use a stop lose, then you must be a swing trader or big portfolio trader. If you are neither of these two then sorry for you bro because you are going to get liquidated one day which can be very devastating for you.

[Oshosondy]

Hey dude, I want you to pray that your asset does not get liquidation when you have large capital to trade and you mistakenly opted out from using a stop loss. You need to understand that using stop lose does not stop you from losing trade at all, it reduces the chances of you losing all your asset when the market suddenly become volatile to your unconsciousness.

If you are a type of trader that don't like to use a stop lose, then you must be a swing trader or big portfolio trader. If you are neither of these two then sorry for you bro because you are going to get liquidated one day which can be very devastating for you.

How do you post like someone that is not trading at all? For example I have $2500 for trading, but I am using just $1000 for trading which is 0.4x leverage that is used. How can that result to liquidation if used to trade bitcoin?

[Issa56]

I have noticed that most of you people have gone against me anytime I say stop loss is for greedy traders. Do you use stop loss and still earn money from trading since the last 6 months?

I can’t really remember the last time which I used stop loss when am trading, am not really a fan of stop loss, but I don’t discourage people that use it. If you are a trader and you make use of high leverage whenever you are trading, then it’s better you make use of stop loss whenever you are trading, or you don’t have much knowledge about trading yet.

If you are always busy, and you don’t always have much time to monitor your trade, maybe you are not always online to monitor your trade, then it’s better you make use of stop loss, whenever you are trading. Whenever I make use of stop loss, am always losing more, because whenever my stop loss is being hit, the market is always bouncing back so I don’t really use it anymore.

[passwordnow]

I have noticed that most of you people have gone against me anytime I say stop loss is for greedy traders. Do you use stop loss and still earn money from trading since the last 6 months?

It's because that stop loss isn't for greedy traders. Greedy or not, it is a feature for everyone to use for their own safety and to cut their losses. And that's a way to contain the potential losing of so much money and that's part of being a disciplined trader.

Also are you sure you are not a greedy trader?

I sure I am because I am not forcing myself to earn so much when I put those trades and I accept if I lose them.

[8rch7]

In this time I disagree and have difference opinion with OP, using stop loss most important in trading how to avoid much loss in the future regarding our coins or bitcoin investing have dump significant. Stop loss and we must loss around 10% to 20% not bad because we can recovery buy back at lower price and finally how much previously loss from stop loss decision can back up again maybe in few time not easy recovery back  from losing around 20%.
In trading you don't be optimistic always possibility coins bough will raise up back to higher price after dump significant, believing its need long term and if you cut loss you have second opportunity to recovery your loss and your money not on floating position although keep holding but need longer time recovery back to the higher price.

[Asiska02]

Using stop loss has nothing to do with you being a greedy trader or not. Stop loss is mostly used in order to limit the amount of loss you can take on a trade and they’re always placed on a zone that invalidated your trades, so I don’t see why using stop loss can be seen as a person being greedy.

I feel the reverse is the case of what you meant by being greedy. Not putting take profits on your trades even when the trades has reached a zone that it may likely react and reverse back, not wanting to take profit at that zone can be said that the trader is a greedy one. There is nothing relating being greedy with not placing stop loss in a trade.

[Pandorak]

You know that I am one of the traders on this forum that have always gone against the use of stop loss, just because I noticed that it does not make sense because the reason I used it in the past was because I use high leverage to open a position.

One of the things I learn about trading is patience, the use of low leverage, not trading highly volatile coins in a way that I can open a position and still be able to sleep conveniently over night.

I have noticed that most of you people have gone against me anytime I say stop loss is for greedy traders. Do you use stop loss and still earn money from trading since the last 6 months?


Also are you sure you are not a greedy trader?

Personally, i do not deny that the stop loss feature is extremely useful, provided that, specifically for spot traders or those who trade futures it is used to minimise the risk of losses that could otherwise become substantial, in other words, it also helps to preserve capital. However, it is of little use to investors who focus on the long term, as their outlook is firmly fixed on the future, they are unconcerned by current price fluctuations or any negative news, do not overreact to such events and maintain a more stable mindset.

[kawetsriyanto]

Everyone has a strategy that works for them. That's why I personally can't judge whether someone else's strategy or method is right or wrong. Strategy A might work for one person, but fail for another. The same goes for strategy B, C, D, and so on. Everyone has a strategy that suits them, and we don't need to interfere. The important thing is that we personally implement it according to our own preferences.

As for stop-losses, I personally do two things:
For Bitcoin trading, I rarely use stop-losses. But for altcoins, I sometimes do, because I want to turn my capital over more quickly and avoid focusing too much on that particular pair. However, I still think about which coins to trade; don't just pick them, as they could end up being liquidated.

Except for long-term trading, I never set stop-losses. So, this blog is specifically for trading certain cryptos. So far, even though it's not too perfect, it's going pretty well, it's pretty good.

[logfiles]

You may have forgotten the crash on October 10, 2025. The entire market dropped sharply within just 1–2 hours. If you did not use stop-loss orders on that day, you could have been fully liquidated...

On that day, not only those who do not set a stop loss were liquidated, but also those who had it set. It should be understood that with such a dump that occurred on the market on October 10, the stop loss did not work for many traders due to high volatility and lack of liquidity. But this is not the reason to ignore the stop loss.

This is where when setting a stop loss, the trigger price plus (mark price vs last price)matters a lot. If your trigger price is too close to the stop-loss during high volatility situation, your order won't get filled  

I have had my fair share of liquidation in the past due to aggressive markets, distorted mark price vs last price. But the stop loss issue just depends on one's trading strategy. Obviously not everyone is going to use 1x or 2x and not everyone will use the same risk reward ratio among other things.

[Negotiation]

It is good to use stop losses, but there are several conditions or times when using stop losses. If they are not followed properly, you can lose your money by using stop losses. Although the amount may be a little less, before that, you need to understand the most important market movements well. Then you can get good results by using stop losses. Also, many times it is seen that by using stop losses, you can buy coins or tokens at a high price and then sell them at a low price, it depends on the market movement.

[shinratensei_]

I use stop loss with futures trading only, never in a spot trading since that would be rather pointless.
The reason I keep using stop loss is simple, I use cross margin account and I don't want to lose my entire balance when shit hits the fan like the 10 October market flash crash.

You probably don't need it with isolated account but it matters a lot with cross margin account because a position can affect other position.

[Jaweria parveen]

It is good to use stop losses, but there are several conditions or times when using stop losses. If they are not followed properly, you can lose your money by using stop losses. Although the amount may be a little less, before that, you need to understand the most important market movements well. Then you can get good results by using stop losses. Also, many times it is seen that by using stop losses, you can buy coins or tokens at a high price and then sell them at a low price, it depends on the market movement.

Obviously Who would want it to be damaged? but he will try to avoid it and that is why we have to look at the market from the market's perspective and save our money in it and benefit from it. For this, we have to go through many things and this effort and intelligence can make us a good trader in the market and from here we can understand every aspect of the market and benefit from our money. We have many examples in front of us of how people work in the market and lose their good money so they should not blindly take coins and if they do so then later they will only suffer losses and that is why people act hastily and go into loss. We should work in such a way that we do not suffer losses and we also get benefits so that we can benefit from the market and become experienced about it.

[EarnOnVictor]

You know that I am one of the traders on this forum that have always gone against the use of stop loss, just because I noticed that it does not make sense because the reason I used it in the past was because I use high leverage to open a position.

By this, I could know the reason why stop loss worked against you. A high-leverage traders often get discouraged using stop loss because they could be knocked out by it pretty fast. And the most painful part is that the SL could be hit prematurely and the market goes back to the right direction. This is painful, but the feeling also shows whether you use the SL rightly or not. The SL only serves as a protector, nothing more, while your system's profitability do the rest.

[tvplus006]

I use stop loss with futures trading only, never in a spot trading since that would be rather pointless.
The reason I keep using stop loss is simple, I use cross margin account and I don't want to lose my entire balance when shit hits the fan like the 10 October market flash crash.
You probably don't need it with isolated account but it matters a lot with cross margin account because a position can affect other position.

This is the main difference between isolated trading and cross trading. The bad thing is that I came to this opinion only after I lost part of my deposit, after a stop loss failed once. So I advise you to take a closer look at transferring trading to an isolated account.

[macson]

The use of stop-loss orders is a matter of individual trader preference. If they are very confident in their trades and able to hold their positions, they may choose not to use them. However, for those with a low risk tolerance and who are still unsure about their trading, using stop-loss orders is a way to protect their capital from significant losses due to potential market fluctuations. Therefore, depending on their experience and situation, a trader may or may not use a stop-loss order.

[Zaguru12]

This is the main difference between isolated trading and cross trading. The bad thing is that I came to this opinion only after I lost part of my deposit, after a stop loss failed once. So I advise you to take a closer look at transferring trading to an isolated account.

Exactly the difference, what most people who do not use Stop loss uses are isolated margin such that if the trade actually goes against the trader it is only the margin assigned to that trade is lost and this a good risk management because unlike the cross trading it doesn’t eats into your total balance. I don’t see this with much difference with the stop loss, because I can still simply place my stop loss just at the same margin or price that i actually want the trade to stop before hitting any liquidation. So for someone who is actually using cross trading or  cross margin they allow the exchange stops them out before liquidation eats all their capital, this strategy still allows them to use wider margin in the trade while still applying risk management

[Gladitorcomeback]

I have noticed that most of you people have gone against me anytime I say stop loss is for greedy traders. Do you use stop loss and still earn money from trading since the last 6 months?

Also are you sure you are not a greedy trader?

Stop loss is not for greedy traders. It's depends upon how each trader used this stop loss. Most of the traders doesn't use stop loss for big gains, they use to accept only small loss and control risk management. Markets is not always what we expect, A sudden change in world economics due to war etc could dump market into 200% in 5-10 minutes.

From my own experience over the last few years traders are mostly stay profitable while they use stop loss in most trade. Those who mostly trade emotional could get a huge help by using this tool. If you can manage your trade and risky setup, stop loss is good tool for you to use in most of your trades. As for greed ,I am not totally agree with you because every trader use stop loss in different manner, The difference is that how we manage and control it