Using stop loss? Are you in profit?

[Charles-Tim]

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.

Let us assume a trader opened long for 5 coin pairs, having all in isolated margin mode. Assuming the coins are bitcoin, ethereum, solana, sui and doge. Suddenly the market go against the trader and it was a huge dump, will that not be terrible on all the isolated positions as all the coins are falling at the same time?

Another person go for cross margin with $50 1x long, but he has $200 in his future account. Is that not good? Good for a less volatile coin like bitcoin but not altcoins.

There are different traders, they will use the strategy that will best favour themselves.

Also anyone that see stop lose to be good for his strategy, the person can go for it, although a good trader will remain a good trader regardless of using stop loss or not, but going for his own strategy.

[Dewi Aries]

I always use stop loss especially when I trade in forex, for me it is a feature that should not be forgotten every time I open a position because it is the only thing that can save me from the risk of MC, especially if for example I am not able to pay full attention to the monitor screen because there is an obstacle, I do not care about whatever other people say because for me it is very useful after I learned a lot from experience, I can even say that stop loss is much more important than take profit.

[tvplus006]

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. ..

Of course, if you have enough margin, you can hold a losing deal for a long time. But what's the point? Stop loss is designed to limit the amount of losses, rather than waiting for months for the price to return to the purchase level. In this case, it will no longer be trading, but a long-term investment.

[Agathamay]

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?

everyone wants more when it comes to money and as a trader, i have a contrary view to yours as i on the other hand see stop loss as an opportunity not to get liquidated and also possibly recover ones loss from a previous trade.
i get your point that with low leverage, one doesn't need stop loss and the take profit features but trust me, most successful traders see these feature as a way of not staying to greedy in the market, so if you ask me, i would say that the stop loss (SL) and the take profit (TP) feature are essential in trading as they are the features that helps traders manage their risk

[Ishicryptic]

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. ..

Of course, if you have enough margin, you can hold a losing deal for a long time. But what's the point? Stop loss is designed to limit the amount of losses, rather than waiting for months for the price to return to the purchase level. In this case, it will no longer be trading, but a long-term investment.

I think that you have to be an exceptionally experienced trader if you don't want to use stop loss because you need to be always at alert to monitor the market but with stop loss you can relax knowing that you have limited your level of loses. Every trader that I know uses stop loss to limit their risks so I think it's highly recommendable if you don't want to have regrets because you don't control the market. If there were no stop lose in trading I don't think that many people will trade because there won't be anything to curtail loses for them. Stop loss is not greed it's being cautious.

[michellee]

Using stop loss preventing you from losing the money if the market turns the direction. That is not for greedy traders but for those who can use the feature to avoids the loss. Maybe only few traders use that feature as they have different purpose and way to profit from trading. I still use stop loss but to earn money from trading, I can't say much because sometime I profit but in other time, I lose money

[Wapfika]

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 use stop loss most of the time when trading futures since it’s my safety precaution in case my trading setup based on my technical analysis failed.

I’m opening futures whenever I saw a signal pattern on indicator while there’s always a time that a signal will be rejected which is why stop loss is essential for my trade.

I don’t consider it as greedy strategy rather a safety precaution in case my analysis went shit.

[tvplus006]

...Also anyone that see stop lose to be good for his strategy, the person can go for it, although a good trader will remain a good trader regardless of using stop loss or not, but going for his own strategy.

The task of a good trader is not only to make a profit, but also not to lose your money. And if a trading strategy helps to earn a profit, then compliance with risk management helps to save a deposit. Accordingly, there is no successful trader who ignores risk management, of which stop loss is an integral part.

[SquirrelJulietGarden]

I use stop loss most of the time when trading futures since it’s my safety precaution in case my trading setup based on my technical analysis failed.

I’m opening futures whenever I saw a signal pattern on indicator while there’s always a time that a signal will be rejected which is why stop loss is essential for my trade.

I don’t consider it as greedy strategy rather a safety precaution in case my analysis went shit.

Using stop loss for spot trading is important too because the market can go shit and fall to the hell when we are sleeping well. Surely with more dangerous trading types like margin and futures, stop loss order is like a survival tool for traders. Without that, traders will more easily lose money and get liquidations but it's better if they don't trade beyond spot tradings.

Stop loss order can not always protect user position and capital as sometimes market crashes, orders fail to be executed and users will suffer very severe losses.

Generally whenever a trader becomes too confident with his experience, skills and the position, it is very likely time for a nightmare. While there is a stop loss order to use, why ignore it.

[Peanutswar]

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.

Could depends on the situation if you are kind of trader who watches the market and have time to watch the market all the time you can do an open trade, TP and SL is just a feature of an exchange platform for letting the users set a limit of their gains and losses this will avoid them to get liquidated most of their assets and secure their profit there are risk takers who would like to make an open trade but at the end of the day we are counting about the profit.

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?

Patience with control and discipline, if you are sticking with your plan you will follow what you plot on this will help you avoid getting confused and getting greedy with the market.

[The Cryptovator]

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.

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?

'Stop loss' means you are preventing your loss. It doesn't mean you can't make profits from stop loss. By using stop loss, you are securing your profits or preventing losses. Always stopping loss won't favour you; you have to know where you need to use stop loss. Trading isn't easy; you have to take the decision based on the circumstances. I will share below my last experience with cancelling stop losses.

I bought ETH for $4250 last time, and then it pumped above $4700, and I had set up my stop loss at $4600. Unfortunately I cancelled my stop loss, and now you can see where Ethereum has been trading. If I hadn't cancelled my stop loss, then I would buy more Ethereum at a cheaper price. So we have to know when we should use it or when we should cancel it.

[RockBell]

Using stop loss preventing you from losing the money if the market turns the direction. That is not for greedy traders but for those who can use the feature to avoids the loss. Maybe only few traders use that feature as they have different purpose and way to profit from trading. I still use stop loss but to earn money from trading, I can't say much because sometime I profit but in other time, I lose money

The reason for stop profit is to help reduce how people lose money and people are always taking this futures for granted and even the fact that they need to leverage so that they don't use all there assets into trading there people that don't make use of all this things because they are just to greedy they want to make a huge amount of money over night and it is good to take risk but the moment everything is over done then it becomes a problem, so it is better that when you start you should follow the rules that's the only way you are only gambling.

And when you see some people's behavior when they are trading you will shake your head for them because everything they are doing it shows that they are greedy, and they don't consider the risk and how they can manage it because risk management matters a lot and if they don't want to mange the risk we'll then they should do something else wit there time because if you don't follow the rules you will end up in grand zero.

[taufik123]

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I bought ETH for $4250 last time, and then it pumped above $4700, and I had set up my stop loss at $4600. Unfortunately I cancelled my stop loss, and now you can see where Ethereum has been trading. If I hadn't cancelled my stop loss, then I would buy more Ethereum at a cheaper price. So we have to know when we should use it or when we should cancel it.

Stop Loss is still needed under any conditions, I also apply it to the upper and lower limits that I will define so that there will be no losses that exceed the limits I have set, or Use Auto Take Profit for the upper limit when the price is bullish.

I never used a Stop Loss, then the market was bearish and I was not monitoring the market and in the end I had more losses.
Then I had to buy more to accumulate a lower buy point so that I didn't have too many losses.

[Alphakilo]

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I bought ETH for $4250 last time, and then it pumped above $4700, and I had set up my stop loss at $4600. Unfortunately I cancelled my stop loss, and now you can see where Ethereum has been trading. If I hadn't cancelled my stop loss, then I would buy more Ethereum at a cheaper price. So we have to know when we should use it or when we should cancel it.

Stop Loss is still needed under any conditions, I also apply it to the upper and lower limits that I will define so that there will be no losses that exceed the limits I have set, or Use Auto Take Profit for the upper limit when the price is bullish.

I never used a Stop Loss, then the market was bearish and I was not monitoring the market and in the end I had more losses.
Then I had to buy more to accumulate a lower buy point so that I didn't have too many losses.

In this 2026 first quarter that so much has been ongoing in the Bitcoin market, I still wonder why a trader wouldn't want to use stop loss as a risk management practice to prevent a sudden dip that often times than not, leads to loss.
Stop loss for me is like the brakes on a car and it is necessary to be safe mostly as there's volatility recurring in an almost constant state this first quarter of the year alone.

Institutional manipulation is another issue that makes using stop loss look weak, but it's still the best approach of safety for newbie traders and occasional traders, even though the more professional traders would prefer getting alerts because they are always online and glued to their screen.

[jossiel]

I always use stop loss especially when I trade in forex, for me it is a feature that should not be forgotten every time I open a position because it is the only thing that can save me from the risk of MC, especially if for example I am not able to pay full attention to the monitor screen because there is an obstacle, I do not care about whatever other people say because for me it is very useful after I learned a lot from experience, I can even say that stop loss is much more important than take profit.

It is that feature that gives us control when there's an unexpected pull in the market.

Specially in crypto, we know how volatile it is and there are even traders going in the futures or leveraging that they need this more.

So that it will at least give them sometime to rethink and adjust their trades if what they did is the opposite of what's happening from that moment.

[Pandorak]

Using stop loss preventing you from losing the money if the market turns the direction. That is not for greedy traders but for those who can use the feature to avoids the loss. Maybe only few traders use that feature as they have different purpose and way to profit from trading. I still use stop loss but to earn money from trading, I can't say much because sometime I profit but in other time, I lose money

Quite right, the stop loss feature is extremely useful, particularly for novice traders who are learning to manage risk with discipline. Traders who use this feature do so not simply out of fear of loss, but rather to protect their capital and ensure they stick to their pre-established trading plan. In a highly volatile market like this, anything can happen, it cannot be fully predicted, and there are bound to be moments when the market is in severe turmoil, and this is precisely when the stop loss feature becomes absolutely essential.

[Zaguru12]

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.

Let us assume a trader opened long for 5 coin pairs, having all in isolated margin mode. Assuming the coins are bitcoin, ethereum, solana, sui and doge. Suddenly the market go against the trader and it was a huge dump, will that not be terrible on all the isolated positions as all the coins are falling at the same time?

Another person go for cross margin with $50 1x long, but he has $200 in his future account. Is that not good? Good for a less volatile coin like bitcoin but not altcoins.

It will definitely be terrible because each of the trade has its allocated margin and they will all be using their isolated margin with borrowing the funds from others and if it continues to go in opposite direction then the all trades will automatically liquidate or if it is one that one will liquidate unlike the cross margin that will borrow funds from the other pairs to sustain itself. The only way to safe an isolated margin is by manually adding margin to each pair.

As for the cross Margin yes such person is definitely at a better risk because it’s actually one trade or pair but just like you explained in the isolated margin this $200 will be affected too if the dump is high as a 400% dump will have the entire capital liquidated instead of the $50 only in isolated, but with cross there is enough margin to sustained the market maybe it could go up

There are different traders, they will use the strategy that will best favour themselves.

Also anyone that see stop lose to be good for his strategy, the person can go for it, although a good trader will remain a good trader regardless of using stop loss or not, but going for his own strategy.

Exactly what I am on about. Both isolated, cross and even stop loss are risk management analysis which are actually very useful for different traders. And they do not have use superior than the other in my opinion

[Josefjix]

I've been profitable in trading not because I know how to trade or because I'm a pro but because I only hold for few months and take profits whenever I'm ready, I've bought coin 4 times within 2 months and then, the 4th month was massive profits. No stop loss, just take profit after several months.

I could agree with you OP that stop loss are for greedy traders, I am never greedy, I just let it be and take whenever it's done.

[suzanne5223]

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 believe those people gone against your statement because the use of stop lost is not really for greedy but every traders that was to thrive in crypto market.
It just like you buying BTC during previous market bloodbath and decide to sell some portion of it when BTC reach ATH price. Does that make you a greed Bitcoiners or you just taking profit?
That's what stoploss, it prevent you lose much of your fund while also allow you to secure some profit when you Breakeven.

Also are you sure you are not a greedy trader?

I'm not a greed trader but I over trader at some point.