How many pips do you think is safe for SL ?

[Anytime]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

[Victoryindia]

mere hisab se 50 pip hi thik hai stop loss k liye. agar hum wait karnai ka socte hai toh woh loss maximum hi hota rehta hai 50 pip thak thik hai stop loss karna ya usse kam mai hi mai kahuga stop karke nikal jane ka...aur phir koi dusre trade mai profit ka dekna ka.

[anubhavsingh]

Setting stop loss and take profit depends on market situation..
sometimes you can set stop loss to 50 pips only and sometime you can make it 200 pips..Its all about your study and market condition..

[nilu]

According to my knowledge it should be greater than TP pips, But most of times i don't use Stop loss if we are trading with H1 then its better to have STop loss around 50 pips for H4 we should increase it.

[soumen]

stop loss may different by different trder. some use half of the take profit or some use double of take profit or some use manual. but I use double of take profit. this is safe for me.

[s19]

well main apna sl pips ke hisaab se ni rkhta. main last support or resistance k hisaab se sl set krta hu..lekin jab mere trade proft me hota hai to me apna sl change kr k trade open price se 4-5 above set kr deta hu....
es trah meri trade close hone par b me 4-5 pisp profit me hi rahta hu.

[saurabh]

i think SL should be of 50 pips i usually keeps sl with 50 pips and tp at 50 pips when we are in profit we can use SL as to avoid loss in our trades as like take profit i mostly using it

[Nikhil]

I think there is no particular SL and TP and it depend fully on trader and his/her strategy and depend on how much balance there . for me soemtime i select 30 pips and sometime also 50 pips and it depend on market but always put same in tp and sl.

[dhenia03]

I think better to install the SL between 30-50 pips.
My experience using SL of 10-20 pips, but the market actually touching the SL and turned toward ...
so from now on I always install the 30-50pips SL ...

[anubhavsingh]

yes friend you are absolutely right..
stop loss depends on various conditions...it depend on individual,s study, his account balance, his experience etc..
so we can not generalize the exact pips for setting stop loss..it depends on situation to situation and trader to trader

[anubhavsingh]

Brother I think you should place stop loss value according to support and resistance values..It should not be placed like the way your are placing..
You should have knowledge about support and resistance and then you have to place your stop loss and take profit

[mayengbam]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

It depends of the trader itself, its his decision to set it depending on the balance he have in his account and how much money can he afford to lose but setting it below 50 pips is not the right option according to me. but i said it always depends on the trader

[zoomfire]

well it depends upon the need.But always its not wise to have like this TP=SL.
For beginners i recommend 2:1 ratio.
if TP is 100pips have SL as 50pips.So that if you lose a trade also,atleast the last trade's half profit will remain.

[pivot-trader]

well it depends upon the need.But always its not wise to have like this TP=SL.
For beginners i recommend 2:1 ratio.
if TP is 100pips have SL as 50pips.So that if you lose a trade also,atleast the last trade's half profit will remain.

thanks for good advice guys, in my opinion risk reward 1:2 is good for all trader, not only for begginer. :) i use it too.

[andry777]

well it depends upon the need.But always its not wise to have like this TP=SL.
For beginners i recommend 2:1 ratio.
if TP is 100pips have SL as 50pips.So that if you lose a trade also,atleast the last trade's half profit will remain.

Yes that was right. There is no exact rule to determine how many pips which is good for all conditions. It will depend on condition and our style of trading (short-term trading, daily trading or long-term trading) because each trader will be different. And about ratio, I prefer to set SL point in higher than TP because SL is limit which describe that we made mistakes in analysis. If our SL is hitted several times, it means our analysis is not good enough.

[blackprince4u]

There are no fixed amount that can be said as a good value because by hitting sl you always get losses.But it depends on you that how much loss your account can tolerate and also you have enough free margin to open another position.I usually do not risk more than 5% my equity on a single trade and mostly 2 trades at a time.

[pivot-trader]

There are no fixed amount that can be said as a good value because by hitting sl you always get losses.But it depends on you that how much loss your account can tolerate and also you have enough free margin to open another position.I usually do not risk more than 5% my equity on a single trade and mostly 2 trades at a time.

in my opinion each trader have their opinion about their stop loss point. such as for me 20 pips each trading is comfortable.

[denira]

in my opinion each trader have their opinion about their stop loss point. such as for me 20 pips each trading is comfortable.

it's all true friends because we all have different targets at the base of the type itself if scapling traders will stop when they gain 20 pips or less while for longterm treder they will stop with a large pips

[pivot-trader]

it's all true friends because we all have different targets at the base of the type itself if scapling traders will stop when they gain 20 pips or less while for longterm treder they will stop with a large pips

short trader different with long trader. for long trader they can hedge their posisition until several days. for scalping max is 1 hours.

[zoomfire]

Yes that was right. There is no exact rule to determine how many pips which is good for all conditions. It will depend on condition and our style of trading (short-term trading, daily trading or long-term trading) because each trader will be different. And about ratio, I prefer to set SL point in higher than TP because SL is limit which describe that we made mistakes in analysis. If our SL is hitted several times, it means our analysis is not good enough.

Yes.SL input depends upon the type of trading too.The ratio i told is for normal swing traders.
But For Scalping i always feel that one should never provide SL since there are lot of chances to get SL triggered since its a very small value.

[pivot-trader]

Yes.SL input depends upon the type of trading too.The ratio i told is for normal swing traders.
But For Scalping i always feel that one should never provide SL since there are lot of chances to get SL triggered since its a very small value.

yeah, scalper ussualy do not use stop loss in their trading. all posisition they closed manually. that is so far i know.

[arjun]

yeah, scalper ussualy do not use stop loss in their trading. all posisition they closed manually. that is so far i know.

but not all do such a thing. there are some scalper who use a script to open a position, so that SL directly specify. weakness scalper is not dare cut loss when experiencing loss. I guess it would spend all the profit that has been gleaned.

[blackprince4u]

but not all do such a thing. there are some scalper who use a script to open a position, so that SL directly specify. weakness scalper is not dare cut loss when experiencing loss. I guess it would spend all the profit that has been gleaned.

Yeah in scalping using sl is not good because price moves so rapidly that it might return. And scripts are Download-able from MetaEditor.Also use close script to close orders when there are requotes.

[venkiaries61]

how many pips do you think is safe for SL ?

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

Still now, i used only take profit. Stop loss is unnecessary thing for those whose follow money management. If you found reversal movement, wait for the movement to touch the take profit.
You hedging to make profit. I used 4 stop loss in the trade. market does not my take profit, it always touch stop loss only. So only, i decide this method and following this.

[denira]

Still now, i used only take profit. Stop loss is unnecessary thing for those whose follow money management. If you found reversal movement, wait for the movement to touch the take profit.
You hedging to make profit. I used 4 stop loss in the trade. market does not my take profit, it always touch stop loss only. So only, i decide this method and following this.

also good if you do not use stop loss but you emphasize on the use or setting money management and it is better according to my friend too

[alwi]

also good if you do not use stop loss but you emphasize on the use or setting money management and it is better according to my friend too

oww that so you think if I personally prefer to conduct the installation of SL even though I've set money management is good in my opinion

[dead]

Still now, i used only take profit. Stop loss is unnecessary thing for those whose follow money management. If you found reversal movement, wait for the movement to touch the take profit.
You hedging to make profit. I used 4 stop loss in the trade. market does not my take profit, it always touch stop loss only. So only, i decide this method and following this.

if indeed you are often touched stop loss you may need to widen the longer distance of your stop loss price running and this may provide opportunities for the hard hit stop loss

[venkiaries61]

if indeed you are often touched stop loss you may need to widen the longer distance of your stop loss price running and this may provide opportunities for the hard hit stop loss

I think, its better to close the position if we found reversal direction. If we set stop loss in long distance means, we risk more money. Currently i am waiting for the market to touch my take profit. I am not able to trade. So only i mention better to close.

[shibilyt]

i think some where about 20-30 pips. but of course it shall be decided according to your MM an plans. risking our money for much extend is always some what stupid .we shall make an appropriate place for SL's in our strategy.

[blackprince4u]

I think, its better to close the position if we found reversal direction. If we set stop loss in long distance means, we risk more money. Currently i am waiting for the market to touch my take profit. I am not able to trade. So only i mention better to close.

You are right putting sl on long distances is just because we don't want to lose our money and we think that price will hit our tp rather than sl but that is a bad attitude if the trend is reversed don't keep your position open and close it and concentrate on your next trade.

[arjun]

Still now, i used only take profit. Stop loss is unnecessary thing for those whose follow money management. If you found reversal movement, wait for the movement to touch the take profit.
You hedging to make profit. I used 4 stop loss in the trade. market does not my take profit, it always touch stop loss only. So only, i decide this method and following this.


also good if you do not use stop loss but you emphasize on the use or setting money management and it is better according to my friend too

I do not agree with you,
I think SL should be set since the beginning of the analysis, since the beginning of open positions.
so we do not need to be confused when the price floting loss.
because if not, cut loss will be strongly influenced by the opinion.

[shibilyt]

I do not agree with you,
I think SL should be set since the beginning of the analysis, since the beginning of open positions.
so we do not need to be confused when the price floting loss.
because if not, cut loss will be strongly influenced by the opinion.

i don't know but there are many expert and great traders who don't use stop loss in their strategy . may be it depends upon everyone's plan in Forex. and also on MM .
but i do prefer to use a stop loss in my strategy .as i have encountered many situations where i got into deep trouble without a stop loss.

[mayengbam]

i don't know but there are many expert and great traders who don't use stop loss in their strategy . may be it depends upon everyone's plan in Forex. and also on MM .
but i do prefer to use a stop loss in my strategy .as i have encountered many situations where i got into deep trouble without a stop loss.

In my opinion stop loss is a necessary evil for the newbies, its very important to stop the amount of loses using the stop loss because generally newbies learn with a small deposit. And you are right some big traders can do without stop loss because they have sufficient balance in their trading account to manage without stop loss. thats the only difference.

[pinpin]

how many pips do you think is safe for SL ?

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...
I guess it depends on what time frame that we use
for I usually use a stop loss and take profit 20 20 on the timeframe 15m

[dead]

I guess it depends on what time frame that we use
for I usually use a stop loss and take profit 20 20 on the timeframe 15m

well worth it if you are using TF 15 as benchmark your trafficking with TP 20 pips only and it is also what I do to get a maximum of 20 pips

[denira]

well worth it if you are using TF 15 as benchmark your trafficking with TP 20 pips only and it is also what I do to get a maximum of 20 pips

with TF 15 M I we can take more than 20 pips from the trend is opposite to the direction of the TF at the top and I think it's actually very good

[anubhavsingh]

stop loss use karna bahut zaruri hota hai agar aap norm,al day me trading karte hai..
lekin agar aap abhut ache rate pe sell ya buy karte hai to stop loss ki zarurat nahi..
bahut ache rate ka matlab all time high pe paas ya all time low ke paas

[blackprince4u]

with TF 15 M I we can take more than 20 pips from the trend is opposite to the direction of the TF at the top and I think it's actually very good

I think 20 pips are a bit high for M15 chart because i don't think that trend on a 15 minute chart is strong enough to give us 20 pips. Can you tell that what strategy you use to trade on M15 chart and gain 20 pips per trade.

[pinpin]

well worth it if you are using TF 15 as benchmark your trafficking with TP 20 pips only and it is also what I do to get a maximum of 20 pips
yes I think it's pretty ideal
and besides that we should also look at a larger time frame
not to fight the trend

[arjun]

Yeah in scalping using sl is not good because price moves so rapidly that it might return. And scripts are Download-able from MetaEditor.Also use close script to close orders when there are requotes.

apparently you have not used the script.
because if the server is busy, the script still experiencing requotes.
script only shorten our steps to open or close a position.

[alwi]

apparently you have not used the script.
because if the server is busy, the script still experiencing requotes.
script only shorten our steps to open or close a position.

ooww so well, I just know now to today if scrif help of connection errors, thanks for your advice

[dead]

ooww so well, I just know now to today if scrif help of connection errors, thanks for your advice

What this means scrif friend to help internet connection we have, I still do not understand what you mean scrif?, please explain

[soumen]

I do not agree with you,
I think SL should be set since the beginning of the analysis, since the beginning of open positions.
so we do not need to be confused when the price floting loss.
because if not, cut loss will be strongly influenced by the opinion.
hey arjun bro. i think sometime you will not set sl. just example= when you trade gold. and you give a buy order in right position. but in other pair you should use sl and tp must.
30 pips is good for sl. i use 30 pips. but some time more or less.

[blackprince4u]

hey arjun bro. i think sometime you will not set sl. just example= when you trade gold. and you give a buy order in right position. but in other pair you should use sl and tp must.
30 pips is good for sl. i use 30 pips. but some time more or less.

I didn't got the reason that why should not put sl for gold. Because gold is also volatile and it can blow or account in an hour. Can you please explain it.

[s19]

I didn't got the reason that why should not put sl for gold. Because gold is also volatile and it can blow or account in an hour. Can you please explain it.

yes we should use sl in every trading...gold,silver...etc
sl save our trading account.
you can ignor sl in metal if you have a large capital investment...

[mayengbam]

yes we should use sl in every trading...gold,silver...etc
sl save our trading account.
you can ignor sl in metal if you have a large capital investment...


yes i agree 100% with you about using sl in each and every position we make. we know the market can suddenly change its movement after a major news or announcement, and all our analysis with be a piece of crap in such situations so we should always use sl

[soumen]

I didn't got the reason that why should not put sl for gold. Because gold is also volatile and it can blow or account in an hour. Can you please explain it.
Jaise ki @ s19 bro ne kaha ki metal ke samay sl na bhi de to chalega.
main yehi kehna chata hoon ki agar aap metal ke trade kar rahe ho aur aapne sahi samay pe buy order diya he to sl na use kare to bhi chalega, ku ki gold is always is in uptrend. up dekh sakte he. pichle month and pichle kai saal ka history. gold hamesha upor ja raha hei. to agar gold niche bhi aye to iska firse up trend hoga. aur jaise ki maine kaha ki right position+ buy apko koi loss nehi dega. i think aap mere baat samjh paye honge. par ha sabi currency pair me jarur sl de. maine har waqt ye kaha hei ki currency me sl use must. aap mere daily signal bhi dekh sakte hei.@>-

[pinpin]

yes i agree 100% with you about using sl in each and every position we make. we know the market can suddenly change its movement after a major news or announcement, and all our analysis with be a piece of crap in such situations so we should always use sl
yes agree
however we will never know where prices will move
use other means such as averaging or hedging it can also be
but if not the experience should not attempt
it will only add to our loss
better indeed stop loss

[s19]

I don't believe in wider stop losses i always place my stop loss at the level of 2% of my capital. If the price hits my stop loss i can open 2nd position with the cost of 2 or 3 pips spread instead of 20 or 30 pips loss. I think it is the best way of trading. The gape of stop loss should not be more than 10 to 15 pips in general.

yes i agree with you, i also use this way i set my sl 1% of my capital...and some time i set it accourding to my analysis....
10-15 pips within one second possible that is easily hit..so always we put st more then 40 - 50 pips

[alwi]

yes i agree with you, i also use this way i set my sl 1% of my capital...and some time i set it accourding to my analysis....
10-15 pips within one second possible that is easily hit..so always we put st more then 40 - 50 pips

the width of SL that we put on a trade I thought it would be better because this will give us the possibility to get SL to be reduced

[dead]

the width of SL that we put on a trade I thought it would be better because this will give us the possibility to get SL to be reduced

SL is too short will cause too easily moved so it would be better placed with the wider SL that are not easily affected by the price goes

[denira]

the width of SL that we put on a trade I thought it would be better because this will give us the possibility to get SL to be reduced

they can be like that and if we also added the ability to analyze the market then it is likely to be further exposed to SL

[pinpin]

they can be like that and if we also added the ability to analyze the market then it is likely to be further exposed to SL
yes you are right, sometimes it is also hurting if we lose
but sometimes also market correction and finally back to the real trend, unless there has been a new trend

[medhat4forex]

According to the strategy adopted by you, but I advise you to set a rate of 1:2 to take profit
But I always, as I select the time frame I'm working on smaller time frame, the less stop-loss

[cumil]

just use as a base of support and ressistance to put the SL. I would feel comfortable and safe if I put SL on the SR wuth the reason if the price touches the S / R then the price usually will continue ..

[arjun]

just use as a base of support and ressistance to put the SL. I would feel comfortable and safe if I put SL on the SR wuth the reason if the price touches the S / R then the price usually will continue ..

yup i agree with you,
apparently you are a master trader, because I know who use it the way it usually is an expert.
because in this way, we will know how much risk and how many rewards from a position that we install.

[soumen]

just use as a base of support and ressistance to put the SL. I would feel comfortable and safe if I put SL on the SR wuth the reason if the price touches the S / R then the price usually will continue ..
ha sl and tp denese profit ka ek sahi matra hote he. par aap kitne pips sl and tp rakhte he. waise to kuch log tp ke dugna sl rakhte he aur kuch to tp se half sl rakhte he aur kuch same. main jyada tar samay sl and tp same rakhta hoon . most of times 30 pips.

[shreebabu14]

Stop loss depands on the various condition and it differs from place to place and person to person ant also there patience ... but i prefer H1 which enables trader a good experience and it helps a lot as i think.
THANK YOU

[zoomfire]

just use as a base of support and ressistance to put the SL. I would feel comfortable and safe if I put SL on the SR wuth the reason if the price touches the S / R then the price usually will continue ..

yes we can use support or resistance for stop loss or even SAR also.
mostly i will use pivot lines for determining the Stop loss and Profit levels. they are really useful.

[alwi]

yes we can use support or resistance for stop loss or even SAR also.
mostly i will use pivot lines for determining the Stop loss and Profit levels. they are really useful.
This technique is good because the areas S? R will be very difficult in the last price for that is good for the placement of SL or loss cyut

[arjun]

This technique is good because the areas S? R will be very difficult in the last price for that is good for the placement of SL or loss cyut

difficult does not mean itdak can, we just need to learn, practice and get used to using it.
never tired to learn, I 'm sure someday we certainly can.
and in this way, much used by the master trader.

[ganguly]

mere hisab se 50 pip hi thik hai stop loss k liye. agar hum wait karnai ka socte hai toh woh loss maximum hi hota rehta hai 50 pip thak thik hai stop loss karna ya usse kam mai hi mai kahuga stop karke nikal jane ka...aur phir koi dusre trade mai profit ka dekna ka.

[vicky]

mere hisab se 50 pip hi thik hai stop loss k liye. agar hum wait karnai ka socte hai toh woh loss maximum hi hota rehta hai 50 pip thak thik hai stop loss karna ya usse kam mai hi mai kahuga stop karke nikal jane ka...aur phir koi dusre trade mai profit ka dekna ka.

About SL i think its depend on traders account balcne but i also think if there is sufficient balance then its not bad . but for me it may differ for market condition but 50 pips is not bad and most of the time i used it but tp is 30 to 40 pips.

[s19]

mere hisab se 50 pip hi thik hai stop loss k liye. agar hum wait karnai ka socte hai toh woh loss maximum hi hota rehta hai 50 pip thak thik hai stop loss karna ya usse kam mai hi mai kahuga stop karke nikal jane ka...aur phir koi dusre trade mai profit ka dekna ka.

sorry friend i am not agree with you...sl is depend on your trading style..if you are day trader then your sl may be more then 200pips...
so sty to set sl accourding trading system not base on pips..but also cosider money management.

[anubhavsingh]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

ye baat har trader ko samjhni chahaiye
sl aur tp kabhi bhi number ke hisab sen ahi place karne chahiye..kayi traders bina soche samjhe sl ko 50 pips ka place kar dete hai jo ki useless hota hai
sl aur tp haemsha support aur resistance ke hisab se place karne chahaiye

[denira]

it depends on what strategy i use on the trade that i open, if i do a scalping i set my SL tight near the entry point, then set it higher on intraday trading. But mostly i set my SL from 20 pips and maximum 50 pips, i cannot afford higher loss than that

if you do the placement of the SL 50 pips I think if you are a daily trader then when the price moves above 50 pips then it can be sure you're wrong in doing the analysis

[makjon]

I think better to install the SL between 30-50 pips.
My experience using SL of 10-20 pips, but the market actually touching the SL and turned toward ...
so from now on I always install the 30-50pips SL ...

my experience is same with u,..every set sl on 10-20 pips price is touch the sl and turned toward,..so now i using sl 30-50 pips more safer than use 10-20 pips

[fravash]

if you do the placement of the SL 50 pips I think if you are a daily trader then when the price moves above 50 pips then it can be sure you're wrong in doing the analysis

yes, what i meant above is my SL for daily trading, but for scalping i will certainly put it tighter than that, and i use a minimum of 1:1 risk to reward ratio, i never set lower than that cause it will easily blow your account

[fravash]

after several days of trading, SL right in my opinion is:
50 pips for the H4, and 80 pips for TF D1.
how do you think?

i cannot say thats right or wrong before i knew your TP, so, what is your TP ? i think its good as long as your TP is bigger than the SL, or at least you have the same SL and TP

[james]

i sometimes use stop losses only when i am away if i am trading manulay then i decide by my self when to stop or not and yes it depends on the markrt conditions

[fravash]

i sometimes use stop losses only when i am away if i am trading manulay then i decide by my self when to stop or not and yes it depends on the markrt conditions

i that will be very risk brother, what will happened if your internet connection is down ? or your computer suddenly hang ? if i were you just set the SL at the point you cant tolerate any more loses:)

[vicky]

i that will be very risk brother, what will happened if your internet connection is down ? or your computer suddenly hang ? if i were you just set the SL at the point you cant tolerate any more loses:)

yes i think you are correct because before i faced such due to net connection . i just see my position and dont put sl that time thinking that i am infront of pc and that time i lost net connection and that was newyork session and due to heavy movement of market i lost good number of pips . so i think its always better to put sl first then observe the open position.

[anubhavsingh]

I think better to install the SL between 30-50 pips.
My experience using SL of 10-20 pips, but the market actually touching the SL and turned toward ...
so from now on I always install the 30-50pips SL ...

ye strategy ekdum galat hai forex trading ke liye
kabhi bhi sl aur tp apne man se set nahi kiya jata
sl aur tp ki value hamesha market ek support aur resistance ke hisab se set ki jati hai

[Raja Krsnan]

stop losses should be based on the type of trade one does. if you are a scalper, then your horizon is very short. it is better to assess the general movement of the pair and the loss should never exceed a certain percentage of the margin employed.

[anubhavsingh]

According to my knowledge it should be greater than TP pips, But most of times i don't use Stop loss if we are trading with H1 then its better to have STop loss around 50 pips for H4 we should increase it.

aap kya stop loss 50 pips ka hi rakhte hai har bar??
ye strategy thik nahi rehti kyunki SL haemsha support/resistance ke hisab se rakhna chahaiye
aise hi kisi bhi vaklue pe SL nahi set kiya jata

[vicky]

from my point of view i think 50 pipes are mainly and acceptable for a SL.
i think SL is a way to minimize u r loss.
market is unmeasurable so SL is the way by which we can minimize our loss and save from high loss.
i think 50 pipes are good.

I am agree with you because most of the time my terget also 50 pips and about your opinion of SL its really urgent each of our trade i think. because without sl i think we are taking very big risk when there are very much movement of market sometime.

[Mr. Tukul]

stop losses should be based on the type of trade one does. if you are a scalper, then your horizon is very short. it is better to assess the general movement of the pair and the loss should never exceed a certain percentage of the margin employed.

I am a scalper with a target of only about 2-5 pips trading once, and I use a stop loss of 25-30 pips ...
but if I was playing a medium-term, sometimes using stop loss to 50 pips ...

[preetksgill]

I normally target 20 pips so i keep an sl of 20 pips, so it is either a gain of 20 pips or a loss of 20 pips never more, if it hits my sl then the trade was not good and i need to work on the entry, if i collect 20 pips then the trade was good and i feel happy about it, i never hunt for more, i feel whatever i get is profit in bank

[SG Trader]

I am a scalper with a target of only about 2-5 pips trading once, and I use a stop loss of 25-30 pips ...
but if I was playing a medium-term, sometimes using stop loss to 50 pips ...

i am scalper too , i set my SL just 10 pips and take profit is 5 pips. the comparison is 1 : 2 ( TP : SL)
small range but scalper have many Transactions in one time.

[cumil]

from my point of view i think 50 pipes are mainly and acceptable for a SL.
i think SL is a way to minimize u r loss.
market is unmeasurable so SL is the way by which we can minimize our loss and save from high loss.
i think 50 pipes are good.

for SL should be related with size of lots, how much money if SL has touched?

if you use SL 50, then how much you use Lot size ?
in my opinion use SL should be 5% risking our funds, This will be safer

[anubhavsingh]

yeah, scalper ussualy do not use stop loss in their trading. all posisition they closed manually. that is so far i know.

scalping me trading bahut hi small pip difference ke liye kari jati hai isliye isme sl aur tp ki shyd zarurt na padti ho kyunki with in 2-3 mins me deal close kar dete hai traders
scalping thodi si risky lagti hai mujhe lekin profitable bhi hai

[bestlooser]

well every one can set his on SL. every trader can not be the same and just set how much can you afford to lose. or just according to your plan what suits you best. Answer of this question you have to find out yourself. well I can even keep position open even 1000 pips down so every one can have different method and plan

[preetksgill]

yes, what i meant above is my SL for daily trading, but for scalping i will certainly put it tighter than that, and i use a minimum of 1:1 risk to reward ratio, i never set lower than that cause it will easily blow your account

[loserbynature]

I usually put SL few pips below the support line in case of a long position and few pips above the resistance line in case of a short position so that if the support or resistance is broken in that case my selected SL may keep my account safe.

[preetksgill]

According to the strategy adopted by you, but I advise you to set a rate of 1:2 to take profit
But I always, as I select the time frame I'm working on smaller time frame, the less stop-loss

[diesel1984]

short pips only make it faster for the account to be cut..
it is better to wait until the price will moves down because next order will not always come too smooth...

[anubhavsingh]

I think there is no particular SL and TP and it depend fully on trader and his/her strategy and depend on how much balance there . for me soemtime i select 30 pips and sometime also 50 pips and it depend on market but always put same in tp and sl.

aapne bilkul thik kaha
sl aur tp trader kio study pe aur market ki condition pe depend karta ai
sl aur tp ko haemsha support aur resistance value ke hisab se set karna chahaiye

[anubhavsingh]

also good if you do not use stop loss but you emphasize on the use or setting money management and it is better according to my friend too

money management ke lioye sl ka proper use karna aur ussi hisab se usse set karna bahut hi zaruri hota hai
kayi traders sl ko apni amrzi se set jar dete hai jo ki ekdum useless hota hai
agar aapko sl ki value set karni nahi aatio to iska matlab hai ki ap thik se money management nahi akr pa rahe hai

[Ronak]

SL is core of money management..so Stop loss should be in proper management..and 50 to 100 pips is best for stop loss..and so SL should hav priority abt order..

[Victoryindia]

mujhe lagta hai ye depend karta hai aapka take profit ke upar, agar aapka take profit 20 pips ka hai to 40 pips stop loss me rako, main to assie hi karta hu

[venkiaries61]

SL is core of money management..so Stop loss should be in proper management..and 50 to 100 pips is best for stop loss..and so SL should hav priority abt order..



Yes, i agree with you. Stop loss not only the core of money management. There are lot of things that help you to keep your funds safe. Market may move opposite to you and again may come for you. So, you may wait for that. This is suitable for some situations only.

[diesel1984]

yes friend you are absolutely right..
stop loss depends on various conditions...it depend on individual,s study, his account balance, his experience etc..
so we can not generalize the exact pips for setting stop loss..it depends on situation to situation and trader to trader

yes agree..
on a account with higehr risk plan we can put lower SL with higher lotsize...
but we will need higher SL point with another plan with lower profile/risk strategy ...

[Victoryindia]

Brother I think you should place stop loss value according to support and resistance values..It should not be placed like the way your are placing..
You should have knowledge about support and resistance and then you have to place your stop loss and take profit

sahi bola mere bhai, hume number ke hisab se take profit and stop loss used nahi karna chahiye, hume support and resistannc level sikane chahiye aur uske hisab se karna chahiye

[denira]

yes agree..
on a account with higehr risk plan we can put lower SL with higher lotsize...
but we will need higher SL point with another plan with lower profile/risk strategy ...

it would be better to put the SL is higher than TP that we put that name because after the price will be making our first float because of the payment minus a spread, and this requires us to position the SL is greater than our short-TP

[soumen]

SL is core of money management..so Stop loss should be in proper management..and 50 to 100 pips is best for stop loss..and so SL should hav priority abt order..
bilkul sahi baat. tp ek news ke effect se le ja sakta he ya ek support resistence tak le ja sakta he. aur sl to support resistence and ek andaja. waise chota trade karne walo ko 30 se 50 sl and tp thik he.

[sagar]

I always use the Stop losse every order with a limit of 100 pips

I always set my SL at the nearest support and resistance. Don't forget to add also the spread during setting the SL. Let's see the example. Current price for EUR/USD at 1.4221. Near support 1.4288, near resistance 1.4144. So for my buy post, the SL must be 1.4144 - spread - 1 pip. So SL = 1.4140. It's more safe. So my TP will be at near resistance or 50% using fibonacci.

[siddesh]

I prefer a SL of 30 to 50 pips when I want to trade for one day or less. In case of long trades like 1 week or more, the SL is set at 100 pips. Anyways we all have different frame of mind regarding SL

[Ganesh]

i will say 50 pips fpr sl and also 50 pip's for tp also, sl is very important to stop losses when we are profiting, but the pip's may vary according to differnt traders who have a different way to approach it

[tegardp]

i think it's about 80-100pips in 5 digit currency. it's not too big and not too small

[diesel1984]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

Bollinger Bands: put SL at 10 points above the upper band for short positions and 10 points below the lower band for a long position...
You can use the parabolic SAR entry points at the beginning of a trend to determine SL. There is also a suggestion to put SL 10 points above / below the price candles for the position of short / long...

[anubhavsingh]

I always use the Stop losse every order with a limit of 100 pips

I always set my SL at the nearest support and resistance. Don't forget to add also the spread during setting the SL. Let's see the example. Current price for EUR/USD at 1.4221. Near support 1.4288, near resistance 1.4144. So for my buy post, the SL must be 1.4144 - spread - 1 pip. So SL = 1.4140. It's more safe. So my TP will be at near resistance or 50% using fibonacci.

ye strategy bahut achi hao
sabko apna sl aur tp support aur resistance value ko dekh ke ste karna chhaiye
aisa karne se aapke loss ke chancesb bahut kam ho jayenge

[nsawork]

Setting stop loss and take profit depends on market situation..
sometimes you can set stop loss to 50 pips only and sometime you can make it 200 pips..Its all about your study and market condition..

Ideally we have to set the stop loss at 30 pips and anything more than that is not advisable at all. This is because if we are going into a loss of 30 pips then it clearly means that the trade is totally wrong and we need to revise our study and again make the trade with the correct market sentiments

In the event of the Hedging we can go for a stop loss = 50 pips since we are not sure which way the market will go and that is the range which actually decides the movements.

[Jazpa]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...
Stop Loss is a very good way of preventing our account getting huge loss during the trade. We all know that forex is very risky. If we don't take necessary measures, we will sure lose all our money.
So setting stop loss just helps us to solve that problem. But to be able to set perfect SL, we need perfect forex education and that depends upon the amount of money that we are going to invest.

[anubhavsingh]

It totally varies depending on your strategy.

20 pips sl can be too big and at same time, 500 pips sl can be low. It depends on which timeframe you are using and your risk:reward.

For my intra day trades I target 70-100 pips and use sl 50 pips in most cases.

hhmm..nice infor friend
i think sl ko haemsha support ya resistance dekh ke lagana chhaiye..sl inhi pe depend karta hai..
sl bahut hi zaruri forex tool hai jiski kabhi bhi ignore nahi karnmana chajauye chahe jis marzi ka account ho

[BojanHajdinjak]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

Its inpossible to trade profitable with fixed stop loss level because market is changing all the time.
Stop have to be dynamic. Dynamic stop means - exit at market reversal point.

[anubhavsingh]

Ideally we have to set the stop loss at 30 pips and anything more than that is not advisable at all. This is because if we are going into a loss of 30 pips then it clearly means that the trade is totally wrong and we need to revise our study and again make the trade with the correct market sentiments

In the event of the Hedging we can go for a stop loss = 50 pips since we are not sure which way the market will go and that is the range which actually decides the movements.

stop loss ki koi bhi fx value nahi ho skati aur pehle se hi decide karke rakhna is useless in forex
stop loss ko suppor tresistence dekh ke set kiya jata hai jo ki har pair ke liye alag alag hoti hai..aise hi koi random value utha ke sop loss nahi laga sakte

[realfun07]

Setting up of Stop loss depends on many factors.It depends on the trading strategy of the trader , how much money he is investing in the trade , the risk he is willing to take and the profit margin.So the amount varies from trade to trade.

In scalping it is around 3 - 5 pips and in position trading it can be around 100 pips.

[bestlooser]

hmm yes differnt for each method and I would say just see the volume and them see how mcuh pips can be good enough to set as stop loss. main thing is you have to fidn out you can be with the trend or against the trend. so soem times 30 pips some times 100 pips and for long term people some time they can set to 1000 pips too.

[arubh]

We can not define how may pips safe for SL or TP it depends on situation of market & the circumstances of the country its internal & external issues.

[sanjeev]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

Setting stop loss and take profit depends on market situation..
sometimes you can set stop loss to 50 pips only and sometime you can make it 200 pips..Its all about your study and market condition..

[sanjeev]

I think better to install the SL between 30-50 pips.
My experience using SL of 10-20 pips, but the market actually touching the SL and turned toward ...
so from now on I always install the 30-50pips SL ...

I think there is no particular SL and TP and it depend fully on trader and his/her strategy and depend on how much balance there . for me soemtime i select 30 pips and sometime also 50 pips and it depend on market but always put same in tp and sl.

[mayengbam]

I think there is no particular SL and TP and it depend fully on trader and his/her strategy and depend on how much balance there . for me soemtime i select 30 pips and sometime also 50 pips and it depend on market but always put same in tp and sl.

agree there is no hard and fast way to set the sl and tp targets, some used a random figure as tp and sl targets while some calculate it using support and resistance/pivot or fibo. And some set it as per their equity. So there is no such thing as safe pips for stop loss target.

[Ganesh]

i think 100 pips is safe for stop loss because if we enter few pips then it can touch out stop loss easily then our price will come back, so always put big stop loss
i have never set my sl for 100pips yet coz i never have trust the trend, i normally set it at 20 pips but if conditions are looking easy then i might set it too 50 at the maximum but never 100!

[cumil]

i think 100 pips is safe for stop loss because if we enter few pips then it can touch out stop loss easily then our price will come back, so always put big stop loss

it is too big friend, do you expect the price will turn around if you are already floting 50 +? I would not be risking my money floating up to 50 +, that I do is how to limit my losses no more than 5% of available funds

[sachin]

it is depend on the pair in use..count the average in a day movement with the TF in use than set the SL more than or less from the volume each chart you use..jut that

[denira]

You are doing the right job and it will be much better if you risk only 2.5% or 3% of you capital. Traders who follow money management have good chances in forex.

the lower the risk of trades that you use I think this will impact both the emotional trade you do even though you will fare a little profit but it is good for your defense in this business

[anubhavsingh]

it is depend on the pair in use..count the average in a day movement with the TF in use than set the SL more than or less from the volume each chart you use..jut that

aapne thik kaah bhai
sl aur tp set karna pair pe aur uski movement pe depend karta hai
tarder ko us pair ke support aur resistence ko dhyaan me rakte hue uska tp aur sl set akrne chahaiye..especially sl ka to bahut dhyaan rakhna chahiye

[netra]

SL value depends upon type of trader.For scalpers i recommend no SL.
For day and swing traders i recommend,2:1 ratio.That is if TP is 100 pips give SL as 50pips.Its the common and good value for SL.

[denira]

SL value depends upon type of trader.For scalpers i recommend no SL.
For day and swing traders i recommend,2:1 ratio.That is if TP is 100 pips give SL as 50pips.Its the common and good value for SL.
yeah did exactly what you are saying that the placement of stop loss all depends on the traders but to stop loss will good if using a stop loss if the union of the stop loss can be low and vice versa

[akshayfuriya]

you can set how much do you think the pip that needed to confirm that the trend has change, for example if you think that the price change the trend if the price move more than 30 pip, then set your sl to 30

[Mr. Tukul]

you can set how much do you think the pip that needed to confirm that the trend has change, for example if you think that the price change the trend if the price move more than 30 pip, then set your sl to 30

I agree with 30 pips ...
better set a stop loss 30 pips in a support ...
because sometimes broke support at a moment, but then prices rebound again ...

[anubhavsingh]

you can set how much do you think the pip that needed to confirm that the trend has change, for example if you think that the price change the trend if the price move more than 30 pip, then set your sl to 30

sl aur tp set karne ke liye apko support aur resistence value ka pata hona chahaiye
inhi ke hisab se tp set kiya ja sakta hai
support aur resistence ko predict karna sabse zaruri hota hai forex market me aur jo bhi inko ache se predict kar leta hai usko bahut zada fayda hota hai

[sunil]

mere hisab se 50 pip hi thik hai stop loss k liye. agar hum wait karnai ka socte hai toh woh loss maximum hi hota rehta hai 50 pip thak thik hai stop loss karna ya usse kam mai hi mai kahuga stop karke nikal jane ka...aur phir koi dusre trade mai profit ka dekna ka.

[sunil]

i think 100 pips is safe for stop loss because if we enter few pips then it can touch out stop loss easily then our price will come back, so always put big stop loss

[s19]

i think 100 pips is safe for stop loss because if we enter few pips then it can touch out stop loss easily then our price will come back, so always put big stop loss

sorry friend i am not agree with you. SL and TP decied accourding to your trading system and type or trader.
if you are short term trader then your sl is near to 30-50 pips and if you are long term then you SL is may be more then 100pips.

[venkiaries61]

sorry friend i am not agree with you. SL and TP decied accourding to your trading system and type or trader.
if you are short term trader then your sl is near to 30-50 pips and if you are long term then you SL is may be more then 100pips.

Yes, i agree with you. Stoploss target is according to traders mentality. I usually don't use stop loss. Now, i plan to use 40pips. I will post my results and experience with stop loss soon.

[s19]

Yes, i agree with you. Stoploss target is according to traders mentality. I usually don't use stop loss. Now, i plan to use 40pips. I will post my results and experience with stop loss soon.

i had a bad exprience of dont use SL. i advice to all user to must set SL in every trade. may be its more then your planing but set it. because due to news makret movement may be become verhy high & low.
we are waiting your result.

[shahzad0able]

The number of pips can't be fixed for any trade. It totally depends on your style of trading and your capital, your limit to handle loss. If you are a scalper with minimum deposit then you must set a tight stop loss and if you are a swing trader with big deposit then you can afford to have a big stop loss. But the question you had asked can't be answered with a fixed number of pips.

[rajesh]

depends on how much funds in the account .., I manage a small fund to tide me my SL 20 pips., and also the same TP 20 pips, if I have another large fund which is sufficient to hold the margin, so I'll play with the intraday and I'll set the SL between 50-75, and if more than that may predict the trend will continue and certainly a long wait for the price will go back

[sunil]

It totally varies depending on your strategy.

20 pips sl can be too big and at same time, 500 pips sl can be low. It depends on which timeframe you are using and your risk:reward.

For my intra day trades I target 70-100 pips and use sl 50 pips in most cases.

[chirayu]

Brother I think you should place stop loss value according to support and resistance values..It should not be placed like the way your are placing..
You should have knowledge about support and resistance and then you have to place your stop loss and take profit

[Mr. Tukul]

It totally varies depending on your strategy.

20 pips sl can be too big and at same time, 500 pips sl can be low. It depends on which timeframe you are using and your risk:reward.

For my intra day trades I target 70-100 pips and use sl 50 pips in most cases.

your strategy is right ... you're using the TP ratio is greater than the SL ...
Most traders to use the comparison between the TP and SL, SL is always greater than the TP ...

[akshayfuriya]

Setting stop loss and take profit depends on market situation..
sometimes you can set stop loss to 50 pips only and sometime you can make it 200 pips..Its all about your study and market condition..

[netra]

i think 100 pips is safe for stop loss because if we enter few pips then it can touch out stop loss easily then our price will come back, so always put big stop loss

[ketan]

Setting up of Stop loss depends on many factors.It depends on the trading strategy of the trader , how much money he is investing in the trade , the risk he is willing to take and the profit margin.So the amount varies from trade to trade.

In scalping it is around 3 - 5 pips and in position trading it can be around 100 pips.

[vikas]

there are some scalper who use a script to open a position, so that SL directly specify. weakness scalper is not dare cut loss when experiencing loss. I guess it would spend all the profit that has been gleaned.

[aniket]

i will say 50 pips fpr sl and also 50 pip's for tp also, sl is very important to stop losses when we are profiting, but the pip's may vary according to differnt traders who have a different way to approach it

[aniket]

i have never set my sl for 100pips yet coz i never have trust the trend, i normally set it at 20 pips but if conditions are looking easy then i might set it too 50 at the maximum but never 100!

[sachin]

Ideally we have to set the stop loss at 30 pips and anything more than that is not advisable at all. This is because if we are going into a loss of 30 pips then it clearly means that the trade is totally wrong and we need to revise our study and again make the trade with the correct market sentiments

In the event of the Hedging we can go for a stop loss = 50 pips since we are not sure which way the market will go and that is the range which actually decides the movements.

[netra]

i am scalper too , i set my SL just 10 pips and take profit is 5 pips. the comparison is 1 : 2 ( TP : SL)
small range but scalper have many Transactions in one time.

[akshayfuriya]

well worth it if you are using TF 15 as benchmark your trafficking with TP 20 pips only and it is also what I do to get a maximum of 20 pips

I guess it depends on what time frame that we use
for I usually use a stop loss and take profit 20 20 on the timeframe 15m

[akshayfuriya]

apparently you have not used the script.
because if the server is busy, the script still experiencing requotes.
script only shorten our steps to open or close a position.
yes I think it's pretty ideal
and besides that we should also look at a larger time frame
not to fight the trend

[akshayfuriya]

yes i agree with you, i also use this way i set my sl 1% of my capital...and some time i set it accourding to my analysis....
10-15 pips within one second possible that is easily hit..so always we put st more then 40 - 50 pips

however we will never know where prices will move
use other means such as averaging or hedging it can also be
but if not the experience should not attempt
it will only add to our loss
better indeed stop loss

[Ronak]

i am scalper too , i set my SL just 10 pips and take profit is 5 pips. the comparison is 1 : 2 ( TP : SL)
small range but scalper have many Transactions in one time.

scalping is short term trading..and scalping dont need much analysis so SL is needed to be set,,,and i usually trade scalping style and i set 15-25 pip in every trade....

[Mr. Tukul]

i am scalper too , i set my SL just 10 pips and take profit is 5 pips. the comparison is 1 : 2 ( TP : SL)
small range but scalper have many Transactions in one time.

for me it was too little, I set a stop loss for as many as 20 pips scalping transactions and target 10 pips ...
because usually if only 10 pips, stop loss is often touched ...
7 pips if the price is just the opposite, with spreads 3 then the stop loss was hit ...

[SG Trader]

scalping is short term trading..and scalping dont need much analysis so SL is needed to be set,,,and i usually trade scalping style and i set 15-25 pip in every trade....

many scalper set their SL too large but the SL is small, and also many scalper trading when market is sideway.
i think ther is no news when market is sideway, so many scalper confident with their SL and TP set.

[ali1011]

Meray kheyal sy 20 pips stop loss honi cahiye ku k ap is sy andaza lga sakty hen k agli position kis direction me open karni hogi. agar ziada b ho to 50pips bohat hen is sy ziada apki balance capecity p depend karta hy.

[vikas]

About SL i think its depend on traders account balcne but i also think if there is sufficient balance then its not bad . but for me it may differ for market condition but 50 pips is not bad and most of the time i used it but tp is 30 to 40 pips.

[100c�]

About SL i think its depend on traders account balcne but i also think if there is sufficient balance then its not bad . but for me it may differ for market condition but 50 pips is not bad and most of the time i used it but tp is 30 to 40 pips.

I agree with you it depend on our account balance. i always apply 2:1. If I want to take profit 100 pips then I apply 50 pips as a stop loss, as my opinion it is the best strategy for me and for every one.

[vikas]

I am a scalper with a target of only about 2-5 pips trading once, and I use a stop loss of 25-30 pips ...
but if I was playing a medium-term, sometimes using stop loss to 50 pips ...

I am agree with you because most of the time my terget also 50 pips and about your opinion of SL its really urgent each of our trade i think. because without sl i think we are taking very big risk when there are very much movement of market sometime.

[vikas]

ye strategy ekdum galat hai forex trading ke liye
kabhi bhi sl aur tp apne man se set nahi kiya jata
sl aur tp ki value hamesha market ek support aur resistance ke hisab se set ki jati hai

yes i think you are correct because before i faced such due to net connection . i just see my position and dont put sl that time thinking that i am infront of pc and that time i lost net connection and that was newyork session and due to heavy movement of market i lost good number of pips . so i think its always better to put sl first then observe the open position.

[nikhil_rrane]

Stop loss may depend on the volume you trading. if large volume trade then i use 20 pips stop loss. If the volume is small 0.1 then stop loss moved to 60 pips. stop loss is one of the most important thing which we have to remember while placing a trade.

[ketan]

yes, what i meant above is my SL for daily trading, but for scalping i will certainly put it tighter than that, and i use a minimum of 1:1 risk to reward ratio, i never set lower than that cause it will easily blow your account

[ketan]

i cannot say thats right or wrong before i knew your TP, so, what is your TP ? i think its good as long as your TP is bigger than the SL, or at least you have the same SL and TP

[ketan]

i that will be very risk brother, what will happened if your internet connection is down ? or your computer suddenly hang ? if i were you just set the SL at the point you cant tolerate any more loses

[ketan]

well it depends upon the need.But always its not wise to have like this TP=SL.
For beginners i recommend 2:1 ratio.
if TP is 100pips have SL as 50pips.So that if you lose a trade also,atleast the last trade's half profit will remain.

[ketan]

Yes.SL input depends upon the type of trading too.The ratio i told is for normal swing traders.
But For Scalping i always feel that one should never provide SL since there are lot of chances to get SL triggered since its a very small value.

[ketan]

yes we can use support or resistance for stop loss or even SAR also.
mostly i will use pivot lines for determining the Stop loss and Profit levels. they are really useful.

[aniket]

Stop loss depands on the various condition and it differs from place to place and person to person ant also there patience ... but i prefer H1 which enables trader a good experience and it helps a lot as i think.

[Mr. Tukul]

I think there is no hasitation to place stop loss at the risk level you are intended to take. So why there should be any confusion in this regard. If you are going to take 2% risk place the stop loss at 2% if you want to risk 5% of your capital place SL at 5%.

determine the stop loss is easy ... the hardest thing is to regulate our emotions, in the beginning we set a stop loss of 2% ... but in the middle of our trade to replace it be her 5% ... it is difficult to control ...

[nikhil_rrane]

determine the stop loss is easy ... the hardest thing is to regulate our emotions, in the beginning we set a stop loss of 2% ... but in the middle of our trade to replace it be her 5% ... it is difficult to control ...
Stop loss may be place according to the leverage and volume used by you. as said by friend you have to determine first how much amount you want to keep for risk. Then according to that amount calculate the pip value and place a stop loss.

[preetksgill]

10 pips is a tight and a safe SL because then you get out of a bad trade very quickly, the idea in forex is to enter a trade on a strong trend or not to bother at all and if it hits the SL it was never a good trade. Of 100 trades I take around 9 hit the SL

[speedy]

I don't measure the SL in pips rather I try to put SL on support and resistance basis. For a long positions just below support and for a short position just above resistance level.

[Ronak]

Stop loss depands on the various condition and it differs from place to place and person to person ant also there patience ... but i prefer H1 which enables trader a good experience and it helps a lot as i think.

Yeah u r right ..its all depend on situation....but usually i put stop loss on basis of pivot point,....due to accuracy and scientific base i can trust pivot point....

[preetksgill]

i am scalper too , i set my SL just 10 pips and take profit is 5 pips. the comparison is 1 : 2 ( TP : SL)
small range but scalper have many Transactions in one time.

[keset]

I think it depends jgua current market, it also depends on money management such as the risk that you can receive, etc. .. probably around 30-40 pips. :good:

[nikhil_rrane]

I think it depends jgua current market, it also depends on money management such as the risk that you can receive, etc. .. probably around 30-40 pips.
Yes it is. According to the situation, we have to decide whether how much pips we have to place for stop loss. If the market is very volatile then predict the trend and place order with more pips. so that your stop loss will not triggered instantly.

[newentry]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

i can't tell you how many pips for it, all depends the condition and if we think that we have to increase, so why not...sometimes i did not use SL too..when i know the chart will move back, but we have to be careful for this conditions
50 pips as SL is standard and i make 2 : 1 with TP

[hiren]

from my point of view i think 50 pipes are mainly and acceptable for a SL.
i think SL is a way to minimize u r loss.
market is unmeasurable so SL is the way by which we can minimize our loss and save from high loss.
i think 50 pipes are good.

[kamla]

The number of pips can't be fixed for any trade. It totally depends on your style of trading and your capital, your limit to handle loss. If you are a scalper with minimum deposit then you must set a tight stop loss and if you are a swing trader with big deposit then you can afford to have a big stop loss. But the question you had asked can't be answered with a fixed number of pips.

[nikhil_rrane]

It is depend of the support and resistance level that where we have to place the stop loss. But my point of view it is always better to analyse the risk reward ration before trade and place the trade according to that.

[patil]

भाई मुझे लगता है कि आप बंद करो हानि मूल्य समर्थन और प्रतिरोध मूल्यों के अनुसार की जगह चाहिए .. यह जिस तरह से अपने दे रहे हैं की तरह नहीं रखा जाना चाहिए ..
आप समर्थन और प्रतिरोध के बारे में ज्ञान होना चाहिए और फिर आप अपने बंद नुकसान और लाभ ले

[arihant]

According to my knowledge it should be greater than TP pips, But most of times i don't use Stop loss if we are trading with H1 then its better to have STop loss around 50 pips for H4 we should increase it.

[YJSP]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

Share your views...

You are very correct, normally, we should place the stoploss at resistance and support levels, then calculate how much pips we will risk, then calculate how much we can trade.

[nicofx]

I think it depends on the trader to use good money management, due to the placement of SL should also be calculated with market conditions as well. :accute:

[Mr. Tukul]

I think it depends on the trader to use good money management, due to the placement of SL should also be calculated with market conditions as well. :accute:

before entering the market we have already determined how we put a stop loss, and how much profit targets that we want ...
after that let our system works until one of the boundaries had been exposed to ... do not change when the system was working ...

[nikhil_rrane]

before entering the market we have already determined how we put a stop loss, and how much profit targets that we want ...
after that let our system works until one of the boundaries had been exposed to ... do not change when the system was working ...
Yes it is quite good to make decision to place the stop loss before entering the position so that you will not have to go through any loss from that position. Stop loss must be placed at strong resistance if the position i sell and at support if the position is buy.

[zoomfire]

Yes it is quite good to make decision to place the stop loss before entering the position so that you will not have to go through any loss from that position. Stop loss must be placed at strong resistance if the position i sell and at support if the position is buy.

yes,you are right.SL should be decided with Support or resistance and they act as good one to determine.Even pivot points are also good in determining.so one can put SL based on this or specified values like ratio of TP :SL as 2:1 like that.It depends on traders need.

[nikhil]

ha sl and tp denese profit ka ek sahi matra hote he. par aap kitne pips sl and tp rakhte he. waise to kuch log tp ke dugna sl rakhte he aur kuch to tp se half sl rakhte he aur kuch same. main jyada tar samay sl and tp same rakhta hoon . most of times 30 pips.

[patil]

hisab से मात्र 50 रंज बंद नुकसान जिंदा पथिक हाय k liye. अगर गुंजन का karnai जिंदा socte अधिकतम नुकसान तो वो हाय रहता शिशुओं के जीवित जिंदा पथिक पाठक एसई Kam कर्ण हाय माई जेन kahuga रोक करके निकल और का माई ... फिर कोई व्यापार dusre dekna माई का का लाभ संगठन के 50 रंज बंद नुकसान प्रतीक्षा.

[patil]

बंद करो हानि आप व्यापार की मात्रा पर निर्भर हो सकता है. अगर बड़ी मात्रा में व्यापार तो मैं 20 pips के बंद नुकसान का उपयोग करें. यदि मात्रा छोटा है .1 तो रोक नुकसान 60 pips करने के लिए ले जाया गया. नुकसान रोकने के एक सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात जो हम याद है, जबकि एक व्यापार रखने के है.

[patil]

रोक नुकसान जगह लाभ उठाने और आपके द्वारा उपयोग की मात्रा के अनुसार किया जा सकता है. के रूप में दोस्त ने कहा कि आप पहले निर्धारित कितना राशि है जो आप के लिए जोखिम के लिए रखना चाहते हैं. तो उस राशि के अनुसार रंज मूल्य की गणना है और एक बंद नुकसान जगह.

[patil]

हाँ, यह है.स्थिति के अनुसार, हम चाहे कितना pips हम रोक नुकसान के लिए जगह तय की है. अगर बाजार बहुत अस्थिर है तो और अधिक pips के साथ जगह आदेश की प्रवृत्ति भविष्यवाणी. ताकि अपने बंद नुकसान तुरन्त ट्रिगर नहीं करेगा.

[SG Trader]

maybe depends what the style or strategy we use and also depend on how much the risk can received by us..
especially if we are scalping 20 - 30 pips are enough because we only make a small pips target.

[Mr. Tukul]

yes,you are right.SL should be decided with Support or resistance and they act as good one to determine.Even pivot points are also good in determining.so one can put SL based on this or specified values like ratio of TP :SL as 2:1 like that.It depends on traders need.

placement of a stop loss at the boundary support is slightly less precise, I put the stop loss a few pips below the support ... because there is the possibility of price support only a test of strength ...

[bigearners]

First of all, SL is very important thing for forex trader. If you want free from margin call, then always use SL with your positions.

yes,you are right.SL should be decided with Support or resistance and they act as good one to determine.Even pivot points are also good in determining.so one can put SL based on this or specified values like ratio of TP :SL as 2:1 like that.It depends on traders need.
yeah, myself totally agree with you that SL range will depend on market trend going on and type of trader. For trader like me, 10 pips is enough for particular position SL, even some other people are using around 100 pips for SL in particular trades. So, it may be vary from traders, strategy, market trend and various other factor.
So, their is no fixed SL range according to me.

[james]

well i guess it depends how much you are willing to loose on each trade and it depnends on the lot size too higher the lot size small the sl smaller the lot size higher the sl so atlast it depnds on you euqity also

[SG Trader]

I usually go for 50 pips stop loss. I think its fair enough and not easily hit by some big spikes of market movements during news releases. I think cut loss too is good but the problem with cut loss is that sometimes your mind refuse to follow your own directives because it has a mind of its own. And before you knew it your floating negative positions is now hard to control.

right, i think if we'll do cut loss it need good soul. many trader so fear about loss so their still waiting and see the transaction that get floating minus. so will be better if we set the stop loss when make a open position

[vineet]

Stop Loss is a very good way of preventing our account getting huge loss during the trade. We all know that forex is very risky. If we don't take necessary measures, we will sure lose all our money.
So setting stop loss just helps us to solve that problem. But to be able to set perfect SL, we need perfect forex education and that depends upon the amount of money that we are going to invest

[newentry]

Stop Loss is a very good way of preventing our account getting huge loss during the trade. We all know that forex is very risky. If we don't take necessary measures, we will sure lose all our money.
So setting stop loss just helps us to solve that problem. But to be able to set perfect SL, we need perfect forex education and that depends upon the amount of money that we are going to invest

you are right, when we use stop loss at our trading, so we have to know the condition and make analysis for our margin and condition of the trend, if you think that the trend will move back soon so you can take stop loss is not too bigger...
but some people said that SL 100 pips it can be 90 % success, i do not know about it, because i seldom use stop loss
i recommended you to use trailing stop too or lock profit so when you are in positive pips and suddenly the chart move back against your order, so will not loss some pips or you just still get profit for some

[kamla]

Stop loss may depend on the volume you trading. if large volume trade then i use 20 pips stop loss. If the volume is small 0.1 then stop loss moved to 60 pips. stop loss is one of the most important thing which we have to remember while placing a trade.

[kamla]

Stop loss may be place according to the leverage and volume used by you. as said by friend you have to determine first how much amount you want to keep for risk. Then according to that amount calculate the pip value and place a stop loss.

[kamla]

Yes it is. According to the situation, we have to decide whether how much pips we have to place for stop loss. If the market is very volatile then predict the trend and place order with more pips. so that your stop loss will not triggered instantly.

[chintan]

I think there is no hasitation to place stop loss at the risk level you are intended to take. So why there should be any confusion in this regard. If you are going to take 2% risk place the stop loss at 2% if you want to risk 5% of your capital place SL at 5%.

[hetal]

i sometimes use stop losses only when i am away if i am trading manulay then i decide by my self when to stop or not and yes it depends on the markrt conditions

[vicky]

ya its depend on the market situation and the type of trader if you are scalper then there is no need of stop loss if you are long term tradee then it is essential to use stop loss

yes i also think so . when we do scalping then everything happen very quick and when all time infront of our pc then its not necessary to use set SL but without scalping its must be set SL and TP because it may secure our account.

[popatji]

Yes that was right. There is no exact rule to determine how many pips which is good for all conditions. It will depend on condition and our style of trading (short-term trading, daily trading or long-term trading) because each trader will be different. And about ratio, I prefer to set SL point in higher than TP because SL is limit which describe that we made mistakes in analysis. If our SL is hitted several times, it means our analysis is not good enough.

[vineet]

my experience is same with u,..every set sl on 10-20 pips price is touch the sl and turned toward,..so now i using sl 30-50 pips more safer than use 10-20 pips

[vineet]

I think it depends jgua current market, it also depends on money management such as the risk that you can receive, etc. .. probably around 30-40 pips.

[bhanu]

aapne thik kaah bhai
sl aur tp set karna pair pe aur uski movement pe depend karta hai
tarder ko us pair ke support aur resistence ko dhyaan me rakte hue uska tp aur sl set akrne chahaiye..especially sl ka to bahut dhyaan rakhna chahiye

[aryan]

I think there is no particular SL and TP and it depend fully on trader and his/her strategy and depend on how much balance there . for me soemtime i select 30 pips and sometime also 50 pips and it depend on market but always put same in tp and sl.

[chintan]

mujhe lagta hai ye depend karta hai aapka take profit ke upar, agar aapka take profit 20 pips ka hai to 40 pips stop loss me rako, main to assie hi karta hu

[narendra]

sahi bola mere bhai, hume number ke hisab se take profit and stop loss used nahi karna chahiye, hume support and resistannc level sikane chahiye aur uske hisab se karna chahiye

[hetal]

its depend on the balance available in you account.Now here comes the main factor called money mangement.According to your money management you have to set your stop loss and take profit

[SG Trader]

its depend on the balance available in you account.Now here comes the main factor called money mangement.According to your money management you have to set your stop loss and take profit

i dont think about the value of our balance, but we should think about the percentage of our amount.
specify the percentage of loss that we can receive by using the SL, so that if at any time we get the loss we can accept it with gracefully

[nitintripathi]

mere hisab se to palacement depend karega sl ke analysis pe aur strategies ek trader use karta hai mere hisab se to then 50 pips sl sahi honi chahiye yeh sab to anlayisi pe depend karta hai aut kinti effectively money ko manage karte hai and aapki sahi strategys kya rehti hai and all thesestuff contribute to the pips

[newentry]

its depend on the balance available in you account.Now here comes the main factor called money mangement.According to your money management you have to set your stop loss and take profit
gree with you this is one of money management
we should set it as the condition and also is right if SL is touched or we just increase it to give a chances the trend move back again,sometimes, when our SL is touched the trend move back again and this is very bad...so let we see until we can take a decision for SL

[s19]

gree with you this is one of money management
we should set it as the condition and also is right if SL is touched or we just increase it to give a chances the trend move back again,sometimes, when our SL is touched the trend move back again and this is very bad...so let we see until we can take a decision for SL
in my view its not good to change Sl point.
first try to fix sl according to you money management then fix sl with your analyses. if you want to change Sl and its come in your money management then ok other wise we dont change and wait for again new entery.

[SG Trader]

gree with you this is one of money management
we should set it as the condition and also is right if SL is touched or we just increase it to give a chances the trend move back again,sometimes, when our SL is touched the trend move back again and this is very bad...so let we see until we can take a decision for SL

yeah this incident ever happen to me. now i never to set SL in my position. some time i feel confident with my position that get floating minus and i think the position will be back to the first position. but as a trader we must be vigilant because of a time trend is not coming back to the starting position.

[bhanu]

i think SL should be of 50 pips i usually keeps sl with 50 pips and tp at 50 pips when we are in profit we can use SL as to avoid loss in our trades as like take profit i mostly using it

[bhanu]

I am a scalper with a target of only about 2-5 pips trading once, and I use a stop loss of 25-30 pips ...
but if I was playing a medium-term, sometimes using stop loss to 50 pips ...

[shah.zoor]

kitna SL hona cheay? ye bht see cheezoon per depend kerta hay, ap kay trading style per bhi, news effect per bhi or agr technically koi formation bani hay to phir os formation kay mutabik bhi. scalpers ko aksar SL kay bagair hi trade kertay hain laykin ye aik dangerous kaam hay, hamay hamesha stop loss kay sath trade kerni cheay kay agr market crash ho jaey to aap kam say kam MC say bach jaene.

[aryan]

I agree with 30 pips ...
better set a stop loss 30 pips in a support ...
because sometimes broke support at a moment, but then prices rebound again ...

[aryan]

your strategy is right ... you're using the TP ratio is greater than the SL ...
Most traders to use the comparison between the TP and SL, SL is always greater than the TP ...

[aryan]

for me it was too little, I set a stop loss for as many as 20 pips scalping transactions and target 10 pips ...
because usually if only 10 pips, stop loss is often touched ...
7 pips if the price is just the opposite, with spreads 3 then the stop loss was hit ...

[aryan]

determine the stop loss is easy ... the hardest thing is to regulate our emotions, in the beginning we set a stop loss of 2% ... but in the middle of our trade to replace it be her 5% ... it is difficult to control ...

[narendra]

There are no fixed amount that can be said as a good value because by hitting sl you always get losses.But it depends on you that how much loss your account can tolerate and also you have enough free margin to open another position.I usually do not risk more than 5% my equity on a single trade and mostly 2 trades at a time.

[popatji]

Yeah in scalping using sl is not good because price moves so rapidly that it might return. And scripts are Download-able from MetaEditor.Also use close script to close orders when there are requotes.

[narendra]

I think 20 pips are a bit high for M15 chart because i don't think that trend on a 15 minute chart is strong enough to give us 20 pips. Can you tell that what strategy you use to trade on M15 chart and gain 20 pips per trade.

[narendra]

You are right putting sl on long distances is just because we don't want to lose our money and we think that price will hit our tp rather than sl but that is a bad attitude if the trend is reversed don't keep your position open and close it and concentrate on your next trade.

[narendra]

I didn't got the reason that why should not put sl for gold. Because gold is also volatile and it can blow or account in an hour. Can you please explain it.

[krishan]

hisab से मात्र 50 रंज बंद नुकसान जिंदा पथिक हाय k liye. अगर गुंजन का karnai जिंदा socte अधिकतम नुकसान तो वो हाय रहता शिशुओं के जीवित जिंदा पथिक पाठक एसई Kam कर्ण हाय माई जेन kahuga रोक करके निकल और का माई ... फिर कोई व्यापार dusre dekna माई का का लाभ संगठन के 50 रंज बंद नुकसान प्रतीक्षा

[amit]

just use as a base of support and ressistance to put the SL. I would feel comfortable and safe if I put SL on the SR wuth the reason if the price touches the S / R then the price usually will continue

[amit]

for SL should be related with size of lots, how much money if SL has touched?

if you use SL 50, then how much you use Lot size ?
in my opinion use SL should be 5% risking our funds, This will be safer

[jai]

thank you for a very good response, now I do WD, let's see, if my WD succeed or not, if successful, how long it takes to transfer my LR account.
later I'll prove it with payment proof here, after that I will compare and conclude as well be talking more about the broker FBS, hopefully FBS can be successful and can make customers be successful ...

[sunil]

i can't tell you how many pips for it, all depends the condition and if we think that we have to increase, so why not...sometimes i did not use SL too..when i know the chart will move back, but we have to be careful for this conditions
50 pips as SL is standard and i make 2 : 1 with TP

[krishan]

हाँ, यह काफी अच्छा है करने के स्थिति में प्रवेश से पहले इतना है कि आप उस स्थिति से किसी भी हानि के माध्यम से जाना नहीं होगा रोक नुकसान जगह करने का निर्णय करते हैं. बंद करो हानि की स्थिति मैं बेचने अगर मजबूत प्रतिरोध और समर्थन पर रखा जाना चाहिए अगर स्थिति खरीदने के लिए है.

[krishan]

यह समर्थन और प्रतिरोध स्तर है कि हम कहाँ रोक नुकसान जगह है निर्भर है. लेकिन देखने की मेरी बात यह हमेशा बेहतर करने के लिए व्यापार से पहले जोखिम इनाम राशन विश्लेषण और व्यापार के अनुसार जगह.

[krishan]

हाँ, यह है. स्थिति के अनुसार, हम चाहे कितना pips हम रोक नुकसान के लिए जगह तय की है. अगर बाजार बहुत अस्थिर है तो और अधिक pips के साथ जगह आदेश की प्रवृत्ति भविष्यवाणी. तुरन्त इतना है कि अपने बंद नुकसान ट्रिगर नहीं करेगा.

[krishan]

रोक नुकसान जगह लाभ उठाने और आपके द्वारा उपयोग की मात्रा के अनुसार किया जा सकता है. मित्र के रूप में द्वारा कहा कि आप पहले निर्धारित कितना राशि है जो आप के लिए जोखिम के लिए रखना चाहते हैं. फिर उस राशि के लिए अनुसार रंज मूल्य की गणना है और एक बंद नुकसान जगह.

[sanjeev]

बंद करो हानि आप व्यापार की मात्रा पर निर्भर हो सकता है. अगर बड़ी मात्रा में व्यापार तो मैं 20 pips बंद नुकसान का उपयोग करें. यदि मात्रा छोटा है .1 तो रोक नुकसान 60 pips करने के लिए ले जाया गया. नुकसान रोकने के सबसे महत्वपूर्ण बात जो हम याद है, जबकि एक व्यापार रखने के है.

[sanjeev]

मैं 100pips अभी तक coz मैं भरोसा है कभी नहीं प्रवृत्ति के लिए मेरे sl कभी नहीं निर्धारित किया है, मैं आम तौर पर यह 20 pips पर सेट, लेकिन अगर शर्तों आसान देख रहे हैं तो मैं यह भी 50 अधिकतम सेट लेकिन कभी नहीं 100!

[chirayu]

i will say 50 pips fpr sl and also 50 pip's for tp also, sl is very important to stop losses when we are profiting, but the pip's may vary according to differnt traders who have a different way to approach it

[sachin]

if indeed you are often touched stop loss you may need to widen the longer distance of your stop loss price running and this may provide opportunities for the hard hit stop loss

[arihant]

SL is too short will cause too easily moved so it would be better placed with the wider SL that are not easily affected by the price goes

[sanjeev]

अपने आप में उपलब्ध संतुलन account.Now यहाँ मुख्य कारक बुलाया अपने पैसे के प्रबंधन के आप अपने बंद नुकसान सेट है पैसे के लिए mangement.According आता है पर निर्भर है और लाभ ले

[aryan]

yes, what i meant above is my SL for daily trading, but for scalping i will certainly put it tighter than that, and i use a minimum of 1:1 risk to reward ratio, i never set lower than that cause it will easily blow your account

[aryan]

i cannot say thats right or wrong before i knew your TP, so, what is your TP ? i think its good as long as your TP is bigger than the SL, or at least you have the same SL and TP

[aryan]

i that will be very risk brother, what will happened if your internet connection is down ? or your computer suddenly hang ? if i were you just set the SL at the point you cant tolerate any more loses

[sanjeev]

फिर उचित विश्लेषण और धन प्रबंधन उचित रोक loss.Stop नुकसान की स्थापना के लिए बहुत आवश्यक है दीर्घकालिक व्यापार के लिए बहुत महत्वपूर्ण है तो लंबी अवधि के व्यापारी का विशेषज्ञ रोक नुकसान की स्थापना में किया जाना चाहिए

[bhanu]

Ideally we have to set the stop loss at 30 pips and anything more than that is not advisable at all. This is because if we are going into a loss of 30 pips then it clearly means that the trade is totally wrong and we need to revise our study and again make the trade with the correct market sentiments

[shibilyt]

The SL shall be decided by the traders according to what fit them best. Personally I use a 30 pip SL . I think that is the best thing working on my strategy . i wont want to get a lot of these pips to see in SL.

[zoomfire]

i that will be very risk brother, what will happened if your internet connection is down ? or your computer suddenly hang ? if i were you just set the SL at the point you cant tolerate any more loses
yes, for me many times power went off and i was not able to get connected.And finally when the power came i opened the terminal and i had got MC and my account was destroyed.

[weekager]

Many newbies ask me how many pips is safe for stop loss? I think its all depend on how much you afford to lose and we have to put stop loss by checking resistance and support levels, we should not put stop loss just by numbers.

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main wese to manual trading karta houn lekin phr bhi sl k mutaliq thurra bahot experince ha to main to yahi kahta hnn k sl ko double rakhna chiye tp se es taran app kafi save hotey ho or wese chart ka mutala karne se bhi app us wqt sahi andaza laga saktey hane

[realfun07]

The SL shall be decided by the traders according to what fit them best. Personally I use a 30 pip SL . I think that is the best thing working on my strategy . i wont want to get a lot of these pips to see in SL.

Different traders use different stop loss based on their targets , strategy and trading style and they place it accordingly.I like to put stop loss at minimum 20 pips for the small trade as well.

[dmambi]

Stop loss and take profit will vary from person to person and depend on our trade set up. Since i am not using stop loss in my trades i can not comment on much. but still i believe the stop loss should be placed by keeping in mind the support and resistance zones near to the price.

[raja]

Stop loss and take profit will vary from person to person and depend on our trade set up. Since i am not using stop loss in my trades i can not comment on much. but still i believe the stop loss should be placed by keeping in mind the support and resistance zones near to the price.

I want to always use the TP and SL, I use a low setting money management, I only have a small capital, and are usually encouraged to be greedy. very difficult to be disciplined, I several times violated trading rules, so some times it fails, I do not want to repeat the same mistakes, in order to succeed

[sanjeev]

फिर बाजार की स्थिति और व्यापारी के प्रकार पर निर्भर करता है अगर आप scalper हैं तो वहाँ रोक नुकसान की कोई जरूरत नहीं है अगर आप लंबे समय tradee हैं तो यह रोक नुकसान का उपयोग करने के लिए आवश्यक है

[arihant]

Yeah in scalping using sl is not good because price moves so rapidly that it might return. And scripts are Download-able from MetaEditor.Also use close script to close orders when there are requotes

[arihant]

I think 20 pips are a bit high for M15 chart because i don't think that trend on a 15 minute chart is strong enough to give us 20 pips. Can you tell that what strategy you use to trade on M15 chart and gain 20 pips per trade.