How many pips do you think is safe for SL ?

[aniket]

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.

[vikas]

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.

[aniket]

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.

[rakesh]

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.

[rakesh]

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.

[yogesh]

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.

It is worth to use pivot points to determine your SL and Target along with good entry level. And i noticed there is often some found some support or resistance at these levels but i still like to watch market at my own and mark important resistance and support for my trade.

[anchitkole]

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.

[anchitkole]

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.

[anchitkole]

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.

[yogesh]

yeah,i agree with @anytime sir that it depends on you how much amount you can afford to lose you have to put that and it totally depend on trader.

This is true that you should not set stop loss at more than you can afford to lose. But while determining stop loss you should consider few other factors as well, first whether risk reward ratio is good when you set stop loss at this level, and secondly is the stop loss you set is meaningful i.e. just below support level for long positions and just above resistance level for short positions.