Where to Place Stop Loss when Trading Stock Patterns

Stop loss is one of the most basic market orders, which orders the stock broker to close the trade when a loss has reached a certain point. Due to the nature of trading, stop loss is required to maintain a good risk:reward ratio and to limit our losses to the minimum.

When trading chart patterns a question that boggles many traders is the following: where to place the stop loss. In this article we will describe the most effective stop loss techniques for chart trading.

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Trading Stocks with the Stochastic Oscillator

trading stochastic oscillator indicator 1

The Stochastic Oscillator is a popular overbought\oversold indicator that was developed by Dr. George Lane in the 1950s. In this article we will present its formula, what it represents and several methods to trade with it.

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Stock Charts Analysis April 15th: Trend Line and Triangle Chart Patterns

Amazon Stock Charts Analysis

First chart pattern that we can spot is in the Amazon stock, we can spot a strange channel pattern, with two parallel trend lines.

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Only a Stock Market History Chart Shows You Tops and Bottoms

When you look at a stock market history chart, like the one below, it is very straightforward to see where the market topped and bottomed. Many investors chase these tops and bottoms. Buying low and selling high is their ultimate trading dream. History charts make investing look easy, too easy.

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Stock Charts March 31th: Trend Line at Gold, Channel at Intel Stock

Wedge chart pattern

In Exxon Mobile stock we can see a strange wedge pattern.

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Chart Analysis November 30th: Diamond Chart Pattern, Double Bottoms

Diamond chart pattern

First chart pattern we can see is the Diamond chart pattern at EADS stock.

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Chart Pattern Analysis 21th: Wedge Patterns, Triangle, Pullback to Resistance

Channel chart pattern

First pattern for today is the good ol’ Channel pattern, at the Kraft foods stock.

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Chart Pattern Analysis November 16th: Triangles at Gold, Palladium and GOOG hits Resistance

DAX Triangle Chart Pattern

First of all, we can see a very accurate Triangle chart pattern at the DAX-30 (the German stock index).

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Chart Pattern Analysis November 13th: 13.1% Gain + 5.1% Gain on GOLD Trade

Gold successful pullback after double bottom

I wish to start by showing you the Gold trade we recommended a few days ago has reached its target and got the traders 5.1% Gain, and about 87.85 points profit.

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Trading Stocks with the Bollinger Bands

Reversal signals on Bollinger Bands

Developed by John Bollinger in the 1980s, the Bollinger Bands are one of the most popular technical analysis indicators.

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