If you have good reason to believe a trade will continue in the direction you desire, it doesn't make sense to
use a tight stop loss.
When to
use a tight stop loss — If you believe a trade could move in your favor but will definitely continue to move away from your entry point after it reaches a certain price, you should use the tightest stop your trade will allow.
By
using a tighter stop loss, I was also able to achieve a better risk to reward ratio.
Not exact matches
tight stop losses,
use of charts, sticking clear of falling knives.
For a long position,
using the bar high as a price anchor produces a
tighter stop -
loss.
You can either take the trade with a
tighter stop loss as we discussed above, or you can
use a normal distance
stop loss (in the example of a pin bar, a normal
stop loss distance would be the full length of the pin bar from high to low).
By further refining your
stop loss placement (ideally making it a little
tighter or
using trailing
stop losses), I think the results could improve.
Discover the circumstances when
using a
tight stop -
loss order may not be appropriate.
You can
use tight stops and take more small
losses, or you can give your trades more room to breath at the expense of taking larger
losses.
Whether you're
using a
tighter or looser
stop loss strategy, you should never risk more than you are willing to lose.