Amazing Method for Reducing Trading Risk of Loss
August 28, 2009 by David
Filed under Commodities Futures, Money Matters, Stocks & Options, Technical Analysis
This Special Report reveals an amazing method we can teach you to reduce risk of loss when trading the financial markets by staying in good trades, but trading with small stop-loss orders to avoid large trade losses.

Teaching traders to trade successfully
Always using a stop-loss order is normally critical to commodity futures trading success. The most famous stocks and commodities trader of all time, Mr. William D. Gann, said repeatedly in his books and commodity course that it’s always critically important to place a stop-loss order on each trade you make. That way bad signals and losing trades will not likely wipe out your trading capital, thanks to your stop-loss order giving you some protection.
Most trading systems and trading methods require fairly large stop-loss orders. That is because stops are frequently based on one or more of the following logical (but frequently ineffective) trading methodologies:
Place a stop-loss order at a pre-determined percentage of the true daily trading range. For example, if the true daily range or average of recent true ranges (High minus Low, plus any gap between prior close and today’s low or high) is say 83 points, then the stop may be set at perhaps 120% of that range or about 100 points. In the Deutsche Mark that equals $1,250.00 stop, plus any price slippage..
Another method is by placing a stop-loss just under the last swing-low or pivot-low. Note: A swing-low is a low point with higher prices on each side. For example, if last swing-low was at 7650 and price moves up for a few days to say 7750, then triggers a buy signal, stop may be placed just under the low price of the low day, perhaps at 7649. Unfortunately, that example means a potential risk of over 100 points ($1,250.00+). Of course, the reverse is also applicable on a sell position, with the stop being just above swing-high.
Using a moving average penetration as a stop, i.e., place a stop on a long trade at just under a simple moving average, possibly based on a 9-day average. The trouble here is that if we entered long at about 77.50, by the time the moving average is penetrated by the price, the moving average may be well below the market (due to its inherent lag-time), at 7600 or so. That results in a stop-loss at 7599 stop, and a risk of about $1,900.00.
One more stop-loss trading approach is to place a stop order under last week’s lowest price. This method may be even riskier because last week’s low may be 7550. That requires a stop of 7549 or lower, and a risk in excess of 200 points or over $2,500.00.
Another simple and a completely unscientific trading approach is known as a "money stop." It involves setting an usually arbitrary stop based on either the maximum money you wish to lose, or stop based on a reasonable sounding number of points or dollars.
As an example, psychologically you may not want to lose more than $1,000 so you set your stop at a price equaling $1,000 loss potential. That number is arbitrary, so it may turn out to be either too small or too large, depending on the volatility and the market involved. For example, perhaps it’s too small a stop for T-Bonds when they’re volatile or too large when they are dull. If using the $1,000 stop-loss in the Corn market or another low-risk low volatility market, it may be too large a stop to use.
By now you may be asking if there’s a better way to set market stop orders more scientifically and with better reliability and accurately, thus enabling me to keep risk low and still avoid getting "stopped-out" needlessly and stay in the potential winning trade?
The good news is a big YES, there is a way to do much better. By using Webtrading’s "Drawdown Minimizer Logic." Drawdown Minimizer Logic is an amazing and proven way to set stop-loss levels very tightly to guard against large losses, yet keep the stop scientifically and strategically placed just far enough away to prevent premature hitting of the stop-loss; thus keeping you in most trades instead of being stopped-out at a loss. Don’t worry if this methodology seems too technical, because it’s basically simpler than it appears.
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