I'll admit, that's something I've had a hard time with....those Pinocchio moves.     Whenever there's, say a support line, I'll try to place a stop several points below that support line, however quite often it executes and then reverses (bear trap).   Is there any general rule of thumb for placing stops to keep these Pinocchio traps from happening ?    Appreciate thoughts from anyone on this.      Many Thanks

    It's tough. I lost trailing

    Posted by mastermind on 18th of Aug 2023 at 05:52 pm

    It's tough. I lost trailing pieces on two of my still strong stocks - STRL & WFRD - when they opened below key moving averages and then finished solidly higher. I wish there was a setting to say "ignore stops for the first xx minutes of the day and then put them back on".

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