Soldato
As a noob who only invests in funds, why are so many people getting burned when their shares are sold at lower than their stop point they've set?
extremely high volatility
As a noob who only invests in funds, why are so many people getting burned when their shares are sold at lower than their stop point they've set?
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As a noob who only invests in funds, why are so many people getting burned when their shares are sold at lower than their stop point they've set?
extremely high volatility
Thanks for that.Simply, you can only sell your stock if someone wants to buy it.
You set your stop loss at 220 say. The price gets to 220 amid a big selloff and trips your stop loss. The exchange tries to sell your stock, but no-ones buying at 220 anymore as the market is plunging. It has to wait until there's a buyer.
Plus there's a queue. All these traders on their apps are right at the back of the queue. The big players and the algos are trading on systems sat physically next door to the exchange, so they're getting their orders in before all the muggins retail investors.
Big queue of sell orders forms in a falling market, and the exchange is filling it as fast as it can, all the while the price is plummeting. The stop losses are feeding the plunge.
This is why there are circuit breakers exists...to stop these sell off spirals.
Simply, you can only sell your stock if someone wants to buy it.
You set your stop loss at 220 say. The price gets to 220 amid a big selloff and trips your stop loss. The exchange tries to sell your stock, but no-ones buying at 220 anymore as the market is plunging. It has to wait until there's a buyer.
Plus there's a queue. All these traders on their apps are right at the back of the queue. The big players and the algos are trading on systems sat physically next door to the exchange, so they're getting their orders in before all the muggins retail investors.
Big queue of sell orders forms in a falling market, and the exchange is filling it as fast as it can, all the while the price is plummeting. The stop losses are feeding the plunge.
This is why there are circuit breakers exists...to stop these sell off spirals.
Nobody's paying 200, if the best buy offer is buying at 120, you're getting 120.So is it literally just a case of timing between a stop point of say 200 and the transaction going through the system at say 120? Have to say I assumed if you put 200 you would get 200!
Simply, you can only sell your stock if someone wants to buy it.
You set your stop loss at 220 say. The price gets to 220 amid a big selloff and trips your stop loss. The exchange tries to sell your stock, but no-ones buying at 220 anymore as the market is plunging. It has to wait until there's a buyer.
Plus there's a queue. All these traders on their apps are right at the back of the queue. The big players and the algos are trading on systems sat physically next door to the exchange, so they're getting their orders in before all the muggins retail investors.
Big queue of sell orders forms in a falling market, and the exchange is filling it as fast as it can, all the while the price is plummeting. The stop losses are feeding the plunge.
This is why there are circuit breakers exists...to stop these sell off spirals.
So is it literally just a case of timing between a stop point of say 200 and the transaction going through the system at say 120? Have to say I assumed if you put 200 you would get 200!
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