Trading algorithms with tight stop losses triggered and human beings caved to their own emotions.
Amplats denied the claim and said the cuts were needed to stop losses.
Still another trader said the move accelerated when stop losses were triggered.
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Stop losses may take people out of their favorites, but they will allow them to buy those favorites back when the dust settles.
Barry wrote the definitive case for stop losses 7 years ago, Derek wrote the definitive guide to using stop losses last week.
Many professionals evolve to mental stops but after 10 years, I still use hard stops or physical orders for 90% of my stop losses.
The key to his strategy is to buy stocks while they are in a consolidation area and to keep strict stop losses in to minimize losses if the markets turn against you.
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Retail investors holding China through popular exchange traded funds like the iShares FTSE China Xinhua 25 (FXI) are better off buyin puts (right to sell at a certain price within a certain time period), or if they are new buyers of FXI, program stop losses, which of course is free of charge.
Virtually any entity that implements a tip line (either by telephone or web-portal) and commensurate training program will see lower losses and shorter detection times to stop the losses and catch the perpetrators.
Daily momentum remains positive, however, market stop-losses continue to be raised towards that 1.3260-80 level.
Therefore, we are using various stop-losses, expert sources and somewhat unconventional methods of analyzing supply and or demand.
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However, do not be surprised to see that the bulls continue to find stop-losses so close so appealing to trigger.
The long stop-losses are comfortably placed below the 21 DMA of 1.3230.
Investors remain better sellers of the single currency on rallies (1.3060-90), preferring to be located atop of the weaker stop-losses placed between the 1.3030-50 range.
This consolidation is now favoring the shorts as the growth of stop-losses below the single units 1.2950 level may eventually shift market focus from 1.3000.
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The trouble is that stop-losses are too often used as tools for market timing--a game far more likely to enrich your broker and Uncle Sam than you.
The interbank market tried in vain to trigger stop-losses sub-1.3460, ran smack into central bank support, got themselves short and now have been chasing the EUR higher ever since.
Such a meagre growth rate will not suffice to stop further job losses.
Billions of dollars worth of water infrastructure upgrades are needed in the United States to stop major water losses each year.
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That, however, did not stop its net losses from mounting as it accelerated the depreciation of its outdated Nextel network and incurred other one-time expenses related to the shutdown.
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While video subscriber losses continued, the company hopes that these losses will stop once all subscribers shift to its digital platform.
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If you are a stock investor, consider strategies such as placing stop-loss orders to reduce losses in a volatile market, subscribing to services that email you company specific news as it happens, and setting up loss review trigger points to review your investment.
Why Crull even felt compelled to pay for the losses sustained on an authorized stop-loss is not explained.
Finally, investors can use a stop-loss strategy to mitigate greater losses should their assessment of the opportunity prove to be wrong.
One of the most effective ways of limiting your losses is through a predetermined stop order, which is commonly referred to as a stop-loss.
The industry shares a database to help identify illegal behavior, not only to help the government stop criminals but also to mitigate fraud losses, which run into billions.
That ripple effect is that the banks will ultimately see mounting losses and they will just simply stop lending to particular segments in the market.
In order to avoid the possibility of chalking up uncontrolled losses, you can place a stop-sell order at a certain price so that your position will automatically be closed out when that price is reached.
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