Let’s say I’m shorting a stock. It’s currently at $2. I set a stop loss at $2.50. After hours trading brings the stock up to $5. How does my stop loss work in this case when the market opens? It will open $2.50 past my stop loss. Will my account blow up?

a stop loss is just a triggered market order. the result is that you will trigger at market open for whatever the going price is and it will lock in your losses immediately. use a stop limit instead and if your order cant guarantee a price is met, then it does nothing, there risks here being that t…

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What if a stock opens way past my stop loss? (CFD)

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Joppy May 23, 2020, 5:46pm 3

This is a great post explaining things if you need more info

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