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Old 12-28-2017, 12:56 AM   #1574
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Originally Posted by lewdog View Post
What are your guys recommendations for placing Stop loss orders on securities where you've made a decent profit from you initial investment.

I bought into Canopy Growth at $8. It's currently trading around $21. Where would you place a Stop Loss order to lock in profits? It's a volatile stock that I could see having large swings based on more/less regulations. Should I consider a Stop loss around $16 where I could sell my shares for a double profit if it dropped. I could then consider buying back in at a point lower than this if it kept declining for a while?

What are your strategies for locking in gains using Stop Loss orders?
In commodities there are support and resistance that works, but you have to put it past the support or resistance because a lot of stops get run.

I've never done it on stocks, but if it were me, I'd put the stop outside the biggest daily move over the last year.
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