You're buying here. Where's your stop? A, B or C

You're buying right here. Where do you put your stop?

A, B, or C. Only one survives.

This is gold, one-hour chart, October 8. You buy at the close of this candle, around 4131.

A is tight, at 4120. B sits right under the obvious low, at 4109. C is lower, at 4095.

Pick one. Here's what happened next.

Two candles later, gold dipped to about 4110. Stop A is gone.

The next candle dug down to 4105, right through the obvious low. Stop B is gone too.

Then it closed back above, and gold rallied to about 4207 the next day. Only C survived.

Rule one: your stop goes below the swing low. A was above it, inside normal noise.

Rule two: not on the obvious line. B sat right where everyone's stop sits, so it got swept.

Rule three: add a buffer of about one normal candle. Here, a normal candle was about 14 dollars. That's C.

A wider stop means more risk per trade, so trade a smaller size.

Save this. Below the swing low. Not on the obvious line. Plus a buffer. Wider stop, smaller size.

Your turn. Where's your stop usually: tight like A, on the line like B, or with a buffer like C? Comment below.

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