🛡️ Risk & psychology · Lesson 1/7
Protect your money first: the stop loss
Professionals think about losses before profits. · ⏱ 4 min
- Rule 1: protect your capital.
- Rule 2: don’t lose money.
- Rule 3: protect your profits.
- Rule 4: cut losses short.
A stop loss is a sell price you decide before you buy — the exit if the trade goes wrong. You decide while calm, so fear can’t decide for you later.
For learning only, not investment advice.