A trailing stop will protect your profits by enabling a trade to remain open as long as it is moving in the right direction. The trailing stop is flexible, automatically tracks the price and does not have to be manually reset like the fixed stop loss. The position will close automatically should the price goes against the trade by a specified percentage or amount.
Category Archives: Trailing Stops
The ADXVMA Indicator and Adaptive Moving Averages
The ADXVMA indicator is an adaptive moving average and automatically responds to price volatility. Specifically, it follows price closely during trending markets whereas it is less sensitive during sideways action. To learn more about the ADXVMA indicator and adaptive moving averages, watch the video or continue reading below: Moving Averages vs. Adaptive Moving Averages Originally,…
SuperTrend: A Versatile Stop Loss
The SuperTrend indicator is an enhancement of the Maximum Adverse Excursion (MAE) concept, as introduced by John Sweeney in the mid-nineties. It is most commonly applied as a trailing stop indicator, adjusting to both prices and volatility. When volatility is high, the trailing stop is further away from prices. Conversely, when volatility is low, the…
Chande Kroll Stop vs Chandelier Exit
The Chande Kroll Stop was presented by Tushar Chande and Stanely Kroll in “The New Technical Trader”. It is a volatility based trailing stop and as most indicators in this category, it will help manage your profits by keeping positions open as long as they move in your favor. In this post we’ll compare the…
The Wilder Volatility Stop
When used with time based bars, the Volatility Stop indicator adjusts to the current market environment. Specifically, it allows for stop widening when volatility increases and tightening when it decreases.
The ATR Trailing Stop
In this post we introduce our ATR trailing stop indicator for NinjaTrader 8. The ATR responds to volatility, highlighting possible trend changes…