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Moving a stop-loss further away once a trade starts going against you is one of the most common — and most damaging — habits in trading.
It usually comes from hope rather than analysis: a belief the position will “come back” if given more room, rather than a genuine change in the setup’s validity.
It turns a small, planned loss into a larger, unplanned one — undermining the entire purpose of setting a stop-loss in the first place.
If a trade hits its stop-loss, exit it. If you still believe in the idea, that’s a separate decision to re-enter with a fresh, deliberately chosen stop-loss — not a reason to move the original one.
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