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How to use trailing stop loss

8 lessons · 15:02 · updated 9/10/2026
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Watch them in order, then explain the topic in your own words below.

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What you will do in this course

  • How trailing stops work
  • Trail your stop step by step
  • Trailing stop pitfalls
  • Set up a trailing stop
  • Trail stops with the trend
  • Trailing stop limit orders
  • Move stop to breakeven
  • Trailing stop vs take profit
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Getting started

2 lessons · short section, not a full path on its own

1. How Trailing Stop Orders Work!

How trailing stops work

Humphrey Yang · watch the original · 0:31

2. Setting up a Trailing Stop

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 1:17

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Getting started — Set up a trailing stop.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • How trailing stops work
  • Set up a trailing stop

Doing it properly

4 lessons

1. How Stop Loss Trailing Works

Trail your stop step by step

JeaFx · watch the original · 3:22

2. Stop Trailing with Trends

Trail stops with the trend

JeaFx · watch the original · 5:54

3. Move to Breakeven / Momentum Strategy

Move stop to breakeven

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 1:45

4. Trailing Stops vs Take Profit – Which One’s Better?

Trading Steady · watch the original · 0:30

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Doing it properly — Move stop to breakeven.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Trail your stop step by step
  • Trail stops with the trend
  • Move stop to breakeven

Going deeper

2 lessons · short section, not a full path on its own

1. Important Tips on Stop Loss Trailing

Trailing stop pitfalls

JeaFx · watch the original · 0:45

2. You should learn Trailing Stop Limit Orders

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 0:58

Now you explain it

Close what you watched and explain the topic in your own words in 30 seconds. What you can explain is what you have learned. You are marked against this course's lessons and nothing beyond them.

Explain how you would do this: Going deeper — Trailing stop limit orders.

You are judged on these, and nothing else in the course:

  • Trailing stop pitfalls
  • Trailing stop limit orders

Not part of the path

Added by readers, or indexed before this course was sorted. These are not counted as one of the three sections.

1. How trailing stop loss works

Trading Strategies · watch the original · 0:12 · a taster

2. How To Place The PERFECT Stop loss

TradingLab · watch the original · 0:51

3. Q: why don’t you use trailing stops in your trading?

Ross Cameron - Warrior Trading · watch the original · 0:58

4. TRADINGVIEW TRAILING STOP LOSS STRATEGY

SMRT Algo · watch the original · 0:20

5. Trailing stop loss works here

UK TRADER · watch the original · 0:05 · a taster

6. Q: where do I set a stop loss on a day trade?

Ross Cameron - Warrior Trading · watch the original · 0:57

7. How to Trail your Stop Loss in International Markets?

in Hindi

Booming Bulls · watch the original · 1:01

8. Trailing stop loss explained for beginners.

Johnny Trades · watch the original · 1:01

9. How To Get The Perfect Stop loss

TradingLab · watch the original · 1:00

10. Stop Loss | How to Place Your Stop Loss - pt. 1

Chris Sain · watch the original · 0:56

11. Use Trailing Stop-Loss to Maximize Profit

ForexUstaad.com · watch the original · 0:26

12. What is a Trailing Stop?

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 1:22

13. It's hard to apply in practice

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 1:29

14. Overfitting & Back Testing

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 1:56

15. Price Action / Auction Process

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 2:31

16. When it's ok to use Stop vs Stop Limit

VerrilloTrading · watch the original · 1:09