stop-loss
Trader's damage cap
A stop-loss is an order to sell a security when it drops to a specified price, limiting potential losses.
The term extends to any mechanism that caps downside risk: The policy includes a stop-loss at $10,000 out-of-pocket.
In military contexts, stop-loss refers to policies that involuntarily extend soldiers' service beyond their contracted terms.
What initiates action
- executionCompleting a planned task
- sellTransfer for payment
- orderMethodical arrangement or request
- priceMonetary value assigned
threshold · position · broker · liquidation · trailing · market · exchange · automate
Noncommittal maneuvering
- capital preservationSafeguarding original investment value
- drawdownReduction over time
- money managementOverseeing personal funds
- exit strategyPreplanned departure method
diversification · volatility · discipline · portfolio · exposure · bear market · correction · downturn
Precaution against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- backstopBarrier behind target area
- cushionStuffed fabric for comfort
safety net · shield · defense · security · precaution · floor
Proportion out of hundred
- levelHorizontal or uniform position
- pointExact location or meaning
- boundaryLine marking a limit
- marginEdge of a page
tolerance · activation · breach · cap · ceiling · support level
trigger
What initiates action
price · threshold · position · broker · liquidation · trailing · market · exchange · automate · shares
hedging
Noncommittal maneuvering
- capital preservationSafeguarding original investment value
- drawdownReduction over time
- money managementOverseeing personal funds
exit strategy · diversification · volatility · discipline · portfolio · exposure · bear market · correction · downturn · sell-off
safeguard
Precaution against harm
- bufferProtective intermediate space
- insuranceContractual risk coverage
- backstopBarrier behind target area
cushion · safety net · shield · defense · security · precaution · floor
percentage
Proportion out of hundred
margin · tolerance · activation · breach · cap · ceiling · support level
- risk managementrisk sharing, risk analysis, risk factor, risk mitigation, risk appetite
- risk protectioninsurance, hedging, diversification, safe haven, asset allocation
- Reinsurancereinsurer, retrocession, retention, cession, proportional
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- military scandalsAbu Ghraib, Iran-Contra, Pentagon Papers, torture, cover-ups
- military servicemilitary service, active duty, deployment, tour of duty, combat duty
stop-lossdoubling down
Strengthening a risky commitment
let it ride · buy order · market entry · averaging down · diamond hands
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