Where do you put your stop for a breakout trade?

Below the break, back inside the range, under the last swing — breakout stops vary more than breakout entries, and the choice decides your risk and your win rate at once.

Where do you put your stop for a breakout trade? — support and resistance diagram
Price bouncing between support and resistance

Share your placement:

  • the structure you anchor the stop to
  • how you handle a stop that would be too far for your risk
  • whether you widen or skip when the stop distance doesn't fit
Where do you put your stop for a breakout trade? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The stop-loss guide covers the logic for each anchor.

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