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Trailing Stops: What You Need to Know

By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - December 1, 2014

Trailing stops are crucial investment tools. They offer downside protection when stocks drop, and they help secure profits during an upward run.

But in order for trailing stops to work, investors must understand how and when to use them.

Here's how to make trailing stops work for you.

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Trailing Stops: What You Need to Know

By Money Morning Staff Reports, Money Morning - December 1, 2014

Trailing stops are crucial investment tools. They offer downside protection when stocks drop, and they help secure profits during an upward run.

But in order for trailing stops to work, investors must understand how and when to use them.

Here's how to make trailing stops work for you.

Why Ultimate Trailing Stops Are an Essential Investing Strategy

By Keith Fitz-Gerald, Chief Investment Strategist, Money Map Report • @kfgtotalwealth - October 30, 2014

You've spotted an unstoppable, trillion-dollar trend. You've identified the stock that's set to benefit most and made a trade using the tactics that will squeeze the most profit out of it.

Nicely done.

Now it's time for the final piece of the Total Wealth strategy.

Mention the words "risk management" and most investors get a look that's somewhere between "bored" and "terrified." It's not that they don't want to control risk; they're just not sure how and they don't make it a priority.

Yet the most direct path to building a fortune is not losing your money in the first place.

All you really need is a handful of tools - which I'm going to walk you through one by one in the coming weeks - and the discipline to enforce them.

One you're probably already familiar with is a trailing stop. They're usually automatic sell orders set at a specific percent below the market price of the investment you hold or at some predetermined dollar amount of risk on a given investment. While people typically think of trailing stops as downside protection, in fact, they can be used to lock in profits, too. That's why I recommend using them on almost every investment.

But few people use what I call "Ultimate Trailing Stops."

Why Trailing Stops Are One of the Most Important Investment Tools Ever

By Ernie Tremblay, Biotech Investing Specialist, Money Morning - June 26, 2014

Today I want to offer a deeper explanation of one of the very best investment tools: trailing stops.
Every single one of Money Morning's experts advocates using them, and for good reason. A "trailing stop" serves a dual role: It allows investors to capture profits and protect capital from catastrophic loss.

Here’s exactly how this investment tool works – and the best strategy for putting them to work in your portfolio today.