Why most retail traders should stop using stop losses

Breaking News To Trading Moves · May 21, 2026 · 22m

In this episode of Breaking News to Trading Moves, we explore one of the most uncomfortable debates in trading: are stop losses really protecting retail traders, or are they quietly becoming the reason many traders get shaken out before the real move begins?

The discussion starts with the 2010 Flash Crash, when markets fell violently in minutes and many stop loss orders turned into market sell orders during thin liquidity. What was meant to act as protection became part of the selling pressure. That moment raises a bigger question: should hard stop losses be treated as risk control, or as…