Orders of Protection: How to Manage Risk with Stops and Conditional Orders
Summary
The essential task in risk management is to avoid big losses, so mastering the range of protective orders is a vital step in stock trading. In this session you'll learn the ins and outs of stop orders, stop limits, trailing stops, and conditional orders.
Speaker
Senior Strategist, Investor Education, E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley
Rick Swope is a Senior Strategist of Investor Education with E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley. As a veteran in the industry, Rick has presented at hundreds of seminars across the U.S. and around the world. His expertise covers technical analysis, market strategy, and risk management. He has extensive media experience, including a regional PBS weekly show, a national PBS pledge program, and numerous radio and television appearances. He is the principal author of the Amazon best seller, Five Points for Trading Success (Wiley, 2007) and co-author of Trading By Numbers (Wiley, 2012). Rick’s teaching includes corporate training as well as six years as an adjunct engineering instructor. He studied in the disciplines of engineering, mathematics, operations research, and statistics. He is married with two children and resides in Atlanta, GA. Rick holds FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses.