Don't move the stop out of pain

3 min · 7 steps

1. Step 1 · Where the stop sits

   You set the stop beyond the sweep: that's where the idea breaks.

   BTC 4h, Feb 24, 2024: entry at 51 438 from the FVG, stop at 50 521 below the sweep low. If price gets there, the reversal idea is gone.

   entry

   51 438

   stop

   50 521

   1R

   $917

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2. Step 2 · Pain

   Price drops below the entry, and your hand reaches for the stop.

   32 hours after entry, Feb 26: price is below entry. You want to tighten the stop to the middle of the risk, to 50 979.

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3. Step 3 · What happened

   The moved stop got hit; the original held.

   At 08:00 price dipped to 50 901 and would have hit the 50 979 stop. The original held, and the target was hit at 16:00.

   moved · 50 979

   −0.5R

   hit at 08:00

   beyond the sweep · 50 521

   +1.7R

   0.41R of room to the stop

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4. Step 4 · Moving by plan

   You move a stop by a rule written before the entry.

   SOL 15m, Aug 19, 2025: the rule is “after +1R, stop to breakeven”. Price reached +1R at 23:45, and the stop moved to 178.14.

   Price reached +1.6R but never hit the 175.69 target.

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5. Step 5 · Find it yourself

   When can you move the stop?

   Rule: after +1R, stop to breakeven. Short from 178.14, +1R = 176.74: tap the candle.

   Practice on the chart

   This is a Find it yourself task: tap a candle or a level, and the lesson tells you right away if you got it.

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6. Step 6 · How it shows up for you

   Practice on the chart

   This is the How it shows up for you step: the lesson finds trades on this topic in your journal.

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7. Step 7 · Rule

   Only a rule written in advance moves the stop.

   to your Pact

   I move a stop only by a rule written before the entry.

   “Moved stop” goes on the stop list: a trade with this tag is a rule break, and your streak counts it.