Stop orders automate buying/selling of stocks at set prices, limiting loss or securing profits. Sell-stop orders trigger sales when stocks drop to protect gains; buy-stop orders engage on price rises.

Stop orders activate at a set price; limit orders execute only at specified price limits. Stop-limit orders combine stop settings with limit protections against poor prices. Traders use stop-limit ...

For months, investors have been aggressively buying every dip. In early April, reports from JP Morgan and Fidelity highlighted that retail trading activity was still consistent with a “buy the dip” ...