Technique Using ATR For Intraday Stop PlacementOver the past month, I have been getting stopped out left and right using the same 50 tick stops I was using in June and July. After 4 weeks of getting beat up, I just realized that it was because my stop losses have been way too small. I was always wondering why I would get stopped out by a few ticks and then the market would go in my favor, without me. I was not taking in account volatility. The 50 tick stops are not cutting it anymore and I need to upper it to 70.
I have come up with my own way of using ATR to find my best stop size when intraday trading on the 15-minute chart.
I mark the clusters of the peaks with a top/bottom and 50% line. Just like RSI's zero line, the 50% line is the stop I need to use. In this case, I need to be using 70 tick stops. My targets are always 2.5 times my stops. In this case 70 x 2.5= 175
I hope this can help anyone; I need to increase my stop sizes to avoid getting stopped out needlessly.