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How do you deal with gap risk fear?

L
Jun 19, 2026 · 01:04

One of the main things that stops me from trying swing trading seriously is gap risk

How do you guys deal with gap risk?

These days it happens so often that a stock can open the next day with like a 5% gap down or more, all the while you can't protect against it with a stop or anything

Seasoned swing traders, how do you deal with this?

I feel like the logical answer is "size down" but then you size down and make so little that you may as well just invest it and forget about trading