My limit order got filled while I was in the bathroom at a gas station near Dallas

I was on a road trip last Friday and pulled over at a Love's in Wylie, Texas. While I was inside grabbing a soda, my broker filled a sell order on my AAPL shares at $178.32. I had set a stop-limit earlier that morning because I was worried about a dip, but I didn't expect it to trigger so fast. By the time I got back in the car and checked my phone, the stock had already bounced back up 2 bucks. Has anyone else had a stop-loss or limit order fill at the worst possible moment?

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samf9520d ago

man honestly you're looking at this backwards lol. that stop loss saved your ass even if it felt bad in the moment. you set a plan because you were worried about a dip and it worked exactly how it was supposed to. if the stock had kept dropping instead of bouncing you'd be kicking yourself for not having that stop in place. timing the exact bottom is impossible so locking in a profit or cutting a loss at a predetermined level is actually the smart play. the 2 bucks it bounced back is just noise man, you followed your strategy and that counts for more than trying to guess every little wiggle.

anna_shah920d ago

Ngl that's exactly what I read on r/stocks yesterday about sticking to your plan.