US capital building gets breached. Is this the end?

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Originally Posted by peterpal [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Depends how you set it up. A market stop loss would sell generally sell at that price minus some minor slippage. Shouldn't be a big problem unless your particular exchange/broker has low liquidity or you're trading absurdly large amounts of money.

This. Now, if there's a complete sell off then your stop loss order is essentially worthless since no one will likely buy a stock that is totally cratering in real time. However, for most situations you shouldn't slip too far past your loss order.