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Gap risk
2 guides in Finabase Learn
- Stop and stop-limit orders: triggers, gaps and non-fill risk How stop and stop-limit orders trigger, why a gap fills a stop far below its price, when a stop-limit never sells, shown on Meta’s July 2026 earnings gap.
- Stop-loss placement: volatility, structure and time stops Where traders place stop-losses (ATR multiples, chart structure, percentages, time) and why a stop order never guarantees its price, shown on a real AAPL gap.
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