I am planning to apply trailing stop loss on my positions.
For new buys, I can place a stop-loss at 20% but every week I have to check the price.
I have placed SL using GTT and if the trigger price is more than 21% I will adjust it to 20% daily.
Example:
Buy Price: 100
SL placed during buy: 80
Week1:
Price of stock: 85
SL for the week: 68
SL will not change in GTT order since 60<80.
SL remains 80
Week2:
Price of stock: 102
SL for the week: 81.6
SL will change in GTT order since 81.6>80
The new SL order is 81.6
Week3:
Price of stock: 125
SL for the week: 100
SL will change in GTT order since 100>81.6
The new SL order is 100
Week4:
Price of stock: 150
SL for the Week: 120
Price of stock: 180
SL for the Week: 144
Price of stock: 145
SL for the week: 116
SL will not change in GTT order since 116<144.
SL remains 144
Week7:
Price of stock: 190
SL for the Week: 152