What is the 7% rule in trading?

Asked "What is the 7% rule in trading?", ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini and Google AI Mode named 13 distinct names across 5 answers on September 8, 2026, and 1 of them in two or more answers, and the engines did not agree; the closest to a consensus, Tradetron, was named by only 2 of 4.

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1 of 13 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 5 answers · asked September 8, 2026 · 4 engines

The 7% rule in trading is a stop-loss strategy where a trader sells a stock if it falls 7% below their purchase price to limit losses. This rule is primarily used by swing traders and growth investors to protect capital. The idea is to cut losses early and prevent small losses from becoming large ones.

1Tradetronnamed in 2 of 5 answers
2MetroTradenamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
3Investor's Business Dailynamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
4CAN SLIMnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
5Marketgeniusnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
6Bajaj Finservnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
7Defcofxnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
8DayTrading.comnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
9NYSEnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
10Nasdaqnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
11S&P 500named in 1 of 5 answersone answer
12Investopedianamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
13Bookmapnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer

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