Right, trading hasn’t been sane since it went mechanical. It should be outlawed.
If he doesn’t want to worry about the drop he could day trade or put in trailing stops but it is ridiculous. Like some game and it’s not a game, it’s people’s money they’re messing with like they’re fixing the numbers. That’s how they can get killed to when their auto trades go against them, especially if their short and market gets flooded with buys.