“You’ve been Fi-served.” Down 44% in a day? Well, at least if you had a stop order… uh, nope. That’s the message here. Stop orders will not save you when a stock plunges overnight. In fact, for decades I’ve been trying to say the same thing, to prevent traders and investors from getting burned. More News from Barchart When you set a stop-loss order, unless it is a day-trade situation or a small down move in a stock that takes it right under your stop price level, you can’t rely on the order to help you. ...