Vantage Stop Loss Orders guide

A stop loss order instructs the platform to close a position once the price reaches a level you set. In general terms, a standard stop loss becomes a market order when triggered, which means the fill price can differ from the stop level during fast or thin markets. Some brokers also offer guaranteed stops, trailing stops or stop-limit variants, each with different behaviour and sometimes different costs. Whether any of these exist at Vantage, on which platforms, and on which instruments is something you must confirm in the broker's current product documentation rather than assume.

Before you depend on a stop loss at Vantage, work through the broker's own materials methodically. Read the current order execution policy or equivalent document, check the platform help pages for the exact order types listed, and open a demo or small live position to observe how stop orders are placed and modified in practice. Ask support in writing whether stops are held on the server or only in the platform, how they behave during weekends and market gaps, and whether any minimum stop distance applies. Keep copies of the answers for your records.

For long-term investors, stop losses are one option among several for managing risk; position sizing, diversification and periodic rebalancing usually do more of the work. If you hold leveraged products such as CFDs, understand that gaps can move price past a standard stop, so your realised loss can exceed the level you set. Decide in advance whether a stop suits your holding period, and factor order-related costs into your overall cost picture. You can compare broader approaches on the Long-term investing hub at /invest-long-term, apply this checklist during selection via /find-my-broker, and estimate trading costs with the Brokerage fee calculator at /tools/brokerage-fee-calculator.