Ernest Tucker said:
Do any of y'all experience a phenomenon where you set a stop/limit on a contract that is doing nothing but trending up, then will reverse, hit the stop limit and then immediately go back to trending up? Its causing me to be gun shy about setting any stop limits at all.
Yes, and if you think it's bad if you do it with shares, options makes it a nightmare. Stops on Options are treacherous. They're great to save you, but often cost you gains. If you're in an illiquid option, or if you're on an OTM option you're really risking getting pegged.
My best luck with it is to set the stop limit based on what the "ASK" is, not the "Mark" and also setting the Limit price to be an amount BELOW the stop so the fill actually happens.