A bull trap is a term often referred to a long down trend in a stock. Some traders has often already given up their rights missing out on the opportunity when the trend on your option charting software goes back up again. Here are a few valuable tips that you should remember how to not get stuck in a “bull trap”:

  1. Conduct research of the company where you shares of stock. This simple task might provide you an idea how a company handles a down trend by studying its performance in the past. Just to be sure, invest only in strong companies with strong stocks.
  2. Base your trading decision on the chart. The chart reflects the sales of the company. It is always best to buy stocks from those companies whose performance is trending up. This is no assurance though that it would not turn into a bad deal. But the rule is, up is always a good place to start.
  3. Minimize loss. If it is really unavoidable that you be at the losing end, at least, the wisest thing to do is to cut off losses. There are so many ways to survive this. It is all up to you to figure it out.

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