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Recommendation for stop loss and the stop limit order

It has been very frequently seen that the investers are being made confused regarding to choose between the stop limit order and the stop loss . Most of the New investors are often encouraged to use stop loss rather than stop limit orders because at times stop-limit orders may not execute under critical circumstances where markets are falling faster where a exit is mandatory for investors to protect them from losses. However stop-limit orders are little advanced and helps a frequent trader to get better price execution at the determined price level.

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