That's. One of the big risk in trading hopefully not any more coming down the pike. Its one of the risks that u have to be wiiling to take.

To protect your account, you must not place an orders if unnecessary. Use all the resources that could possibly a source of knowledge to avoid losses.

You can protect your account by setting SL and TP. It is the only way to protect your account.

As a general rule, you want to avoid placing stops at round numbers such as $36 because many traders place their stop orders at the round numbers. Once the stock hits this round number, it triggers one last round of selling. The key to choosing a more successful stop is to place your order at an odd number with enough room to account for the last potential round of selling.