Limit orders for SPY


Now that $384 has been breached, I plan to start my entries in SPY next week with a more systemic and stress-free method. Do you like limit orders? If you do, how do you usually do that? Personally I prefer the catch-the-falling-knife (every 1% off) approach because I feel that I'm always involved/participated in the action.

Method 1: On every pre-market and provided the last close price is below $384, I'll set limit orders at 0.99x, 0.98x, 0.97x, 0.96x and 0.95x of last close price. QTY is 5 for every 5% off $384. So $384~$364.80=5 units per knife; $364.80~$345.60=10 units per knife, etc., etc.

Method 2: Set and Forget. I understand there's risk of sudden drop in pre-market and smashed through a few knives going down:

SPY @ $384 Bid Price QTY
0.99 $380.16 5
0.98 $376.32 5
0.97 $372.48 5
0.96 $368.64 5
0.95 $364.80 5
0.94 $360.96 10
0.93 $357.12 10
0.92 $353.28 10
0.91 $349.44 10
0.90 $345.60 10
0.89 $341.76 15
0.88 $337.92 15
0.87 $334.08 15
0.86 $330.24 15
0.85 $326.40 15
0.84 $322.56 20
0.83 $318.72 20
0.82 $314.88 20
0.81 $311.04 20
0.80 $307.20 20


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