How to hedge/stop loss my long portfolio holdings

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How hedge or limit my loss on my delivery holdings in the event of crash like mar 2020
for example
i have icici shares at 610 in my portfolio. i want to keep for long and also want to limit my loss .
sell off if price goes down 500 . how do i achive like that .

One way, i found , not sure whether it is right or not
Create gtt with OCO order , with stop loss trigger 500 price 498 and sell trigger price to Huge value like 1000
Is that correct or any other ways

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you may hedge with futures, you may get margin by pledging your shares, but this strategy only works with large quantity

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yes . but for smaller quantity ?

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you can hedge with the following methods for lower quantities

  1. Buy put options . If the cost is high you can go for a debit spread to reduce cost and match your delta
  2. Buy few negative correlation stocks/commodities . ( This is not a perfect solution)
  3. Just Keep a GTT as mentioned by you
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For small investors, it is better to hedge your portfolio with some gold. Keep investing, rebalancing and growing your portfolio and when it becomes sizeable enough such that a crash like that of 2020 might seriously hurt your short term returns, hedge with futures or options.

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thank you all for your reply