What are the best ways to protect my earnings if stock market dips? Stop Loss? Stop Limit?

I've made some pretty solid gains on all my stocks over the last 6 years, and I'm wondering what I can do protect my gains in the event of a major stock market dip? Is there a certain percentage of gains where I should place a stop limit order? Just wondering what other people are doing to protect their portfolios.

Submitted October 03, 2017 at 08:15PM by moneybean http://ift.tt/2xfeuk8