It should be the other way round. Real FX Traders use stop losses. Personally, I use stop loss and yes, I'm a real FX trader. The main reason for stop losses is to stop the degree of loss from growing until it gets too big, or even better still to stop the loss in the amount of your own liking. That's why they say, when you enter Forex, you must be prepared to lose the money that you put in. This why FX trader control the amount they are prepared to shed by using stop losses. Otherwise you would have to see all of your transactions 24/7 minute by minute based on you trading period frame.