At the moment, investors are in panic mode.

While China is still prepping for trade talks this week, President Trump increased pressure for the two sides to reach a deal. On Sunday, the President said he would hike tariffs to 25% by Friday on $200 billion worth of goods if the two sides didn't reach a deal.

Hopefully, the two sides can reach a deal this week. If not, global markets are likely to take a massive dive on shock. Should that happen, you want to protect yourself three ways.

Tip No. 1 – Have Discipline

When markets fall apart, we tend to get a bit emotional. Logic goes right out the window. Discipline means holding on to good stocks, even if they move lower.

If you were to buy Intel at the current price of $14.00, you'd be able to buy 72 shares for just over $1,000. If you were to choose GE, you'd be able to buy 80 shares, etc. As you can see, you could easily invest $6,000 into these blue chip stocks.

On average, the U.S. stock market moves up or down by around 1% a day. Certainly there are days when the entire market will move 2% or more, but on average, the net change on most days is around 1%.