Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Re: Selling An Investment

Postby winston » Tue Mar 07, 2017 2:08 pm

Here's the best way to sell your stocks: trader

Professionals trade according to a plan that is thought out in advance. That plan is based on market action for their chosen time frame.

The only true way to measure if a stock is behaving as it should is with technical analysis.


For longs, stops should be placed just below the most recent support. I like to use a 10-day chart using 10-minute bars for finding that support for a swing trade.

For longer-term trades you would look at levels on a daily or weekly chart.

For shorts, stops should be place just above a recent resistance level.


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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Sun Mar 19, 2017 3:43 pm

If You Wait For Analysts To Bail, It's Too Late: Learn The Key Sell Signals

A break of support at the 50-day moving average (daily chart) or 10-week moving average (weekly chart) in heavy volume, as well as cutting losses at 7-8% are annotated when appropriate.

IBD also has rules that showcase the time to sell on the way up. For instance, when a stock breaks out and rallies 20%-25% past a buy point, investors will be reminded of an IBD sell rule that says to generally take at least partial profits when a stock's gain hits 20% to 25%, because that's around the time the stock is ready to consolidate gains and perhaps form a new base.


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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Mon Apr 17, 2017 5:03 pm

How to Be a Master of Market Timing

By JAMES "REV SHARK" DEPORRE

I have found that it is beneficial for me to sell everything I own every once in a while, especially when the market is acting poorly. That frees me of my emotional attachments and allows me to view the stocks I like with fresh eyes and greater objectively.

I always can buy back stocks that I still favor, so the cost of selling tends to be very minor or even beneficial in a down-trending market.


The first rule of holes is that when you are in one, stop digging. The same applies to stock. When they are in a downtrend, dump them.


Badly timed sales can be costly, but simply holding on to stocks in the wrong market can be a disaster.

Watch the price action, and when it turns down then get out of the way. Simply doing that will make you a master of market timing.


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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Thu May 04, 2017 8:29 am

3 Warning Signs It’s Time to Sell a Stock

By Brent M. Wilsey

Warning Sign No. 1:
If a company has a debt/equity ratio over 150%.


Warning Sign No. 2:
If a company has a current ratio below 0.6.


Warning Sign No. 3:
If the forward P-E multiple on GAAP earnings per share hits 16.5.


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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Wed May 17, 2017 9:04 pm

These 3 Red Flags Signal When It’s Time to Get Out of a Stock

By Samuel Taube

1. Restatements

This red flag is pretty self-explanatory. If a company gets its own financial statements wrong and has to issue a revision, that doesn’t bode well for its accounting practices.


2. Divergent Growth Rates

Watch out for companies that report earnings growth while other income metrics like free cash flow are falling.


3. Line Item Outliers

These are red flags that take a little more digging to find. In order to recognize a number as an outlier, you have to know its normal range.


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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Sun May 28, 2017 8:55 pm

How Do You Know When to Sell Your Stocks?

By Samuel Taube

1. Trailing Stops
2. Holding Criteria
3. Price Targeting



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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:22 am

Time to Take Stock Profits? 4 Steps to Consider Now

By Ray E. LeVitre

Step One: Examine your allocation
Step Two: Trim down over concentrated positions
Step Three: Diversify
Step Four: Execute your plan and stay the course


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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:59 pm

Selling a Stock: When Is the Right Time?

by Steve Economopoulos

The best way to know the right time to sell is to have a plan with each holding when you purchase it.

Having a plan is your roadmap to your purchase and sell decisions. The decision to sell becomes much easier if you learn how to make the best decision to buy.

Buying an investment at the right time and having a plan for how long you anticipate holding it will get you on the right path.

Taking the emotion out of your sell decision happens prior to the purchase in order to set the best stop level to take a loss if you’re wrong or feeling satisfied in taking a profit when you are right.

Prior to making an investment, you need to have a plan for each holding, which includes a stop price, target price and ongoing monitoring of chart movements on a daily basis.

With a proper buy point, have patience and monitor your investment. Be prepared to sell at any given time if any of the original conditions change, or if certain prices are met.

This means the possibility of selling at the stop loss, price target or anywhere in between. Adjust those prices as you continue to hold the investment.

With a few of these key items part of your plan, it should help improve the ratio of success of your overall investment strategy.



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Re: Selling (Exiting) An Investment

Postby winston » Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:44 am

How to Overcome the Desire to Sell Too Early

By JAMES "REV SHARK" DEPORRE

When you enter a stock too big and too fast you impair your ability to be patient.

You are more likely to be shaken out on minor volatility or to take profits too quickly if there is a quick spike.


Getting a foot in the door is key when you are stalking a good trade. When you see that the market finally is embracing the stock for the right reasons it gives you confidence to scale up.


The second way to increase your piggishness is to make exits on an incremental basis.


I may exit part of a position and then put a trailing stop on the rest so that I still can profit if my timing is off.


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