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How do you feel if you sell a stock and then it keeps going higher?
Posted on 9/7/16 at 11:55 pm
Posted on 9/7/16 at 11:55 pm
I have been stock heavy in my investments and the last year to year and a half I decided to start dumping my company stock because it was at an all time high and now it just keeps going higher 
I know nobody can tell the future this is the first major transaction I have ever made and it just pisses me off. Traded shares at around $92 and then dumped more when it got to $106. This am it was around $119. I just keep calculating the money I missed out on by not waiting stock has gone from $32 to $119 in 5 years.
I know nobody can tell the future this is the first major transaction I have ever made and it just pisses me off. Traded shares at around $92 and then dumped more when it got to $106. This am it was around $119. I just keep calculating the money I missed out on by not waiting stock has gone from $32 to $119 in 5 years.This post was edited on 9/7/16 at 11:57 pm
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Posted on 9/8/16 at 6:36 am to Rize
Woulda, shoulda, coulda.. Hindsight is always 20/20.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 6:38 am to Rize
You're doing right by trimming on the way up. I'm in the process of trimming my company stock back via calls
Posted on 9/8/16 at 7:56 am to Rize
You shouldn't of sold it. You should've waiting until it got to it's highest point and then sold.
Live and learn.
Live and learn.
This post was edited on 9/8/16 at 8:11 am
Posted on 9/8/16 at 8:40 am to Chuker
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You should've waiting until it got to it's highest point and then sold
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:10 am to Rize
I don't linger on it too long. If I sell at a significant profit I am very happy and don't worry if it goes higher. I still track some I've sold and wait for a buying opportunity.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:27 am to Rize
why dump it? let it dump itself and set up stop-losses. read the charts and look at technicals. set it up. that way if there is not enough retraction you keep riding the wave up.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:41 am to Rize
if i made a killing off of it when I sold, why would I care? I'm not a gambling addict.
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:56 am to Rize
Pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered
Never feel bad about selling stock and making money , regardless of what happens tomorrow
Never feel bad about selling stock and making money , regardless of what happens tomorrow
Posted on 9/8/16 at 9:57 am to Rize
Maybe not this instance, but Pigs get slaughtered
Posted on 9/8/16 at 10:34 am to Rize
You made money, you did good. Pat your self on the back and start looking for your next bargain.
Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:11 pm to Odinson
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Maybe not this instance, but Pigs get slaughtered
Looking for in old thread I created for the OT and I found this gym.
Company stock ended up going to $928 last year. I really regret selling those couple thousand shares back then
Posted on 6/13/25 at 10:31 pm to Rize
The bright side.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 12:08 am to Rize
Don’t kill yourself over it man. Hopefully you pulled the money to use for your family or do something with it in life.
It’s money, always time to make more of it.
It’s money, always time to make more of it.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 5:14 am to Rize
You reason for selling was sound.
You are managing the risk of one stock making up a large percent of your portfolio.
I’ve read 10% is a suggested limit of personal wealth tied up in one stock.
Buying at the floor and selling at the ceiling is not common.
You are managing the risk of one stock making up a large percent of your portfolio.
I’ve read 10% is a suggested limit of personal wealth tied up in one stock.
Buying at the floor and selling at the ceiling is not common.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 7:39 am to Rize
It's like any other decision in life. Once you make it, don't look back. Own it.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 7:46 am to Rize
I remind myself of all the times I sold at a loss, because I held them for too long.
Profit is profit, get it and never look back.
Profit is profit, get it and never look back.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 8:34 am to DarthRebel
So what did you do with the money? If you reinvested the money and made money off those you could have came out ahead. I have a 100% rule. When I reach 100% of profit I sell half. When I reach 200% I sell half of the half. When I reach 300% of profit I sell the rest. I take the profit and invest it in VOO and QQQ. I take my initial investment and invest it a new stock I like. There is exceptions. My four exceptions are GOOG, AAPL, MSFT,and KO. Those are the stocks when I was a kid I dreamed of owning so I keep them as my framework of my portfolio.
Posted on 6/14/25 at 9:18 am to Rize
Take it from someone who sold amazon way too early many years ago and nflx way too early as well its going to happen to everyone. You should have a few that you did get on early to balance those out but it seems to hit harder on the ones you missed on.
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