Best Time To Sell A Stock For The Most Profit

In this video we look at some options to determine the best time to sell a stock, including the approach I take in my own trading strategy.

There are many viable options to sell a stock whether that is Price Action, Moving Averages, Selling In Strength, Selling In Weakness or numerous technical indicators. The key however is to choose one and stick to it.

Having a subjective reason to sell a stock will not lead to a robust strategy or consistent returns.

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As a long term investor/trader I have consumed hundreds of financial books and endured countless hours of self education. My hope is that this channel will reduce the learning curve duration of many aspiring investors by providing the key information in a concise and enjoyable manner.

[FinancialWisdom]

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[jdmichigan]

That’s right money is made in the middle and not the top or the bottom. Best teacher around. Also when your going for big wins you have to give some back and that can be stressful.

[hasantao]

A few other suggestions for the existing strategy
1) look at relative strength of stock. If it is not performing well, it is an early indication to get out.
2) Exit when something abnormal happens in price action. For example, a larger than normal candle with higher volume or a breach of higher time frame low (in my case monthly low)
3. Often time price moves in a channel, upper side of a channel is a good area to chop the trade
4. When price becomes overextended, use the low of previous candle as stop loss
5. Volatility stop often time does a good job to show you if somethjng is abnormal
6. Learn about climax top

[Grahamplaysgo]

Interesting as always. I live in Japan where trading is considerably different for those like myself who are not rich enough to buy shares in the minimum unit of 100.

Fortunately it is possible to buy less than 1 unit but it comes at a cost; you can only buy and sell at market price and stop loss orders etc are not allowed.

So far as selling is concerned I try and sell sufficient shares to recoup the initial capital outlay and let the remaining shares run until my preferred indicators shout sell. This works best if profits are upwards of 30%.

I primarily use point and figure charts backed up with Guppy Moving Averages to tell me the strength of a trend.

[raafetzribi]

This is one of the best youtube Channels ever.
Very appreciated mate

[BioInsight_Lectures]

Thanks, last point was very important and hard to understand " Never regret if trade take your SL and resume"

[williamkz]

Thanks Gareth. A few really practical suggestions that I will use to tweak my current strategy. The weekly chart is a powerful tool.

[maverickjones]

This is the best trading channel I’ve come across.

[thylacine]

I dont trade looking for breakouts, as they can take a long time to break, like two just use price action and get in and out with taking a portion of movement....getting to greedy makes me i set my TP and catch the spikes or execute when i feel the times right....

[sodds]

Excellent and clear, as always! Thank you!

[mrfixit]

What are your returns compared Minverni or ONeil? I think a hybrid approach might be better? Sell one half of a stock if profits are around 20% if it doesn't make a move of the same amount in a week or two and doesn't have institutional support. Let the other half run and I prefer weekly SuperTrend indicator combined with Heiken ashi and either awesome occilator/SAR.

[tomallison]

Like they say, you will always sell either too soon or too late--no way around it. I think your system does a good job at making the best compromize.

[sherifmahmoud]

I truly love your channel❤ ... thank you so much

[itsmendyou]

This is a good strategy. If I can add relative strength then it would do magic. What benchmark you want to advise for checking against the US, AU and EU stocks.

[mrfixit]

I have been looking at your sell system and think the weekly SuperTrend and EMA 13/34 crossover both needed to confirm sell signal outperform it. What do you think?

[pauldobrea]

this has helped me to learn something about my trading, thank you.

[jameswalker]

Thanks Gareth. How’s the portfolio YTD?

[SarkisKlinik]

Many traders recommend to buy at 52 week new high. But the problem, many times when you buy at 52 week new high or all time high, it acts as resistance and starts immediately to pull back from that point and then price makes a consolidation for many weeks . No profit and losing time. How to avoid it?

[jj]

Thank you for another excellent video !

[cartilo]

thank you for making informative videos that still force us to think for ourselves, hallmark of a great teacher :)