Starting to Invest in Penny Stocks

[mqchau]

My question is how do you know when to sell your penny stocks?

Thanks

[20MillionDinar]

My question is how do you know when to sell your penny stocks?

Thanks

The following should help you out a little:

The Best Exit Strategy for Any Investment

By Dr. Steve SjuggerudTuesday, April 3, 2012

So… when do YOU sell?

What? You don't know? How could you not have any kind of plan?

Let's say you hold shares of Apple today at over $600 a share. You bought them a couple months ago below $400 a share. When is the right time to sell?

Look, this is your hard-earned money… I'm sure you don't want to lose it. And I'm sure you spent plenty of time figuring out what you wanted to BUY and when. But how will you know when to SELL?

Today, I'll show you how…

If you don't have an exit plan, you're not alone… I would bet that 99.9% of investors don't know when they're going to sell, either.

"It is the No. 1 mistake investors make," Dr. Richard Smith told me as we sat down for coffee yesterday. "They have no plan for when to sell. Ultimately, that results in occasional big losses, which permanently affect their portfolio."

Richard would know… He has a Ph.D. in mathematics. He has a powerful team of database programmers working for him. And he has studied and crunched the numbers on stocks and portfolios in every way you can imagine.

"What is the best exit strategy to use to prevent those big losses?" I asked him. "Is it a percentage trailing stop, a volatility-based trailing stop, a dollar-loss-based stop, some other exit plan… what?"

Here's what he told me: "The best exit strategy is the one PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE."

He said, "Steve, actually, your 25% trailing stop is brilliant. It's incredibly simple. It gives the average stock enough room to fulfill its upside potential… Yet it kicks you out if you got it wrong. There's no need to mess with that."

He wasn't flattering me… He was making a point that what we're talking about here is not a mathematical issue. It's about emotions…

"It's just ridiculous that people get attached to their stocks and ride them all the way down," Richard told me.

"But our brains are wired to avoid being wrong… We have an urge to be right and a desire to avoid regrets. All of those things are working against us in the stock market."

The point here is, we often have emotional trouble selling a stock at a loss… But a successful trade is made up of two parts: a good buy and a good sell. If we want to make money in the long run, we need to learn how to sell.

"Real winners in the markets are investors that can actually pat themselves on the back when they take a loss," Richard explained. "These folks are taking pride in their willpower. They know they are conceding a small battle with that loss as part of winning the war in the long run."

I can tell you from experience, this is never easy… When I sell something at a loss, I am proud of myself for sticking with my strategy. But it is never a "happy" day. It never feels natural. But it is right.

I asked Richard what he thought DailyWealth readers should do.

"Have an exit plan with your investments, period," he said. "It's absolutely crucial, but most people don't have a clue."

Richard said my recommended 25% trailing stop strategy was a great way to go for most individual investors… It's simple and it works – it keeps people from hurting themselves.

What's your exit strategy? When are you going to get out of Apple… or the rest of your portfolio?

You don't know?

Well, figure it out… now.

Good investing,

Steve

Edited April 3, 2012 by 20MillionDinar

[TLHUBER]

Stevia is on a roll right now. STVF. Pepsi and Coke are going to start using Stevia instead of Aspertine. (However u spell it).

[mqchau]

thanks man appreciate the post

i will learn one way or another...

[WallyWeaver]

Stevia is on a roll right now. STVF. Pepsi and Coke are going to start using Stevia instead of Aspertine. (However u spell it).

Would be interested to read an article on that TL.

Looks like it dropped from $3.28/ share to $1.40/ share last Thursday. That's a pretty huge drop for a penny stock. COuld just be profit takers, though, as the stock is back up to $2.16/ share as I post this.

WW.

[TLHUBER]

It was profit takers. It's going up again today. Profit takers will probably take out tomorrow again like they did last week. the stock is supposed to go to 12.00 per share.

[WallyWeaver]

the stock is supposed to go to 12.00 per share.

Wow, that's a serious projection!

Would like to know more about this. Would you care to share any of your sources?

WW.

[storm1]

Dod BEST ADVICE HERE!!

2) If you catch a big run up and it stalls out, sell it. Don't ride it down thinkin' it's gonna turn. You can always buy it back later, but remember this: You never lose money selling at a profit! Don't get emotionally attached to a winner, because they can all turn into losers.