when to buy and sell stock help?

Question

just some tips on how to know when to buy and when to sell stocks for better investing please

Answer 1

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Answer 2

There are several differing notions. It all depends on your strategy and purpose.

First, traders (speculators) go with trends. Never buck a trend unless you are absolutely sure that you know the trend is on the verge of immediate change. In this camp, you buy when others are buying and sell when others are selling.

Second, investors (and some speculators, but this is more a long-term position taker) buy when ready and sell when ready. Things like Certificates of Deposit are maturing and the potential rewards of this or that position in targeted stocks is worth more than rolling the money over to another CD term, means buying. A profit can be taken, or a loss minimized and a CD rate looks appealing at this bank or that, then sell the stuff and put it in the bank. In many ways, it is related to the next.

Third, you simply want a piece of this action or want to get out while the getting is good. You are interested in some company. Say you think Sony is going to make a killing on the new Playstation. Better, you think Sony's multiprocessor computer and laser-reading storage technology is going to be a long-term hit. You buy when you are interested in the company. Price and timing are minor issues that in the long-run are fairly unimportant. It is what they are doing and how well they are doing it that is your issue--so you buy. If things are falling apart and they didn't properly catch the wave of the next big thing--then you sell. Things like bank interest and stock price trends are not the issue--your interest in the company determines that you buy it to be a part of what they are doing, or you sell.

Answer 3

The best way to buy a stock is when a stock breaks a 52-week high, that is buy high and sell higher. Sell if the 50-day MA crosses below the 200 day MA, and/or if the stock price goes below the 200 day MA.

Good luck.

Answer 4

Buy low, sell high is good advice but very difficult to implement much of the time. In general "value" stocks--low priced--do tend to out perform high priced stocks--growth stocks. Normally by about 2% annually over the long term.

There are index funds that are indexed to value stocks. By purchasing one or more of these funds, you can in theory just sit back and enjoy the profits.

Here are some statistics on a few of them.

IWN small cap value fund. Annual return since inception 15.79%

EFV value fund. Annual return since inceptions 29.45%, but it has not been around too long. That terrific return will not last.

IWW Russel 3000 value fund. Annual return since inception 8.66%. Mostly large cap stocks, which have not performed real well lately.

IWS Russel Mid cap value fund. Annual return since inception 13.83%.

There are even others but that will give you an idea.

Compare those returns to the S&P 500 as represented by SPY

SPY 10.53% since inception.

Answer 5

Buy low and sell high. lol-- No, there is no magic in this. try to buy at what you think is the floor and ALWAYS sell on the up-tick in the market. Set some realistic price in your head as to when to buy and when to sell. Never look back and say to yourself I should have. Be happy with the profit and move on. Accept the losses as well. Be prepared as life in the market can be a crap shoot and there are no guarantees of profit. That is why I say again set a prices that you and every one else thinks it will get to be and sell just before it gets there on the up tick.
Good luck!!
Former registered principal here.

Answer 6

It depends on your investing strategy. Buying low and selling high sounds easy enough, but how do you know how low and how high and all the little things that go with it?

Search for technical and fundamental analysis to get a basic idea of the two most used strategies.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Hire a stock broker.

Coach

Answer 9

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Answer 10

You can never lose if you buy low and sell high.