Stage 9: Selling

The bottom line: pick a chair close to the exit before you buy an equity and then sit down. As they say in the movie MARGIN CALL, "it's not panic selling if you are first out the door.”

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Talk to Your EGO Before You Trade! Most individual investors seem to feel it isn't cool to talk about exits before even buying an equity. ...

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