| Everybody can buy and sell stocks. All you need is | | | | market |
| money to invest, an online exchange and a whole lot | | | | - Sell when the bull trend has ended. This can be |
| of determination. | | | | seen when the bull trend has a rally whose peak is |
| The truly difficult part is when to sell stocks. Should | | | | lower than the peak of the previous rally. |
| you sell when it's on an upward swing? Or do you | | | | - Sell stocks when they move against this trend |
| wait until it peaks and starts to fall? How long do you | | | | Given the above tips, it may still be difficult for you |
| wait while the stock falls? Should you keep on holding | | | | to actually identify the end of a bull trend. The |
| until it rebounds or should you sell immediately and | | | | problem here is when the last peak of the bull trend |
| cut your losses? | | | | starts to dip and continues to fall without stopping. |
| Natalia Osorio Editor of the "Best Stock Trading" | | | | When do you sell when that happens? |
| website -- -- pointed out; | | | | That's when the next big secret comes: Trailing |
| "…Keep those questions in mind while you continue | | | | stops. |
| reading the article. Part of a successful trading is to | | | | Trailing stops have three uses: |
| take a step back from the market and look at the | | | | - To limit losses |
| bigger picture. Too many details and information can | | | | - To protect profits |
| actually be detrimental to your goal of achieving | | | | - To prevent you from entering (or exiting) a trade |
| profits through stock trading. Here are some secrets | | | | too early |
| for a successful stock market investment…" | | | | "…Stops can be based on the high/low of the daily |
| - Buy when the market signals the start of a bull | | | | trading range or on a trailing percentage. Based on |
| trend. A bull trend is a set of rallies (an upward surge | | | | this, you can formulate your own trailing stop |
| of stock value) where each rally exceeds the highest | | | | strategy. With a trailing stop strategy, you ride your |
| point of a previous rally. The start of an uptrend is | | | | stocks as high as you can, but if they start to |
| signaled when the peak of a rally is higher than the | | | | tumble, you have an exit strategy. A good trailing |
| previous peak. This means that the value of a stock | | | | stop is 25% off the highest value the stock reaches. |
| peaks at a certain value, drops again, and then | | | | With these strategies in place, you'll be able to have |
| increases again reaching a value higher than the | | | | a better chance of minimizing your loss…" N. Osorio |
| previous high value. | | | | added. |
| - Select leading stocks that are outperforming the | | | | |