E="Pekelo, post: 4566186, member: 39548"]I would like to ask holders, what is your cash out/taking profits policy?
1. As price goes up I keep taking out profits.
Want to avoid until IRS get their head out of their ass.
2. I have a predetermined target where I would get out (what is it?).
I've thought about it but greed keeps winning. I reckon taking 15-50% periodically for someone disciplined would be a good strategy.
3. I have a trailing stop loss, or I adjust my stop loss daily.
I did this with terrible results... Have reckoned now you need a 50% stop to avoid missing out on the eventual breakout post correction... Observed most corrections can be as high as -30% on BTC. It didn't help that I was stopping against other coins and not tether. Additionally, flash crashes makes this risky on smaller coins.
4. I never cash out just occasionally spend when I need to buy something.
Nah, got dollars for that.... I'm sure the exchanges will have liquidity when it pops...jk
5. Something else.
I would say stop against a different coin... Didn't work out too well as most coins follow BTC, but am certain there's an angle that can be played.
I would add the pucker up and let it ride approach.... Which still seems to be the most profitable albeit the dumbest.
Note, I think most of these problems are not so for day traders as they can afford to baby sit the charts, which even I as an amateur find rather predictable.