Originally posted by Gordon Gekko
when you said "cover" i thought you meant as in covering a short.
is there an advantage to exiting the trade immediately? like, is there a difference if you held the position as long as it kept going in your favor vs. exiting immediately? does it make it harder for the trade to be broken if exited immediately and you now have a profit vs. just having shares at a cheap price? in other words, what is the thinking behind, "If it were me, I'd trade against the position to establish a profit?"