When is the best time to sell shares in a one company & then buy into another?

does it matter what time of day it is?
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please explain "buy low, sell high"

The best way for me to explain this is to take 2 companies in the same sector (one that you own, and the other that you wish to buy or etc.). I'd advise you to make a pro's and cons list for each company. If there are more pros and cons for the company you own, i would hold or add to that position, but if your company that you are looking to buy into has a greater amount of pros than ur original position, than I would definitely be a buyer. I would look at the pros and cons based on the P/E of a company, the earnings and revenue growth, the margins, cash flow, balance sheet, and most importantly...its value verses its competitors.

You also asked the time of the day that these trades should be done. I would advise a limit order to sell then after that executes to then put in an additional limit order to buy into the second company. If by chance you don't have a great deal of time on your hands to look at the trading screen....then these are your best friend. You may also want to consider a market-on-close order for your stocks, if you don't have that much time on your hands. Either way, the timing of the trade depends on how much time you have to pay attention to the trading screen. Just remember---Good things come to those who are patient!

I also would like to add that the theory of "buy low, sell high" doesn't nessissarily work in all enviroments. Sometimes there are days when the market's safety net has failed...and it looks like a free fall....there are days when the rocket fuel in the spaceship is thrusting on 8 cylinders. I tend not to pay attention to the times when there are buy low and sell high anyalists out there that try to scare people out of a stock. I pay attention to a percentage gain for a stock, and it has done very well for me in the past. In fact, If you take a look at HANS...I bought in at a non split adjusted 100 a share, then watched it go to 189, and then sold there.....that was a percentage gain of nearly 90%. I clearly remeber talking to the people on the message board that said the stock had topped out at 140. How wrong they were then. I hope all this helps.

Happy Trading
-Paul

never buy at the price you see always set a limit order, stock price is 4 dollars .limit order for$ 3.87 the price will get there it fluctuates all the time @ 387 your order goes through,same when selling pick a higher Price,

Okay, wow...
How about a theory...only a theory.
Look for the stock price to stall on an upward movement and when it does, look for a couple of things to tell you whether to sell or not.
First, have the MACD in front of you. If the two lines are not coming together, hold it. Going apart, get ready for a breakout. If they are about to touch each other, consider selling it.
Confirm this with the volume level. If the selling is going on with higher volume, it means people are bailing out. If there is selling going on with lower than average volume, hold it. This is a sign called consolidation and it is a very good thing.
Always look for more than one sign to make a decision. Either way, the decisions are: buy it, hold it, sell it. You have to decide for yourself. Don't be afraid to be wrong. We all learn from our mistakes and are much less likely to do it again.

Best of luck to you!

buy low when the stock is cheap
sell high when the stock price per share is high
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Not really for a Day trader.I look at the volume during the day for the stock that you own.You would have to set your own alert when all criteria a met.

Unanswerable question. If company business going well the market may be knocking it down for no reason & may be time to buy more vs sell. There is no "best time" to make an empty-headed decision,. Research!

Buy when the price is low and sell when the price is high just about sums it up you just have to keep an eye on the market and when you think it is as low as its gonna getbuy and the sasme with selling sell when you think it is gonna start falling again

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