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let your profits run

A phrase that states the tendency of investors to sell winning investment positions too soon out of panic or fear that the positions will begin to decline in value quickly. Conversely, investors tend to hang on to losing positions too long in the hope that their value will rise again.

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  1. Let Your Profits Run Definition | Investopedia
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  2. Let Your Profits Run - Financial Dictionary - The Free Dictionary
    An informal saying reminding investors not to panic when investments are performing well and not to maintain false hope when they are performing poorly.
     
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  5. What is Let Your Profits Run? - Definition from ForexDictionary
    Let Your Profits Run Definition - Let your profits run is one half of the forex trading idiom "cut your losses, let your profits run." It...
     
  6. Cut Your Losses Short but Let Your Profits Run
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  7. Eighteenth Century Trend Following and More History - Au.Tra.Sy blog
    Apr 11, 2011 ... “Cut short your losses,” – Let your profits run on”. and further description can be found in the book: It does seem that smart traders were already ...
     
  8. Let your profits run - Urban Forex
    Nov 20, 2012 ... I let my trades run from Friday and add a position close today with profits 688 pips .