Selling shares - timing

sevenhills

Shares go up and down all the time. Is it possible to leave instructions to sell shares when they reach a certain level?
I have some shares, which had I sold them at the correct time, I would have been happy with the profit, they are now much lower, so I am just waiting, and waiting.

I have some shares in a HL ISA and some where I hold the paper certificates.

cloud_dog

sevenhills wrote: »

Shares go up and down all the time. Is it possible to leave instructions to sell shares when they reach a certain level?
I have some shares, which had I sold them at the correct time, I would have been happy with the profit, they are now much lower, so I am just waiting, and waiting.

I have some shares in a HL ISA and some where I hold the paper certificates.

HL provide the ability to set 'limit' orders. Information here.

Obviously not valid for paper certificates.

TBC15

Anyone have any idea if Interactive Investor has a similar feature?

AnotherJoe

http://www.iii.co.uk/shares/order-types

msallen

TBC15 wrote: »

Anyone have any idea if Interactive Investor has a similar feature?

I don't know about II specifically but I'd be very surprised if any platform/broker didn't offer this. It is a basic trading operation.

sevenhills

cloud_dog wrote: »

HL provide the ability to set 'limit' orders. Information here.

Obviously not valid for paper certificates.

Limit orders and stop loss orders expire after 90 calendar days. They are deleted after close of business on the day of expiry.

I guess that is similar to what I was looking for, thanks.

cloud_dog

I'm not aware of any provider offering unlimited time for limit orders.

Just set a quarterly reminder in your calender to check the price ans reset your order

Prism

You could also look at buying call or put options for your stocks. This is more accurate but costs even if you don't exercise your rights to buy or sell