Selling shares on stock market
Probably the simplest way to sell stock through a brokerage is with what's called a market order, where you ask to sell it at the current market price. You can also place what are called limit and stop orders, where it will only be sold if the price meets a certain requirement, so you can either dump your shares before the price goes too low or sell your holdings when the price gets high. Investing Basics: How To Sell A Stock So the real way to make money in the stock market is to sell at a higher price than you bought. That's called capital appreciation. Say you buy a