Today, my limit sell order was filled at €525 was filled:

13 shares (15%) of $AMD (+2,73%) were sold—for a whopping +283% return and a realized profit of ~5,043 €.

I’m a big fan of the “Buy & Hold & Check”. But especially with individual stocks, the rule is: High potential always comes with increased risk specific to that individual stock. Gains on paper don’t make anyone rich—you have to realize them bit by bit at some point.

My DCA-out strategy from now on looks like this:

Instead of closing out the entire position at once or blindly holding on, I gradually lock in profits as prices rise:

• The principle: For every €50 increase in price I reduce my remaining position by 15%.
• The next milestones:
• 575 € ➔ Sale of 15% of the remaining position
• 625 € ➔ Sale of an additional 15%
• €675 ... and so on

💡 Why take this step?

Capital protection & rebalancing: With today’s partial sale, I’ve already secured a large portion of my original investment capital. Of course, the taxes aren’t great, but after nearly 300% in just one year, I simply have to take a little bit out of the market.

Emotionless Trading: Fixed limit orders take greed and fear out of the equation.

Upside potential remains intact: The remaining shares continue to form a strong core and benefit fully from the long-term thesis surrounding AI infrastructure and data centers.

I’ll set up a similar DCA exit strategy for $NBIS (+4,03%) .

I’ll likely take profits for the first time when the price reaches €300. But I’ll have to think that through carefully.

💬 How do you handle taking profits on your top performers? Do you have fixed exit criteria, or do you consistently let winners run 100%?

Addendum: The entire profits (after taxes) went directly into $AMZN (+0,95%)