How do you guys decide when to actually sell a stock on the simulator?

Omo, I am so glad you asked this because I've been struggling with the exact same thing on the simulator! Buying feels easy, but knowing when to click that sell button without regretting it later is real puzzle work, especially with how stocks like CWG can just wake up and swing wildly in a single day. Are people actually using a set percentage profit target to force themselves to sell, or do you guys look at the financials to decide when the story has changed?

Exits shouldn't be based on emotional reactions to intraday volatility, especially in cyclical small-caps where liquidity can distort price action. Instead, tie your sell triggers to pre-defined valuation ratios or a fundamental shift in the underlying earnings report that invalidates your original thesis. If the trailing P/E stretches far beyond sector historical medians without a corresponding acceleration in top-line growth, that mathematical overextension is typically your best quantitative cue to reallocate.

Omo, exits na the real test, especially with volatile small-cap names on the NGX where sentiment can flip in one trading session. Instead of guessing, it helps to set a clear profit target or stop-loss based on your chart setup before you even enter, while keeping an eye on earnings releases so fundamentals don't surprise you. Since you're on the simulator, use this time to test scaling out in batches rather than dumping everything at once, and see which approach actually matches your peace of mind.