When to Sell Blue-Chip Stocks
Buying well is half the discipline; selling well is the other half. The Sell Timing Agent evaluates overvaluation, weakening fundamentals, 52-week-high risk, and broken thesis to decide between hold, monitor, trim, sell, or avoid new buy.
Sell signals
- 20%–40% above 200-day SMA: monitor / trim
- RSI above 70 with upper-band touch: consider trimming
- Valuation above 5-year average: reduce aggressiveness
- Revenue growth slowing: monitor
- Free cash flow weakening: reduce score
- Break below 200-day SMA with weak fundamentals: sell / avoid adding
- Thesis broken: sell
Output categories
- Hold — no major warning
- Monitor — some valuation or technical risk
- Trim — overextended or risk/reward weakening
- Sell — thesis broken or fundamentals deteriorating
- Avoid New Buy — good company, bad entry point
Why timing matters in blue-chips
Even durable franchises go through valuation cycles. Trimming at extension and re-adding on pullback typically compounds better than buy-and-hold-and-forget — without abandoning the long-term thesis.
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