Many novice traders get stuck on this issue:

If you make money, do you hold until the target, or sell part of it midway?
For example: You bought a coin at 45 yuan, now it has risen to 52. The target is 60.
Are you planning to hold stubbornly until 60, or sell half at 45-50 first, then watch the trend before taking the rest?
99% of people would say: "Of course hold until 60! Why sell early?"
But today, I’ll explain in the simplest terms why partial take-profit is almost always smarter.
1/ Starting with the most straightforward reality:
Do you think “holding until 60” is that easy?
You don’t know if 60 is really the top
It might pull back to 48 along the way and shake you out
Or you get nervous at 55, and sell at 49 yourself
The plan is perfect, but execution collapses
Result: paper gains → actual small gains or even losses
2/ The real benefit of partial take-profit isn’t “making more money”
It’s turning paper profits into real cash, while still keeping the “lottery ticket” for further upside.
Even more ruthless, it breaks a low-probability long bet into two higher-probability short bets.
3/ Simple calculations (even beginners can understand)
Suppose:
Probability of 45→50 is 70%
Probability of 50→60 is only 40% (trend confirmation needed)
Expected value of holding all-in until 60 ≈ +1.2
Expected value of taking half at 50 and continuing to hold the rest ≈ +3.15
Splitting into parts directly doubles the expected value!
The later the stage, the lower the probability; locking in high-probability segments first actually increases the overall mathematical expectation.
4/ More importantly, the psychological aspect
When you sell 50% at 50:
Your account is now in the pocket, feeling secure
The remaining position becomes a “free lottery ticket”
You’re more likely to hold on, even dare to aim for 60+
This is the real dimensionality reduction.
5/ Correct partial take-profit method (not just randomly selling at the first sign of profit)
It’s not about selling after a small rise, but structuring in segments:
First target: recent resistance / previous high → sell 40-50% of the position (high win rate segment)
Second target: after trend confirmation → continue holding the remaining position, or move stop-loss to protect
This way, you break a “big gamble” into two “independent profitable trades.”
Final conclusion:
Holding stubbornly until the target is a gambler’s mindset
Structured partial take-profit is a professional trader’s mindset
The biggest mistake beginners make is confusing “being able to hold” with “faithfully holding,” and thinking that “stubbornly holding” is a belief.
True experts optimize both probability and psychology to the extreme.
Are you a “hold until the target” type, or a “partial take-profit” type?
Feel free to share your trading logic in the comments.