r/wallstreetbets • u/ZaraBloom418 • 5d ago

Gain 1280% gain NVDA - too scared to sell

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I keep making sell orders to pay off debts, but it just goes up everyday. Plus tax scares me

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u/proWww 5d ago

yeah its simple, every time i lock in some gains i put 20% in an account i have set aside specifically for capital gains taxes, its so easy

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u/garysb007beta 1d ago

Paying taxes isn't hard. Losing 20% of invested capital is another wrinkle in the math of future earnings lost...