How Do I Sell Stocks on TD Ameritrade?

You can sell your stocks online if you have a TD Ameritrade account. Log into your TD Ameritrade account. After you open a trade ticket, ensure it's correct. Click the Sell Stock button next to the stock you want to sell. On this screen, enter the number of shares you'd like to sell, select an option for your order type, and click Confirm Order. Your order will be sent directly to the trading desk.

On the selling section of your TD Ameritrade account, you can choose to sell any positions with a click of a button. If you have held stocks for a certain amount of time, or if the stocks have crossed certain price thresholds, you can sell them directly from your TD Ameritrade account.

TD Ameritrade provides online stock trading, options trading, mutual funds, ETFs and futures contracts. Find out how to sell stocks on TD Ameritrade.

Go to the Investing Tab

Go to the Investing tab. Click on the Trading tab. You must have an account with TD Ameritrade before you begin this process.

Choose TD Ameritrade From the Market Platform

If you want to sell your stocks on TD Ameritrade, you should consider some things. First, ensure that you trade the stock in the public market. In other words, if it's privately owned or traded over-the-counter (OTC), you can't sell it on TD Ameritrade. You need to select an online brokerage firm from where you can sell your stocks.

Choose the Account You Want To Sell From

TD Ameritrade offers different accounts for investors. Some popular ones are the brokerage account and the IRA account. The brokerage account is an investment account that allows you to invest in stocks, bonds and mutual funds. You can use the IRA account to save for retirement by investing in a tax-advantaged account.

You need to decide which type of account you want to use. You can only sell stocks in your brokerage or IRA accounts if you purchase them with that type of account. If with a different account, you cannot sell them on TD Ameritrade until you move them back into one of those accounts first.

Click on the Selling Tab

The exchanges for selling are similar to the ones when you're buying shares. Click on the selling tab within your TD Ameritrade trading account. Note that once you click on the sell order button, you can't make changes to it except for the limit price.

Select the Stock That You Want To Sell

Once you're on the Selling tab, select the stock you want to sell.

Click Sell and choose how many shares you want to sell.
Enter your order price or let TD Ameritrade do it for you (typically, the midpoint between the bid and ask prices).
Select whether to use a limit order (customers who use limit orders set the minimum price at which they are willing to sell their security).
Click the Sell button.

You can sell all of your shares, a portion of your shares or the number of shares you want to sell at the price you specify. You can also choose to sell at the current market price or bid price.

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