Buying is only half of the strategy.
The other half is knowing what to do when your investment finally starts making money.
In this article, I explain my personal Linea profit taking strategy and how I manage profits when the price of Linea moves into my predefined profit-taking ranges.
I don’t try to predict the exact top.
I don’t know where the top is.
Instead, I use predefined price ranges and gradual profit-taking levels to realize part of my profits while keeping part of my Linea position invested.
Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor, and this is not financial advice. I am simply sharing how I personally manage my Linea investment. Crypto is risky, prices can move quickly, and you can lose money. Do your own research and consider your own financial situation and risk tolerance.
What Is My Linea Profit Taking Strategy?
Most investors have a plan for buying.
They ask:
- Where should I buy?
- How much should I invest?
- Where should I buy more?
But I believe there is another equally important question:
What do I do when my investment starts making money?
For me, taking profit is not about finding the perfect top.
It is about having a plan before the market starts moving.
With Linea, I currently use predefined price ranges and four profit-taking levels:
10% — 20% — 30% — 40%
These percentages refer to the profit I am realizing, not the percentage of my entire Linea position that I am selling.
That distinction is very important.
I Don’t Sell My Entire Linea Position at Once
When Linea starts generating profit, I don’t simply look at the price and decide:
“I’m selling everything.”
Instead, I prefer to take profit gradually.
Why?
Because I don’t know what happens next.
Linea could continue much higher.
The price could stop rising.
The market could suddenly reverse.
I don’t want my entire strategy to depend on one decision at one price.
Gradual profit-taking gives me a middle ground.
If Linea continues higher after I take some profit, I still have exposure to the move.
If the price falls afterward, I have already realized part of my profit.
An Important Difference: Profit vs. Position
There is an important difference between:
Taking 10% of your profit
and
Selling 10% of your entire position.
These are not the same thing.
For example, suppose my Linea position is showing:
$1,000 in unrealized profit.
If my strategy tells me to realize 10% of that profit, I would realize:
$100
I am not necessarily selling 10% of my entire Linea position.
I am realizing $100 from the profit and then managing that realized amount according to my broader system.
The rest of the position remains invested.
Why Do I Take Profit Gradually?
The simple answer is:
I don’t know what happens next.
Nobody knows the exact top or bottom of a market.
Maybe Linea continues going up.
Maybe it reaches a price much higher than I expected.
Maybe the market suddenly changes direction.
Because of this uncertainty, I prefer to avoid making one large all-or-nothing decision.
If I sell everything too early and Linea continues higher, I am no longer participating in that move.
But if I never take profit and the market suddenly falls, I could watch a large unrealized gain disappear.
For me, gradual profit-taking is a way to manage this uncertainty.
My Current Linea Profit-Taking Levels
My current framework uses four profit-taking levels:
10%
20%
30%
40%
The level I use depends on the price range where Linea is trading.
I don’t simply sell the same amount every time the price moves higher.
The price range is part of the strategy.
This gives me a predefined framework instead of forcing me to make a completely new decision every time the market moves.
My Current Linea Price Ranges
At the moment, the two nearby price ranges I am working with are:
$0.0032 – $0.0067
and
$0.0032 – $0.012
These are the ranges I am currently using in my personal strategy.
They are not price predictions.
I am not saying that Linea will reach $0.0067.
I am not saying that Linea will reach $0.012.
These are simply price ranges I use as part of my personal framework for managing my position.
The market will decide what actually happens.
Why Do I Use Price Ranges?
Price ranges make the decision-making process easier for me.
Instead of constantly asking:
“Should I sell now?”
I already have a framework for what I want to do if the price reaches certain areas.
This is important because emotions can become very strong when crypto starts moving quickly.
When prices rise, greed can appear.
You may start thinking:
“Maybe I should wait a little longer.”
Then a little longer becomes much longer.
When prices fall, fear can take over.
I don’t want either greed or fear to completely control my decisions.
That’s why I prefer having a plan before the market moves.
I’m Not Trying to Sell the Top
This is probably the most important part of my strategy.
I’m not trying to sell the exact top.
I don’t think that is realistic.
If I take profit and Linea continues higher, that’s okay.
I still have part of my position invested.
If Linea falls after I take profit, that’s okay too.
I have already realized part of the profit.
I’m not trying to be perfect.
I’m trying to be systematic.
What Happens After I Take Profit?
Taking profit is only one part of my system.
What I do with the realized profit is also important.
When I realize profit, I divide it into three funds:
- 70% — Reinvestment Fund
- 20% — Personal Income Fund
- 10% — Opportunity Reserve Fund
The purpose is to give the realized profit a job.
I’m not simply selling and then wondering what to do with the money afterward.
I already have a framework.
I explain this part of my strategy in more detail in my next article/video about the 70/20/10 profit allocation strategy.
Linea Is the Example
I’m using Linea as the example because it is one of the cryptocurrencies in my portfolio.
However, the general idea is not necessarily limited to Linea.
Different cryptocurrencies have different price ranges, volatility and characteristics.
Therefore, I can adjust the levels and percentages depending on the asset.
For me, the important part is the process:
Define the levels.
Follow the levels.
Take partial profit.
Manage the realized profit.
I Don’t Need to Know What Linea Will Do
One of the most important lessons I’ve learned from investing is that I don’t need to know exactly what the market will do tomorrow.
I can’t control that.
What I can control is how I manage my capital.
I can decide:
- how much I invest,
- how much risk I am willing to take,
- when I want to realize some profit,
- and what I do with the realized profit.
That’s where my attention is.
A good investment system doesn’t need to predict everything correctly.
For me, a good system is one that gives me a plan when things don’t go exactly as expected.
Maybe Linea goes much higher than I expect.
Maybe it doesn’t.
Maybe I take profit too early.
Maybe later I wish I had waited.
That’s okay.
I’m not trying to make the perfect decision.
I’m trying to make a decision that fits my system.
My Linea Profit Taking Strategy in Simple Terms
So, when do I take profit from Linea?
I use predefined price ranges and four profit-taking levels:
10% — 20% — 30% — 40%
The level depends on the price range and where Linea is within my personal framework.
And again, these percentages refer to the profit I am realizing, not necessarily the percentage of my entire Linea position.
My goal is not to predict the exact top.
My goal is to gradually realize profit while keeping part of my position invested.
For me, this creates a balance between taking something off the table and maintaining exposure to the future.
My approach is simple:
I don’t try to predict the top.
I try to manage my position.
Final Thoughts
My Linea profit-taking strategy is based on one simple idea:
I want to make important decisions before emotions take over.
I don’t know whether Linea will go higher, lower or sideways.
I don’t know where the exact top will be.
And I don’t need to know.
Instead, I use predefined levels, gradual profit-taking and a plan for what happens after I realize the profit.
This approach won’t guarantee profits.
It is simply the framework I personally use to manage my Linea investment.
No hype.
No unrealistic predictions.
Just my own process, my decisions and what I learn along the way.
If you are interested in following my Linea investment journey and learning more about my approach to crypto risk management and long-term investing, you can follow TheAbrahamCryptoLand.
And if you want to see what happens after I take profit, check out my next article/video about my 70/20/10 profit allocation strategy.
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