# Sell return on investment from Pie **URL:** \ **Category:** 🥧 Pies & AutoInvest\ **Created:** [January 8, 2021, 8:39pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-return-on-investment-from-pie/35829 "2021-01-08T20:39:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**Author:** ![Etypsyno](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/community.trading212.com/etypsyno/32/6150_2.png) [@Etypsyno](https://community.trading212.com/u/Etypsyno)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-return-on-investment-from-pie/35829/4 "2021-01-08T22:03:03Z")
this is basically this [I was told that I have to constantly sell my stock then reinvest it to "lock in" profits. Is this true?](https://community.trading212.com/t/i-was-told-that-i-have-to-constantly-sell-my-stock-then-reinvest-it-to-lock-in-profits-is-this-true/15475) thread again but for pies. So here the short answer for you: How to sell stock from pie: export it (right button here found at the bottom of the holdings tab of the pie) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/trading212/original/2X/4/4717c04d0fbd563e4df383d9d522d0dca87dce0b.png) After exporting it you can just sell it. Selling and rebuying immediately: I just don’t see why you would want to do this aside from possible tax reasons, you’re just realizing your profits. If you have $600 worth of tsla, on the original investment of 400, then you could sell $600 worth of tsla and rebuy. The effect would be a taxable event (depending on country and tax laws) + spread costs resulting in ~$600 worth of tsla. **There is no magic thing that happens if you sell and rebuy you just realized your profits and nogthing else** , you have the same amount of money invested in tsla before and after rebuying (maybe even a bit less due to spreads but with tsla those are negligible probably) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.trading212.com/t/sell-return-on-investment-from-pie/35829)._