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TRX Reddit user questions immediate-sell ESPP strategy after $24.95 fee
A Reddit user on r/investing describes reading that employees should immediately sell stock purchased through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan to capture an immediate return, then invest the proceeds. The user says their employer's ESPP offers a 5% discount, equal to a 5.26% gain on immediate sale, but that a $24.95 flat brokerage fee on a $425 purchase would wipe out that discount. The user asks whether they are misunderstanding the strategy or whether it only works for those buying large amounts.
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The user's employer ESPP provides a 5% discount, which the user calculates as a 5.26% gain if sold immediately upon purchase.
“My employer ESPP provides a 5% discount, which means a 5.26% gain if I sell immediately upon purchase.”
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The user states there is a $24.95 flat brokerage fee to sell through their ESPP provider.
“there is a brokerage fee of $24.95”
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The user says the $24.95 fee would completely wipe out the discount on a $425 ESPP purchase sold immediately.
“the $24.95 flat brokerage fee completely wipes out that discount, making this process meaningless”
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The user describes reading discussions in which a number of people immediately sell their ESPP stocks upon purchase to get an immediate return, then invest or keep that money.
“A number of folks immediately sell their stocks upon purchase to get an immediate return, then invest that money or keep it.”
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