.TH "SELL COMMAND"
The sell command is used to offer to sell shares of stock.
The general form of the command is:
.EX "sell [ chain_name [ number [ min-price ] ] ]"
Only stock in existing chains can be sold.
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Here are some examples of the sell command.
.s3
.NF
[5m] ::: sell
Chain name? u
Outstanding buy offers for Undone Hun's
  4 @ $90 (The Bank)
Outstanding sell offers for Undone Hun's
 96 @ $110 (The Bank)
Number of shares? 5
Price you're asking? 90
5 sold to The Bank
.FI
In this case we were willing to accept the Bank's price
so we sold them right away.
.s3
.NF
[10h] ::: sell o
Outstanding buy offers for Oily Doily
  40 @ $190 (The Bank)
  2 @ $210 (Bonzo)
Do you want to retract that offer? yes
  10 @ $195 (Uncle Jerry)
Outstanding sell offers for Oily Doily
 60 @ $220 (The Bank)
Number of shares? 2
Price you're asking? 200
Offer to sell 2 posted.
.FI
In this case we are willing to come down from $210 per share,
but we still want to hold out for $200.
.s3
.NF
[33m] ::: sell a 20 250
Outstanding buy offers for Aldebaran Muffins
  20 @ $195 (Big Bob)
  2 @ $250 (JP)
No outstanding sell offers for Aldebaran Muffins
2 sold to JP
Offer to sell 8 posted.
.FI
Apparently we only had 10 shares of Aldebaran Muffins, so two are sold
to JP for $250 and the remaining eight are offered for sale for $250 each.
.s3
Trading activity is reported in the "Fast Food Journal".
.s3
See also: buy, finance, journal, param, price, tycoon
