Suppose your portfolio has five (5No.) stocks in the reds (-12% to -47%) and only one is green (+64%).

Luckily, the green stock has pulled your portfolio to a net green i.e. after commissions (+12%).

Question:
What would you do?
a. Sell all the stocks and chew the 12% gain,
b. Sell the green stock and wait for reds to greenen,
c. Sell the reds and keep the green,
d. Sit back and wait for all greens,
e. None of the above,
f. Some of the above,
f. All of the above. lol

Am not the one in this dilemma, neither is any of my friends, so ANSWER as if its you in the mix!

Hehehe. Just say its you with the dilema. Wazua is anonymous enough. Anyway you have to put into perspective the trend the market is in.
So your guess is as gud as mine : SELL ALL , and buy cheaply latter.
But if you think the trend is up like @big chair or @ the deal, you can let the reds mature.
So its about the trend. But i'd argue you to let the pre company results hype to die down we get a clear picture of where the index is headed. But am biased for another sell off.

Sincerely, its me. the -47% is actually BRITANK IPO Shares!

So far, this is the best advise i have received.

If the green is an agricultural, sell it and lock in the profit. Buy a cheap blue chip with the cas.

this is a no brainer.i would do A. sell all the stocks and keep the 12% gain.start building a new portfolio slowly between now till after elections.if possibe,you can hedge your new holdings if u think the market will go down by shorting the ftse nse index or buying treasury bills that way if the mkt goes down u can still end up being in the same position you are in today where net net u have a 12%+ gain.in future cut small losses before they become huge losses.when u enter a new position you should have plan of what price to sell for profit or when to exit if it goes down.

Always look at the CURRENT price & prospects going forward. The rest is history. There are no capital gains tax... so it's irrelevant as to past profits & losses...