[kombucha2]

If I keep reinvesting am i fine as long as I am not taking out profits?

[carbocation]

Every trade produces a taxable event, so no.

[kombucha2]

[pwinnski]

They are. If you liquidate your position in one stock to buy shares of another stock, that's also a taxable event.

[kombucha2]

Maybe I just wasn't trading enough with stocks to notice. I remembered always closing short potions to initiate long positions and not paying taxes until closing the long. Clearly, I've been confused this whole time.