Can you keep shares forever?

The share price of my share dropped and it’s saying I have available balance of this much which is less than what I had originally.. is it possible I don’t sell them and hold onto them until the share prices rises forever as long as the company is still running?

In theory yes.
In reality, maybe.
As long as the company is still running, not insolvent, yes, you can wait and see if the price goes up again... or it might go down further.
Past performance is not an indicator of future results though.

Can I ask what the company is and what the share price was when you bought?
The learned population here might help and say what they would do in your case, if you provide more information.

F.Rock

xen88 said:

The share price of my share dropped and it’s saying I have available balance of this much which is less than what I had originally.. is it possible I don’t sell them and hold onto them until the share prices rises forever as long as the company is still running?

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Short answer. Possibly yes you can wait for it to grow in value again, as long as the company's earning is growing sufficiently over the years. It doesn't just grow in value because of time. The only way you lose everything is if the company itself closes down. Hopefully you have purchased a company is that is ideally "too big too fail" and not riskier shares that are micro/small cap.

If you purchase the stock in the usual way (market, limit order etc.) and not options or other derivative with an obligation to sell the stock in a given time period, you can keep it for as long as you want.