Thread: "soltar el papel"

Good Evening,

Would somebody please help me out with the expression "soltar el papel"?. I am translating articles about the stock market (my first time doing so) for my Uni project and I just cannot get the meaning of this at all.

Here is the context (two men talking about shares):

"Hay mucho dinero y poco papel"
"Cuando llegue hasta aqui (he is looking at the computer screen graph about stocks and shares).......soltamos todo el papel y nos llevamos el dinero".

Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks.

LydiaElizabeth

hi Lydia, papel is shares in this context.

There is a lot of money and little to buy.
When I got to this point.......we sold all our shares and took the money.