“Trading heavy” is a phrase used to describe a market that feels like it wants to move lower, usually associated with an offered market that will not rally despite buying attempts.
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The “Santa Claus Rally” is a seasonal pattern where stock markets tend to experience an uptick in the final five trading days of December and the first two of the new year.
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A rally is a recovery in price after a period of decline.
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The “Christmas Grinch” is a contrarian stock market indicator where underperformance during the traditional late December rally period suggests potential for a market rebound in January.
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A dead cat bounce is a small, brief recovery in the price of a declining asset. The phrase “dead cat bounce” is used to describe a brief recovery in the price of a declining asset that is shortly followed by a continuation of the downtrend. The phrase comes from the saying, “Even a dead cat will bounce […]
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The phrase “falling knife“, also known as “catching a falling knife”, refers to the action of buying an asset which is rapidly declining in price. While a falling knife refers to a sharp drop, there is no specific magnitude or length of the drop to label a price move as a “falling knife”. The phrase is generally […]