downticks
Slight downward movements
Downticks are small decreases, especially in stock prices or financial metrics.
A downtick is a transaction at a price lower than the previous one: The stock showed three consecutive downticks before recovering.
The term extends to any measurable decline: downticks in consumer confidence, downticks in approval ratings.
Opposite of upticks.
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
- fearEmotional response to threat
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- risk-aversePreferring safety over uncertainty
- bearishExpecting market decline
contrarian · caution · anxiety · negativity · worry · apprehension · doubt · wariness
Rapid mass divestiture
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- short-sellingBetting against a stock
- volumeAmount of space filled
- liquidationSelling assets for cash
volatility · candlestick · resistance · stop-loss · charting · bears · oversold · overbought
Decrease or refuse
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- dropFall or release
- fallDescend under gravity
- dipBrief immersion or condiment
slide · slippage · depreciation · devaluation · diminishment · reduction · loss · retreat
Prolonged economic decline
- contractionReduction in size
- depressionProlonged low state
- slumpExtended period of decline
- slowdownReduction in pace
deflation · stagnation · deceleration · weakening · retrenchment · deterioration · decline · erosion
pessimism
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
- fearEmotional response to threat
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- risk-aversePreferring safety over uncertainty
bearish · contrarian · caution · anxiety · negativity · worry · apprehension · doubt · wariness · hesitation
sell-off
Rapid mass divestiture
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- short-sellingBetting against a stock
- volumeAmount of space filled
liquidation · volatility · candlestick · resistance · stop-loss · charting · bears · oversold · overbought · futures
decline
Decrease or refuse
dip · slide · slippage · depreciation · devaluation · diminishment · reduction · loss · retreat · pullback
recession
Prolonged economic decline
- contractionReduction in size
- depressionProlonged low state
- slumpExtended period of decline
slowdown · deflation · stagnation · deceleration · weakening · retrenchment · deterioration · decline · erosion · shrinkage
downticksrallies
Gathers or recovers
surges · climbs · growth spurts · recoveries · rebounds