pullbacks

Temporary market declines

Pullbacks are withdrawals or retreats, especially of military forces from a position: The general ordered a pullback from the border.

In finance, a pullback is a temporary decline in price after a rise: The stock experienced a pullback before resuming its climb.

The word also describes any retraction or scaling back of commitment or involvement.

markets

correction

Fixing of mistakes

retracement · bounce · rally · rebound · recovery · reversal · bearish · oversold · support level · technical analysis

economy

contraction

Reduction in size

austerity · stagnation · cutbacks · deficit · adjustment · belt-tightening · fiscal · monetary · deflation · unemployment

military

withdrawal

Act of taking away

fallback · repositioning · evacuation · regrouping · tactical retreat · strategic withdrawal · drawdown · extraction · retrograde

resistance

elastic

Able to stretch, rebounds

  • recoilBackward force from discharge
  • tensionStretched or strained state
  • springRecoiling metal spiral

snapback · retraction · contraction · stretching · flexibility · resilience · return · release

Categories
Opposites
directional movement

pullbacksadvances

Forward movements or progress

pushes forward · surges · thrusts · progressions · pushes

military/strategic action

pullbacksadvances

Forward movements or progress

offensives · escalations · pushes · attacks · assaults

financial/market movement

pullbacksrallies

Gathers or recovers

surges · upswings · advances · run-ups · breakouts

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