upticks

Minor upward movements

Upticks is the plural of uptick, a small increase or upward movement.

The term comes from stock trading, where an uptick is a transaction at a price higher than the previous one.

It now applies broadly to any incremental rise: We're seeing upticks in consumer spending, The city reported upticks in both violent crime and tourism.

increase

surge

Sudden powerful increase

  • riseMove to higher position
  • spikeSharp rise or point
  • jumpPropel oneself airborne

gain · climb · boost · upsurge · hike · growth · escalation · swell · upswing · elevation

market

stocks

Ownership stakes or inventory

securities · portfolio · bullish · rally · gains · NASDAQ · indices · commodities · futures · volume

trend

momentum

Product of mass, velocity

shift · movement · swing · wave · tendency · cycle · progression · drift · frequency · occurrence

recovery

rebound

Return after deflection

resurgence · bounce · comeback · restoration · stabilization · correction · healing · strengthening · normalization · regrowth

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direction of change

upticksdownticks

Downward price movements

declines · decreases · drops · dips · downturns

magnitude of change

upticksplunges

Drops abruptly downward

crashes · collapses · nosedives · meltdowns · plummets

Family

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