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Downtick




Downtick

A trade in a particular stock at a price lower than the trade immediately preceding it. In U.S., one cannot sell a stock short on a downtick.

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Trade
To buy and sell; buying and selling.

Stock
US equivalent of the British word "share", a block of shares with a nominal value of 100, or various kinds of fixed-interest securities; in Britain, goods stored ready for sale, raw materials, work in progress and finished but unsold products.

Price
The cost of a good or service to the consumer.

Lower
To decrease (a price, tax rate, interest rate, etc.).

Short
One who has sold a contract to establish a market position and who has not yet closed out this position through an offsetting purchase; the opposite of a long position.

Downtick
A trade in a particular stock at a price lower than the trade immediately preceding it. In U.S., one cannot sell a stock short on a downtick.



SIMILAR TERMS
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Down round
Refers to a round of venture capital financing that is raised at a lower firm valuation than the previous round.

Down volume
When a stock decreases in value on a particular day, the volume in that stock is considered down volume.

DOWNER EDI Limited
DOWNER EDI Limited is a large Australian company in the field of commercial services and supplies. Their Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) code is DOW.

DOWNEY Credit Union
DOWNEY is a credit union with head office in DOWNEY, CA

Downey Financial
Downey Financial is a top United States corporation in the field of banking, and its estimated market value is 1,750 million US dollars.

Downgrade
A negative change in ratings for a stock, or other rated security.

DOWNRIVER COMMUNITY Credit Union
DOWNRIVER COMMUNITY is a credit union with head office in ECORSE, MI

Downside protection
Generally used in connection with covered call writing, this is the cushion against loss, in case of a price decline by the underlying security, that is afforded by the written call option.

Downside risk
The risk that a security will decline in value including the implications of risk.

Downsizing
A company's reduction in the number of employees, number of bureaucratic levels, and overall size in an attempt to increase efficiency and profitability.

Downstream
The transfer of corporate activity from the larger parent to the smaller subsidiary.

Downturn
The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one.



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Downgrade
A negative change in ratings for a stock, or other rated security.

Downside protection
Generally used in connection with covered call writing, this is the cushion against loss, in case of a price decline by the underlying security, that is afforded by the written call option.

Downside risk
The risk that a security will decline in value including the implications of risk.

Downsizing
A company's reduction in the number of employees, number of bureaucratic levels, and overall size in an attempt to increase efficiency and profitability.

Downstream
The transfer of corporate activity from the larger parent to the smaller subsidiary.

Downtick

Downturn
The transition point between a rising, expanding economy to a falling, contracting one.

Draft
An unconventional order in writing-signed by a person, usually the exporter, and addressed to the importer, ordering to pay the amount specified on the face of the draft.

Draw a call
In the context of general equities, provoking a customer indication-inquiry-order by calling them up or doing large amount of the volume in a stock.

Drawback
A tax or duty rebate on imported goods that are exported at a later date.

Drawdown
The state in which the borrower obtains some of the project financing, usually progressively according to construction expenditures plus IDC.

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