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Downtick

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

downtick
A downward price movement for a security transaction compared with the preceding transaction of the same security. Also called minus tick. Compare uptick.

Downtick. When a security sells at a lower price than its previous sale price, the drop in value is called a downtick. For example, if a stock that had been trading at 25 sells at 24.99 the next time it trades, the 1 cent drop is a downtick.



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