Profit Taking financial definition of Profit Taking. Profit Taking finance term by the Free Online Dictionary.

Profit taking

Action by short-term securities traders to cash in on gains created by a sharp market rise, which pushes prices down temporarily but implies an upward market trend. See: Ring the [cash] register.

Profit Taking

The act of selling a large quantity of security immediately after it has spiked in price, such that the seller will realize a great deal of capital appreciation. For example, suppose one buys a security at $5 and it suddenly rises to $15, and an investor sells the security. If enough investors do this, it can cause a significant, but temporary, drop in price. However, technical analysts see it as a signal of an uptrend. It is also called taking profits.

profit taking

The general widespread selling of securities or of a particular security after a significant price rise as investors realize, or take, their profits. Although profit taking depresses prices, it does so temporarily. The term usually implies that the market is trending upward. Also called taking profits.

Profit taking. Profit taking is the sale of securities after a rapid price increase to cash in on gains.

Profit taking sometimes causes a temporary market downturn after a period of rising prices as investors sell off shares to lock in their gains.

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12 Kyodo (EDS: RECASTING WITH END OF TRADING) New York stocks dropped Thursday with the Dow Jones index ending lower for the first time in seven trading days on profit taking.

LEAD: N.Y. stocks turn down on profit taking by Japan Weekly Monitor

Summary: Profit taking and risk aversion can bolster the dollar - if only these influences can pick up momentum.

Dollar Can't Hold onto Gains as Risk Aversion Stabilizes, Trade ... by Mena Report

US stocks opened lower Monday on profit taking after five consecutive weeks of gains and ahead of a plethora of corporate earnings data to be released.

US stocks lower on profit taking by AFP / AFP American Edition

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