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Tick
The minimum upward or downward movement in the price of a security.

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Historically, stocks didn't trade in decimals. A stock would move in amounts of 1/8, 1/16, or 1/32 of a dollar (the tick). This changed when the decimal system was brought in.

Tick
Refers to the minimum change in price a security can have, either up or down. Related: Point.
TICK
A short-term technical indicator that describes the difference between the number of stocks whose last sale occurred on an uptick and the number of stocks whose last sale occurred on a downtick. A high positive TICK is generally considered a short-term signal of a strong market. Contrarians consider a high positive TICK to have bearish implications.
tick
A movement in the price or price quotation of a security or contract. See also downtick, minimum tick, uptick.
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They are classified as hard ticks and soft ticks, depending on the consistency of their covering cuticles.
Tick in the ear by Raman, Rajagopalan / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal
Identification of an uncultivable Borrelia species in the hard tick Amblyomma americanum: possible agent of a Lyme disease-like illness.
Migratory passerine birds as reservoirs of Lyme borreliosis in Europe by Bunikis, Jonas / Emerging Infectious Diseases
that greatly resemble relapsing fever borreliae with natural transmission through hard tick (ixodid) vectors means that these ticks may playa role in transmission.
Possibilities for relapsing fever reemergence by Cutler, Sally J. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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