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What is an Uptick?
An uptick is an incremental increase in the trading price of a security.
Uptick is a slight increase in the trading price of a security. The word comes from the "ticker price" of a stock, which used to be printed out on ticker tape from a printer connected to telecommunication lines which reported updates in trading information throughout the day. Now tickers run electronically across the bottom of television screens and so on.
Visually, also, an "uptick" is a fitting name for the movement of a line on a graph, especially since an axis might have tick marks on it. In terms of short selling, there is an Uptick Rule in effect, which states that short sales can only follow an uptick in a stock's price.
How much this rule works has been debated, and and there was no uptick rule between 2007-2010, but there is some logic behind it. Downtrends put selling pressure on a stock, and, conversely, selling pressure can exacerbate a downtrend.
If you stop short selling in a free-fall, hypothetically the price will not fall as fast. For these purposes, an uptick must be $0.01 or more, and must be in the purchase price and not just the Ask price.
How Does Blockchain Technology Work?
Blockchains institutes a system of checks and balances that functions on its own accord through rules programmed into the protocol
What Can a Blockchain Do?
Blockchains offer security in that they are almost unhackable; any attempted unauthorized changes to the system are obvious
What are ICOs?
ICO is an acronym for Initial Coin Offering, and it is the primary way that new companies can use blockchains to raise capital
What is the Rectangle Bottom (Bearish) Pattern?
The Rectangle Bottom pattern forms when a currency pair's price is stuck in a rangebound motion, between support and resistance
What is Collateral?
Collateral is an asset/property that a borrower commits to a lender, which will be forfeited if the borrower defaults
What is Risk?
Risk can be defined as exposure to the possibility of loss of an asset. Risk might be used to denote the potential of loss
What is the Interbank Rate?
The interbank rate is the average lending rate used between banks of similar size when they borrow money from each other
Should I sell my house without a real estate broker?
If a person can sell their own house or property without a real estate broker, he or she can avoid paying broker’s fees
What are Industrials Stocks?
Industrials stocks include companies that are in the business of construction and manufacturing
Is there any merit to technical analysis of the markets?
Securities in the market can be analyzed on technical levels or fundamental ones, and it is generally best to take both