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Damn dead cat bounce

A dead cat bounce is a pattern where a modrate rise in the price of a stock follows a spectacular fall with the connotation that the rise does not indicate improving circumstances. It is taken from the notion that "even a dead cat will bounce if it falls from a great height".


The reasons for such a bounce can be technical investors may have standing orders to buy shorted shit stocks if they fall below a certain level, to cover certain option positions, or for speculation. Since bounces often occur, investors buy into what they hope is the bottom of the market, expecting a bounce and thus make a quick profit. The very act of anticipating a bounce can create and magnify it.



A market rise after a sharp fall can only really be seen to be a "dead cat bounce" with the benefit of hindsight. If the stocks starts to fall again in the following days and weeks, then it is a true dead cat bounce. If the market picks up starts to climb again, it was not a bounce but a bottom


My latest picks are the new Visa IPO in the US.
 
nimbus said:
cool thread. do you day trade?



No I am not a day trader, I true day trader will start the day with X amount of dollars and buy and and sell everything usually before the day ends. I dont have the time, capital, or the background to do it everyday it. It would quite the gig day trading though. I do enjoy investing in stocks.
 
Hasn't the market fallen below support levels? It may hang around or whatever, then continue falling.

I haven't been following anything for a while.

Still, all long term signals are a buy. good luck
 
gonelifting said:
Hasn't the market fallen below support levels? It may hang around or whatever, then continue falling.

I haven't been following anything for a while.

Still, all long term signals are a buy. good luck

dead cat bounces are for short term buys. You try to time the stock the bottm point and buy it, it will go up again then back down. you need to captialize on the short term gain...overall the stock isnt a good pick. Citi could have a bounce soon
 
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