selling climax

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sell·ing climax

(sĕl′ĭng)
n.
A sharp decline in stock prices on a heavy volume of trading followed by a rally.
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The chart shows a volume spike this week which can be viewed as a selling climax. If we lose another 100 points this week then we are officially in a correction as we will be down 10 percent from the high.
Meanwhile, Eagle Equities Head of Research Chris Mangun said technical charts show a volume spike last week "which can be viewed as a selling climax."
I think we are pretty close to a selling climax here.
If and when that happens, we're going to see a final panic in the markets and the economy and everything will have a crescendo and a selling climax.
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