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bought the dip

bought the dip is the simple past and past participle of buy the dip.

Meaning of buy the dip

Verb

buy the dip (third-person singular simple present buys the dip, present participle buying the dip, simple past and past participle bought the dip)

  1. (slang) To purchase a financial asset after its market value drops.
    • Many traders are told to “buy the dip and sell the pullback” but not exactly when to execute this. It has been left up to the trader to enter when he or she feels the time is right.2009, Ken Wood, Trade the Patterns: The Revolutionary Way of Trading the CCI, Traders Press, →ISBN, page 31

Questions about bought the dip

What is bought the dip the simple past and past participle of?
Bought the dip is the simple past and past participle of buy the dip.

Words near bought the dip in the dictionary

  1. bought priesthood
  2. bought priesthoods
  3. bought some time
  4. bought straw hats in winter
  5. bought the big one
  6. bought the dip
  7. bought the dips
  8. bought the farm
  9. bought the rabbit
  10. bought the rack
  11. bought the rumor

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