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buying the dip

buying the dip is the present participle and gerund 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

Noun

buying the dip (uncountable)

  1. Snapping up stocks or bonds when their price drops; especially, while they seem to be temporarily underpriced, as for example after a bout of panic selling.
    • Buying the dip was one of his keys to long-term success.
    • The president’s about-face — and the ensuing rally — has also validated investors’ strategy of “buying the dip” during the market’s sell-offs, hoping to reap big gains when it rises.2025 June 27, Joe Rennison, “S&P 500 Hits a Record High, Surging Through Trump Turmoil”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2025
    Antonyms:
    profit taking

Antonyms of buying the dip

Questions about buying the dip

What does buying the dip mean?
Buying the dip means snapping up stocks or bonds when their price drops; especially, while they seem to be temporarily underpriced, as for example after a bout of panic selling.
What is buying the dip the present participle and gerund of?
Buying the dip is the present participle and gerund of buy the dip.
What part of speech is buying the dip?
Buying the dip is a noun.

Words near buying the dip in the dictionary

  1. buying some time
  2. buying straw hats in winter
  3. buying temperature
  4. buying temperatures
  5. buying the big one
  6. buying the dip
  7. buying the dips
  8. buying the rabbit
  9. buying the rack
  10. buying the rumor
  11. buying time

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