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short squeezes

short squeezes is the plural of short squeeze.

Meaning of short squeeze

Noun

short squeeze (plural short squeezes)

  1. A rapid increase in the price of a stock caused primarily by technical factors in the market rather than underlying fundamentals.
    • A short squeeze can occur when there is a lack of supply and an excess of demand for the stock due to short sellers covering (liquidating) their positions.

Questions about short squeezes

What is short squeezes the plural of?
Short squeezes is the plural of short squeeze.

Words near short squeezes in the dictionary

  1. short snorter
  2. short snorters
  3. short spar
  4. short spars
  5. short squeeze
  6. short squeezes
  7. short stack
  8. short stacked
  9. short stacks
  10. short stop
  11. short stops

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