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take out the stops

take out the stops verb: to carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.

Verb

take out the stops (third-person singular simple present takes out the stops, present participle taking out the stops, simple past took out the stops, past participle taken out the stops)

  1. To carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.

Forms of take out the stops

third-person singular presenttakes out the stops
present participletaking out the stops
pasttook out the stops
past participletaken out the stops

Questions about take out the stops

What does take out the stops mean?
Take out the stops means to carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.
What part of speech is take out the stops?
Take out the stops is a verb.
What is the past tense of take out the stops?
The past tense of take out the stops is took out the stops.

Words near take out the stops in the dictionary

  1. take orders
  2. take out
  3. take out an onion
  4. take out in trade
  5. take out of context
  6. take out the stops
  7. take out the trash
  8. take over
  9. take pains
  10. take part
  11. take part with

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