oversold
adjective
over·sold
ˌō-vər-ˈsōld 
: likely to show a rise in price because of prior heavy selling and accompanying decline in price
an oversold stock
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Masculinity had long been Sante’s oversold thesis, and here came the more honest and understated antithesis.
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Dwight Garner, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Falling squarely at the height of one of the busiest travel periods of the year, flights were of course oversold, meaning his best option was to wait through the 12-hour delay.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2024
Short-covering in an oversold market, record LNG exports and hopes of colder January weather could also be behind the gains, the forecaster adds.
—WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
Its recent rebound amid oversold conditions and bullish divergence on the daily moving average convergence divergence indicator suggests USD/SGD has probably entered a recovery phase, the strategist says in a research note.
—WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
Based on the 14-day relative strength index (RSI), the metal looks incredibly oversold at around 23, the lowest it’s been since August 2018.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 18 July 2022
That’s according to Piper Sandler’s Craig Johnson, who bets extremely oversold conditions and the index’s ability to hold above the key 4,200 technical support level sets the stage for a jump of some 14% from now until the year’s end.
—Alexandra Semenova, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
This makes an oversold rally likely in the next week or so.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
But the market seems to have reached oversold territory, which drew in new buyers encouraged by a monthly EIA drilling report that reinforced the view that US natural gas production has finally peaked at recent record-highs, and could even begin a slow decline over the next few months.
—WSJ, 18 July 2023
Dwight Garner, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2024
Falling squarely at the height of one of the busiest travel periods of the year, flights were of course oversold, meaning his best option was to wait through the 12-hour delay.
—Rachel Chang, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2024
Short-covering in an oversold market, record LNG exports and hopes of colder January weather could also be behind the gains, the forecaster adds.
—WSJ, 18 Dec. 2023
Its recent rebound amid oversold conditions and bullish divergence on the daily moving average convergence divergence indicator suggests USD/SGD has probably entered a recovery phase, the strategist says in a research note.
—WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
Based on the 14-day relative strength index (RSI), the metal looks incredibly oversold at around 23, the lowest it’s been since August 2018.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes, 18 July 2022
That’s according to Piper Sandler’s Craig Johnson, who bets extremely oversold conditions and the index’s ability to hold above the key 4,200 technical support level sets the stage for a jump of some 14% from now until the year’s end.
—Alexandra Semenova, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2023
This makes an oversold rally likely in the next week or so.
—Tom Aspray, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
But the market seems to have reached oversold territory, which drew in new buyers encouraged by a monthly EIA drilling report that reinforced the view that US natural gas production has finally peaked at recent record-highs, and could even begin a slow decline over the next few months.
—WSJ, 18 July 2023
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