uptick

noun

up·tick | \ ˈəp-ˌtik

Definition of uptick

: increase, rise an uptick in sales an uptick in hiring

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an uptick in sales over the last fiscal year

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The school safety officers saw an uptick in activity. — Julia Felsenthal, Vogue, "Crime + Punishment," 22 Aug. 2018 The popular Mexican resort town has seen an uptick in violence in recent months. — Katherine Lam, Fox News, "Cancun horror as 8 bodies, including 2 dismembered in bags, found on streets," 22 Aug. 2018 From the satellite imagery, researchers noticed that Colombia lost 1 million acres of forest in 2017, a stunning 46 percent uptick from the previous year. — New York Times, "Tropical Forests Suffered Near-Record Tree Losses in 2017," 27 June 2018 More recently, there has been an uptick from Syria and Egypt. — Ronald J. Hansen, azcentral, "Asylum 101: Here are the basics of what it is and who gets it," 22 June 2018 Citywide, the total number of shootings between Jan. 1 and June 10 decreased from 90 last year to 76 this year, although fatal shootings saw an uptick from 12 to 19. — Danny Mcdonald, BostonGlobe.com, "Last year in Boston, about half of all guns traced by police had out-of-state origins," 15 June 2018 The 2018 tally, released Wednesday, showed a significant uptick from last year in the number of homeless people in Harris, Fort Bend and Montgomery counties. — Alyson Ward, Houston Chronicle, "Homelessness rose after Harvey, Houston-area census shows," 23 May 2018 Overall women employees: Women make up 38% of Uber’s global workforce in 2018, an uptick of 1.9% from last year. — Women in leadership roles: In 2017, women in leadership roles accounted for 22% of Uber’s employee base. — Polina Marinova, Fortune, "Term Sheet -- Tuesday, April 24," 24 Apr. 2018 That’s a slight uptick from 20 percent in 2017, 18 percent in 2016 and 17 percent in 2015. — Tory Newmyer, Washington Post, "The Finance 202, Davos Edition: The Trump administration is sending a lot of people to Davos," 21 Jan. 2018

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uptick

noun

Financial Definition of uptick

What It Is

Uptick refers to the increase in the market price of a security over the preceding transaction.

How It Works

If a new trading price for a security is higher than the preceding one (even by one cent), the security is on an uptick. For example, stock XYZ is trading for $10.00 per share. If the next time stock XYZ is traded it sells for $10.01, it has had an uptick.

An uptick is also sometimes called a plus tick.

Why It Matters

Upticks are most important when it comes to short-selling stocks. The "uptick rule," which was in place from 1938-2007, required every short-sale transaction be entered on an uptick. This rule was instated to keep short sellers from putting unjust pressure on a stock's price, adding to a security's downward spiral.

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uptick

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