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  • noun A trend that opposes mainstream or popular trends.

Etymologies

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counter- +‎ trend

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Examples

  • As I came to the market today I figured I would begin building a small (I stress small because it's countertrend, which is not very smart) put position in SPY as a partial hedge to my long positions that I intend to hold for a little while.

    Cara Community Bill Cara 2010

  • Chart levels can be particularly helpful in putting a countertrend move in perspective.

    In Uncharted Market Waters, It Can Pay to Look to Charts Tomi Kilgore 2011

  • If they sell more, they become even more vulnerable to any positive news, and it increases the potential of a countertrend rally.

    Negative Sentiment Could Be a Positive Tomi Kilgore 2011

  • But the preface does not mention a countertrend: a drop among people not obligated to read.

    Archive 2009-01-01 2009

  • But the preface does not mention a countertrend: a drop among people not obligated to read.

    Is Our Grownups Reading? 2009

  • Although a recession in the developed world is now more or less inevitable, China, India and some of the oil-producing countries are in a very strong countertrend.

    Soros: The worst market crisis in 60 years 2008

  • Nor was this countertrend confined to the first Tuesday in November.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • RAZ: There's an interesting sort of countertrend that you highlight in the report.

    Black Male Grad Rates: Despair, And A Ray Of Hope 2010

  • Nor was this countertrend confined to the first Tuesday in November.

    LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010

  • Although a recession in the developed world is now more or less inevitable, China, India and some of the oil-producing countries are in a very strong countertrend.

    Soros: The worst market crisis in 60 years 2008

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