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- noun A
trend thatopposes mainstream orpopular trends.
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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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
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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
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But the preface does not mention a countertrend: a drop among people not obligated to read.
Archive 2009-01-01 2009
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But the preface does not mention a countertrend: a drop among people not obligated to read.
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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.
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Nor was this countertrend confined to the first Tuesday in November.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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RAZ: There's an interesting sort of countertrend that you highlight in the report.
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Nor was this countertrend confined to the first Tuesday in November.
LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010
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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.
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