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• When a security sells at a lower price than its previous sale price, the drop in value is called a downtick. For example, if a stock that had been trading at 25 sells at 24.95 the next time it trades, the 5 cent drop is a downtick.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Downtick. (n.d.). Yahoo Personal Finance Glossary. Retrieved June 6, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/downtick.

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  Downtick. finance.yahoo.com. Yahoo Personal Finance Glossary. Yahoo Finance. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/downtick (accessed: June 6, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Downtick." Yahoo Personal Finance Glossary. Yahoo Finance. 6 June. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/downtick.

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