overbought

American

[oh-ver-bawt] / ˈoʊ vərˈbɔt /

adjective

marked by prices considered unjustifiably high because of extensive buying.

The stock market is overbought now.

verb

simple past tense and past participle of overbuy.

Etymology

Origin of overbought

First recorded in 1955–60; over- + bought

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Tomi Kilgore explained what it means for a stock to be overbought and whether or not it signals that Alphabet’s rocket ride is over.

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Alphabet’s stock has rallied over the past several months, and calling it technically overbought is an understatement.

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But when a stock has an overbought condition, the technical outlook isn’t necessarily as bad as it sounds.

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There are a number of ways to gauge whether a stock is overbought.

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“Looking at the daily, weekly and monthly MACDs, Alphabet is extremely overbought relative to history,” Morrison wrote in emailed comments to MarketWatch.

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