whipsawed

[hwip-sawd, wip-]

adjective

Stock Exchange.

1. subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.

Word History and Origins

Origin of whipsawed¹

whipsaw + -ed ²

Example Sentences

An upgrade with lower price target is unusual, but MP stock has been whipsawed by U.S.-Chinese trade tensions.

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Prices of the cryptocurrency have whipsawed after falling below $100,000 in early November.

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Futures prices for natural gas, a key fuel for heating homes, generating electricity and powering data centers, this week notched their highest level since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine whipsawed markets in 2022.

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After years of getting whipsawed by global politics, Illinois farmer Dean Buchholz thought he had seen it all.

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Big tech stocks have whipsawed this week, with the latest losses coming after strong corporate earnings and dip-buying in beaten-down AI shares on Wednesday helped lift stocks some.

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