whipsawed

American  

[hwip-sawd, wip-] / ˈʰwɪpˌsɔd, ˈwɪp- /

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.

---

Etymology

Origin of whipsawed

whipsaw + -ed ²

Example Sentences

JPMorgan’s strategists reckon it’s too late to sell, and if you do, you run the risk of being “whipsawed.”

From MarketWatch

Oil prices whipsawed in recent days between $75 and $120 a barrel—a level suggesting the conflict will get even messier.

From The Wall Street Journal

Markets whipsawed between losses and gains, finally settling at about break-even by the end of the day.

From Barron's

Equities whipsawed Thursday, closing sharply down after spending much of the day in the green.

From The Wall Street Journal

An F/A-18 that was being pulled into position was whipsawed by the maneuver and “departed the hangar bay,” the Navy’s incident report said.

From The Wall Street Journal