Definition of "oversold" []

• Past tense and past participle of oversell. (verb)
• Characterized by prices regarded as excessively low because of prior heavy selling and a concomitant decline in prices: an oversold stock market. (adjective)

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• "The only thing that got into a headline was the word "oversold.""
• ""New short-term oversold extremes mean probabilities are increasing for a short-term rebound, but a rebound is probably a reflex affair in a medium-term trend that just turned down," Mr. Roth said."
• ""The danger here is that people will be lulled into the idea that a strong bull trend is now in place rather than the idea that the market is just bouncing off a short-term oversold condition," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, a trading and research firm in Greenwich, Con."