Uptick rule

Uptick rule
Definition: A rule put in place by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1938 to prevent sophisticated and wealthy investors from starting a downward spiral in the price of a stock.

Uptick Rule
In the U.S., a regulation which states that a security may not be sold short unless the trade prior to the short sale was at a price lower than the price at which the short sale is executed.
US Prime Rate ...

Uptick rule
SEC rule that selling short is allowed only on an up tick.
Uptick trade
A transaction that takes place at a higher price than the preceding transaction involving the same security. Related: Tick test rules.

Uptick Rule - A former rule established by the SEC that requires that every short sale transaction be entered at a price that is higher than the price of the previous trade.

Uptick Rule
Rule established by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that selling short can only be done on an up-tick or a zero plus tick.
See: Selling Short; Uptick; Zero Plus Tick ...

See: Sell Short; Uptick Rule; Zero Plus Tick
PMV (Private Market Value)
The aggregate value of a corporation if it is broken into individual operations and each piece is given its own stock price--also called "breakup value" or "takeover value".

Shorting ETFs: Profit Or Peril?
The Uptick Rule Debate
Hedging Basics: What Is A Hedge?
Short Sales For Market Downturns ...

An upward turn in a security's price after a period of falling prices.
Uptick rule
SEC rule that selling short is allowed only on an up tick.
Uptick trade ...

Ability to go short: Futures contracts can be sold as easily as they are bought enabling a speculator to profit from falling markets as well as rising ones. There is no uptick rule for example like there is with stocks.

DIAMONDS are not subject to the "uptick rule" unlike stocks and can be sold short even in a downtick. Also investors can trade DJX options against each 100 units of DIAMONDS they hold. DIAMONDS can depreciate in value when DJIA goes down.

lend in a specific issue, some short sales can only be made if the stock price or bid has just risen (known as an "uptick"), and the broker can call for the return of its shares at any time. Some of these restrictions (in particular the uptick rule) ...

See also: Plus tick, NASD, Unit investment trust, Banks, Margin account