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Up tick - A transaction executed at a price greater than the previous transaction.
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Raising the quality rating of a security because of new optimism about the prospects of a firm due to tangible or intangible factors. This can increase investor confidence and push up the price of the security.

Up Tick - Indicates that a transaction was made at a price higher than the preceding transaction. Also called a "plus tick." See "Down Tick."
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Up tick - A new price quote that is higher than the preceding quote for the same currency.
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Up tick - A term used to designate a transaction made at a price higher than the preceding transaction. Also called a "plus" tick.

Up Tick Rule: This is a rule that applies to selling short. The SEC says that "an exchange-listed security may only be sold short: (1) at a price above the immediately preceding reported price ("plus tick"), ...

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Selling of assets and or instruments to square a position.
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Up tick
Plus tick.
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When a stock closes increases in value on a particular day, the volume in that stock is considered up volume. Related: Down volume.

Ticks: Down Ticks, Up Ticks, and Zero Plus Ticks, these are all important types of ticks. An "Up Tick" occurs when a stock trades higher than the previous trade on the bid or offer.

zero uptick Zero up tick refers to a transaction made at the same price as a preceding trade,... zero-base budgeting Method of budgeting for future expenses in which all expenditures must be...

When placing trades for you, the broker can only make a short sale on an "up tick." This "up tick" means that the stock of interest must be increasing in value.

- Ask Traded vs Bid Trade Volume - Volume that trades at the ask price is considered buy volume, while volume that trades at the bid is considered sell volume
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New traders (and maybe even experienced ones too) should be aware that in a violent up tick the price is always heading into the TOP right of your screen. In a down turn, the price is heading into the BOTTOM right of your screen.

In addition you also have to short individual stocks on an up tick but can short the Exchange Traded Funds (ETF's) on a down tick.
Thus as an investor you have more of an advantage shorting the ETF's than individual stocks.

SEC rule that selling short is allowed only on an up tick.

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I could take a long position or a short position in an index futures contract and buy or sell a major portion of the securities that made up the market and I did not need an up tick to sell the security as you do in shorting stocks.

Tick: A measurement of a stock's performance during a trading session. It basically refers to a change in the price of a security, either up or down. An up tick is symbolized by a "+", while a down tick is symbolized by a "-".

The explanation I have heard for this is that specialists are placing multiple odd lot short orders to avoid the up-tick rule which states that a short order must be processed on an up tick. They do this on days with major declines in prices.

A down tick, or "minus" tick is a term used to designate a transaction made at a price lower than the preceding trade. To indicate a down tick, a minus sign is usually displayed next to the last price of a stock. (see Up Tick)
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Ticks: The smallest allowable movement in the price of a security or index. A downtick is the sale of a security at a price below the preceding deal. An up tick is a sale executed at a price higher than the preceding sale.

To go short you "borrow" stock from the broker/dealer, then sell the stock, with the intent to buy the stock back at a lower price than you had initially sold it for. A short sale can only take place on an "up tick"" or 'zero-plus tick'.

In addition it is simple to place and there is not much to do management wise while the trade is in play - which allows the credit spread trader to be freed from their trading chair and not have to watch every up tick and down that the market makes ...

For example, if a security trades at $40, $41 and $41, the last traded price was made at a zero-up tick because it was made at the last traded price but at a price higher than the last different price. This is also referred to as a zero-plus tick.

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