English Explanatory Dictionary

fight the tape

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make a trade contrary to the overall tendency of prices, i.e., to buy when prices are generally falling or sell when prices are generally rising.

Word forms

fight the tape fights the tape fighting the tape fought the tape

Etymology

From the early 20th-century practice of printing stock prices on ticker tape.

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