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  • Word comparison: overbought vs. oversold

overbought vs. oversold

overbought

adjective

  1. marked by prices considered unjustifiably high because of extensive buying: Compare oversold.

    The stock market is overbought now.

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of overbuy.

oversold

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of oversell.

adjective

  1. marked by prices considered unjustifiably low because of heavy and extensive selling:

    The stock market is oversold.