whipsawed

American  

[hwip-sawd, wip-] / ˈʰwɪpˌsɔd, ˈwɪp- /

adjective

Stock Exchange.

1. subjected to a double loss, as when an investor has bought a stock at a high price soon before it declines and then, in order to make good the loss, sells it short before it advances.

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Etymology

Origin of whipsawed

whipsaw + -ed ²

Example Sentences

An upgrade with lower price target is unusual, but MP stock has been whipsawed by U.S.-Chinese trade tensions.

From Barron's

The financial industry is still reeling from this month's dramatic events, which rattled investors and whipsawed markets.

From Reuters

Markets whipsawed on Yellen's comments this week, struggling to decode how far the administration would go to protect depositors and the banking system.

From Reuters

Republic First's shares have lost more than 40% so far this month as bank stocks globally were whipsawed by a crisis that has wiped out two mid-size lenders in the United States.

From Reuters

Perhaps no city has been whipsawed by changing attitudes on crime as much as San Francisco.

From Washington Post