Overview: Capitulation | ||
Type | Investing | |
Definition | A high volume price decline in a market characterized by seller panic that may suddenly occur after a long period of decline. | |
Related Concepts | InvestingGreed And FearEconomic Problems |
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What is Capitulation? John Spacey, updated on
Capitulation is a term for irrational panic selling that may occur towards the end of collapse in market prices. Most market declines may be orderly. Capitualation is associated with chaotic declines that end with investors completely abandoning a company, industry or market at any price. Some investors will look for signs of captitulation in a distressed asset or security before buying into a decline. Capitualation is characterized by a sharp fall in price, high volume and the popular view that an investment has become completely hopeless. In many cases, prices will sharply rebound after a capitulation as a result of low prices driven by an irrational level of fear. Generally speaking, capitulation is difficult to identity but becomes clear in retrospect.
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