Capitulation
A phase of heavy, indiscriminate selling in which holders give up regardless of price, often on unusually high volume.
A phase of heavy, indiscriminate selling in which holders give up regardless of price, often on unusually high volume.
Why it matters
Capitulation is identified after the fact; there is no reliable way to recognise it as it happens.
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