whipsawed

adjective

whip·sawed ˈ(h)wip-ˌsȯd

: subjected to a double market loss through trying inopportunely to recoup a loss by a subsequent short sale of the same security

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Songs rumbled, zigzagged, marched, whipsawed, pounced, crawled. —

Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2024 But that winning streak came to an end during 2018, and some retirees who waited to make their withdrawals wound up whipsawed. —

Steve Vernon, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2019 Her analysis is spot-on in its main thrust: Relentlessly upward-skewing market conditions have created plenty of carnage in the whipsawed newspaper sector. —

Chris Lehmann, The New Republic, 21 Oct. 2021 Futures are up, suggesting the broader stock market could eke out gains for the third quarter despite recent whipsawed trading. —

James Willhite, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021 Homes are selling during the coronavirus crisis, despite heightened unemployment, widespread business losses, a whipsawed stock market and stay-at-home orders. —

oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2020