oversold
adjective
over·sold
ˌō-vər-ˈsōld 
: likely to show a rise in price because of prior heavy selling and accompanying decline in price
an oversold stock
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The indicator usually became oversold on new swing lows, and when the price bounced higher on countertrend rallies, the RSI rarely got above the 60 threshold.
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David Keller, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
For a bullish set-up, traders typically wait for RSI to not only drop into oversold territory but also rise back above the 30 level.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
The tape reassuringly did manage to respond to pervasive oversold conditions with an impressively broad bounce Friday.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
Thursday was a terrible day all around on Wall Street, which did take some of the momentum out of stocks and tilt the market into oversold territory, according to the S & P Short Range Oscillator .
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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David Keller, CNBC, 16 Jan. 2025
For a bullish set-up, traders typically wait for RSI to not only drop into oversold territory but also rise back above the 30 level.
—Nishant Pant, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025
The tape reassuringly did manage to respond to pervasive oversold conditions with an impressively broad bounce Friday.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 21 Dec. 2024
Thursday was a terrible day all around on Wall Street, which did take some of the momentum out of stocks and tilt the market into oversold territory, according to the S & P Short Range Oscillator .
—Zev Fima, CNBC, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Oversold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oversold. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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