stock market shakeout; wash the plate
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to shake out weak holders; (of market makers) to deliberately create price volatility to force early investors to sell
technicalTechnical stock market jargon referring to the manipulation tactic where major players ('庄家') drive prices up and down to transfer shares from weak hands ('浮筹') to strong hands before the next leg up. The term implies institutional control of price action.
Zhuāng庄
jiā家
zhèng正
zài在
xǐ洗
pán盘
，
sǎn散
hù户
bù不
yào要
bèi被
zhèn震
chū出
qù去
。
The market makers are shaking out weak holders; retail investors shouldn't be shaken out.
Zhè这
bō波
shàng上
zhǎng涨
qián前
de的
xǐ洗
pán盘
fēi非
cháng常
chè彻
dǐ底
，
fú浮
chóu筹
yǐ已
jīng经
qīng清
xǐ洗
de得
chà差
bù不
duō多
le了
。
The washout before this wave of increases was very thorough; the floating shares have been mostly cleared out.
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Zhǔ主
lì力
tōng通
guò过
cháng长
shí时
jiān间
héng横
pán盘
lái来
xǐ洗
pán盘
，
xiāo消
mó磨
sǎn散
hù户
de的
nài耐
xīn心
。
The major players are washing the plate through prolonged sideways movement to wear down retail investors' patience.