What is meant by "short-term oversold, long-term overbought"?

Discussion in 'Trading' started by helpme_please, Aug 29, 2015.

  1. What are some examples to illustrate what "short-term oversold, long-term overbought" mean? Sounds contradictory.
     
  2. I think it means that on the larger time frame the market is over heated... But on a smaller time frame the selling is over done... Basically saying we are due for a correction because of inflated asset prices but on a small time frame the selling was to accerated to be sustainable at that velocity
     
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  3. i960

    i960

    A good example would be if NFLX or AMZN dropped 25% tomorrow due to an analyst downgrade. Too hardcore of a drop in a short period of time but ultimately both stocks could be considered overbought on a larger timeframe.
     
  4. Sergio77

    Sergio77

    It depends on the period of the indicator and the timeframe.
     
  5. loyek590

    loyek590

    well fundamental analysts always have some idea of what they think a fair price is based on everything except what the market is doing. So if the price goes below their fair value they claim it is oversold.