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All-time high

Meaning in investing & the stock market, with examples

/ˌɔːl taɪm ˈhaɪ/nounCore term

In investing & the stock market, all-time high means: The highest price or level that a stock, index or other asset has ever reached since trading in it began.

In Turkish: tüm zamanların en yükseği, rekor seviye, tarihi zirve

How it is used

Common in headlines: an index hits, reaches, sets or closes at an all-time high. Traders shorten it to ATH. The opposite is an all-time low. Also used as an adjective: an all-time-high close. In high-inflation economies, records in local currency are often compared with dollar terms.

Example sentences

  1. The index closed at an all-time high for the third day in a row.

  2. In dollar terms, the market is still far below its all-time high.

Common collocations

  • hit an all-time high
  • record high
  • close at an all-time high
  • all-time low
  • rallyA period of strong and fairly quick rises in prices, either in one stock or in the whole market, often after a fall or a quiet period.
  • bull marketA long period in which prices in a market rise and investors are generally confident. A common rule of thumb is a 20 percent rise from a recent low.
  • resistance levelA price level where a rising stock has often stopped and turned back down in the past, because sellers tend to appear at that price.
  • profit-takingSelling investments after their price has risen in order to turn paper gains into real cash, which can cause a short fall in prices.

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