Dead-cat-bounce definition

A short-lived rally near the bottom of an otherwise persistent decline in the market price of a stock, often caused by investors covering short positions.

An auspicious but ultimately short-lived improvement in an otherwise unfavorable trend.

A brief, unsustainable rally, esp. in the stock market, after a steep decline.

A quick, but modest, upward movement in a market that previously traded lower.

A term that is used by traders to indicate that they don’t expect a stock’s upward price movement to last.

(trading) A temporary recovery in the price of an instrument whose price has fallen rapidly and is expected to fall further in the long run.