selling climax
noun
: a sharp decline in stock prices for a short time on very heavy trading volume followed by a rally
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Bulls will say that the decline on Monday to 4,410 was a selling climax. 
Jon Markman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
Jon Markman, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022 Word History
First Known Use
circa 1949, in the meaning defined above
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