technical correction

Technical Correction

A temporary decline in a stock's price after a series of extremely high gains. If a stock is overbought, its price often become unsustainably high and a technical correction brings it back to a level that ideally reflects its true value.

technical correction

A temporary downturn in the price of a stock or in the market itself following a period of extensive price increases. A technical correction takes place in a generally increasing market when there is no particular reason that the increases should be interrupted other than the fact that investors have temporarily slowed securities purchases.