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Printing

Making money quickly and easily, as if the account were a printer; also, a trade or price appearing on the tape.

When someone says a trade is printing, they mean it is producing profit. Printing also has a literal meaning: a trade prints when it executes and appears on time-and-sales.

The slang usage tends to peak near market tops, when everything is printing and overconfidence is at its highest.

Example: the calls were printing all morning. Or: a 10,000-share block just printed at $52.10.

Related: time-and-sales, overconfidence, moon, rip

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