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Rip

A sharp, fast move higher; to rip is to rally hard.

A stock that rips is moving up quickly, often on news or a short-squeeze. The word carries urgency, which is why it appears in fomo situations.

A face-ripper or face-ripping rally is one that hurts shorts badly.

Example: the stock ripped 18% in the first hour after the earnings-report.

Related: dump, short-squeeze, fomo, moon

See it drawn

Original diagrams for the ideas on this page. Illustrative, not real market data.

Bollinger bands squeezing and then expandingA price line between three curves: an average in the middle and a band above and below it that pinch together in the centre of the chart and then spread apart as the price runs higher.PRICE WITH BOLLINGER BANDS (20, 2)SQUEEZEupper bandpricemiddle band20-day averagelower bandbands widen asvolatility risesIllustrative prices. The bands sit two standard deviations from the average.
Bollinger bands: squeeze and expansion. The middle line is a 20-day average and the outer bands sit a set number of standard deviations away, so they measure how far price has recently been straying. When moves are small the bands pinch together; when moves grow they spread apart.
The mood around a market cycleA price path rising to a peak and falling to a trough, labelled with the feelings usually attached to each stage of the round trip.PRICETIMEOPTIMISMEXCITEMENTEUPHORIAANXIETYDENIALPANICCAPITULATIONDESPONDENCYHOPEOPTIMISM RETURNSMAXIMUM FINANCIAL RISKMAXIMUM FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY
The mood around a market cycle. The same price path labelled with the feelings that tend to travel with it, from optimism up to euphoria and down through panic to despondency. Confidence is highest where the most money is already committed and prices are highest.

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