take out the stops

verb

To carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.

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Meanings

verbtake out the stops (third-person singular simple present takes out the stops, present participle taking out the stops, simple past took out the stops, past participle taken out the stops)

present singular third person takes out the stops · participle present taking out the stops · past took out the stops · participle past taken out the stops

  1. businessTo carry out the supposed practice whereby locals (floor traders trading for their own account) buy or sell to push prices towards where they suspect stop loss orders lie, with a view to profiting from the resulting acceleration of the move when those orders hit the market.
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take out the stops. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20out%20the%20stops

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“take out the stops.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20out%20the%20stops. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take out the stops,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20out%20the%20stops.

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