Clean Up

Clean Up - A clean up is the sale of all remaining stock which leaves the investor, company or corporation with no shares remaining on their books. This is also a stock trading tactic used by large stock traders; usually an institutional investor, to buy or sell so much stock that it causes the market to move to a different level, and adds pressure on all other trades in play that could last for several days. When the clean up is over, the stock market usually recovers its balance, although it may move in the opposite direction for a short period of time.