put option, stay put, The ‘Trump Put’

Why Markets Aren’t Sweating the U.S.-China Trade War Much: The ‘Trump Put’

By NEIL IRWIN

The president has tended to back off whenever markets and the economy have looked soft.

NOUN

• 1A throw of a shot or weight.
• 2Stock Market 

  short for put option

put option

NOUN

Stock Market 

• An option to sell assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date.

stay put
Remain in a fixed or established position, as in I can't get that trellis to stay put, or I'm coming, just stay put till I get there. [First half of 1800s]