It means that ordinary retail investors are like leeks growing in the ground. They are simple and kind, have no "means" and are at a disadvantage. They can let a few people use some "means" to harvest, because "leek" will grow up after cutting.

"cutting leeks" in the stock market;

1, generally describing institutions, funds and large households: selling stocks leads to a sharp drop in the stock market (or individual stocks), ushering in new opportunities to open positions, and then re-opening positions at a low level, so as to operate in a circular band and realize circulation. It's called cutting leeks.

2, generally describe retail investors: buy stocks, buy sets, cut sets, cut and buy, repeated, heavy losses. Also called leek cutting.

Extended data:

The stock market is the place where issued stocks are transferred, traded and circulated, including exchange market and OTC market. Because it is based on the distribution market, it is also called the secondary market. The structure and trading activities of the stock market are more complicated than the issuance market (primary market), and its role and influence are also greater.

The stock market originated from 1602 when the Dutch bought and sold the shares of the Dutch East India Company on the Amster River Bridge. The formal stock market first appeared in the United States. The stock market is a place where speculators and investors are active, and it is a thermometer of economic and financial activities of a country or region. Bad phenomena in the stock market, such as short selling of goods, will lead to various hazards such as the stock market crash. The only constant thing about the stock market is that it keeps changing. There are two trading markets in China: Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

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