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magnet play en · NOUN

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  1. (nonce-word, uncountable) The deliberate use of significant psychological price points (such as round numbers) to anticipate the behavior of other traders and to capitalize on movement towards those price points.
    • I also do “magnet play" to round numbers as well as breakouts through such levels. 2014, Fernando Oliveira, Traders of the New Era, page 30:
  2. (uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see magnet, play.; play involving magnets.
    • This sort of magnet play is full of exploratory learning that, among other things, builds understanding of the physical world, problem-solving skills, and cause-and-effect thinking. 2014, Jeff A. Johnson, Denita Dinger, Let's Play: (Un)Curriculum Early Learning Adventures, page 160: