Research method
Breakaway gap
Breakaway gap is a canonical archive-taxonomy method; this registry entry defines its inputs, output and use boundary.
- Output
- Signal
- Input
- OHLC price structure and chart scale
- Horizon
- From intraday to several weeks
- Best use
- Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.
- Input: OHLC price structure and chart scale.
- Output: signal.
- Use boundary: Turn a repeatable chart condition into a falsifiable trade hypothesis.
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How the method is built, and where it has been read
Depends on
Often reviewed together
Exhaustion gap4 readings
Often reviewed together
Gap analysis5 readings
Read in the archive12 readings
1987Constructing price gap classifications from follow-through1990Breakaway versus exhaustion: classify the skip from both sides1990Constructing gap signals from skipped price zones1991The midpoint retest after a missed breakaway gap2004Constructing gap classifications from price context2011The first close after a breakaway gap as a classroom breakout test2011Constructing volume-confirmed breakaway gaps2011Constructing candlestick, breakaway-gap, and Elliott-wave signals2013A PHM breakaway gap stacked with Elliott labels and mapped support2016Four gap types as falsifiable trade hypotheses2019Evaluating upward breakaway gaps by changing one rule at a time2019Breakaway gap after a completed double bottom
This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.