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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

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Often reviewed together

Breakout confirmation4 readings

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Exhaustion gap4 readings

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Breakaway gap5 readings

Read in the archive24 of 26 readings

1987Broken bias: stops, cash flow and unfilled gapsDecision process 1987Constructing price gap classifications from follow-throughChart patterns 1990Breakaway versus exhaustion: classify the skip from both sidesChart patterns 1990Constructing gap signals from skipped price zonesChart patterns 1991The midpoint retest after a missed breakaway gapChart patterns 1992Opening-referenced percentile stops for same-session gapsStops and loss limits 1999A surviving weekly gap still needs a confirmation-breakoutChart patterns 2000Repeatable volume-price silhouettes as falsifiable hypothesesChart patterns 2000Gap types as trade hypothesesChart patterns 2002A three-lock checklist for doji, gap, and stochastic reversalsChart patterns 2003Continuous FX auctions, session-cuts, and gap proxiesAuction and volume 2003Classifying breakout gaps by fill speed and throwbackChart patterns 2004Constructing pivot commonality across timeframesTrend and channels 2004Constructing gap classifications from price contextChart patterns 2005A finished crude-oil top as a classroom for necklines, candles, and gapsChart patterns 2007Journal a gap breakout as three sequential gatesChart patterns 2007Evaluating gap and lap opens against short-horizon baselinesChart patterns 2008Same-open kicker as a two-bar reversal caseChart patterns 2010Filtered gap follow-through entry rulesEntry and exit rules 2010Cloudbank overhead resistance and breakout recoveryChart patterns 2011Session gaps as a fade-or-follow drillChart patterns 2015Post-exit cooldown as a system ruleDecision process 2016Constructing late entries from serial uptrend gapsChart patterns 2016Four gap types as falsifiable trade hypothesesChart patterns

This registry entry describes a research method. It is not investment advice and does not make a performance claim.