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During a stop-run cascade to the upside, why does the order flow often show 'unfinished business' at the high of the bar?

  1. The market makers simply widen the bid-ask spread at the extreme price level, preventing trades from occurring at the offer at all.
  2. Institutional sellers use the liquidity of the stop-run to place massive resting limit orders at the high.
  3. It indicates that every single aggressive participant in the auction has fully transitioned into purely passive, resting limit order behavior there.
  4. The rapid pace of triggered market buy orders results in the auction being bid at the high without an aggressive buyer lifting the final offer.

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