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Suppose a stock is approaching a known resistance level. It gaps over the resistance on high volume and continues to rise.
How should a practitioner view this gap?
- As a signal that low-volume 'No Demand' conditions are now approaching soon.
- As a 'Trap Up-Move' designed specifically to lure in and then trap late, over-eager buyers.
- As a sign of strength designed to prevent 'locked-in' traders from selling at breakeven.
- As a sign that market-makers are desperate to unload their last remaining stock onto the public.
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