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A stock is in a trading range after a rally. You see a bar that probes the top of the range but fails to break out, closing lower than it opened but higher than the prior day. Volume is the lowest in two weeks.
Is this 'no demand' or a 'failed breakout'?
- It is a 'no-supply' bar because the professionals are not selling their shares back into the range.
- It is a 'test' because the price reached a new level and then came back to confirm support.
- It is a 'no-demand' bar because it fulfills the requirements of an up-bar (close-to-close) on very low volume.
- It is a 'failed breakout' because the price dropped below the opening price, showing active professional selling.
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