breakaway gap

breakaway gap definition - finance
A chart pattern that is identified through technical analysis of price patterns. It shows a pattern that is interrupted by a gap on the chart, which indicates a market spiking either up or down.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
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