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4 Types of Price Gaps a Trader should know 1

4 Types of Price Gaps a Trader should know

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November 21, 2022
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Hindi: आप इस लेख को हिंदी में भी पढ़ सकते है|

Key Takeaways:

  • Price Gaps are common patterns that are used as trading strategies by both day traders and positional traders.
  • A gap is formed when the closing price of the previous days and the opening price of the next day have different price levels.
  • Gaps can be classified into Common gaps, Breakaway Gaps, Exhaustion Gap and Runaways Gaps.
  • Traders can build a trading strategy based on the type of gaps formed.
    Table of Contents
    What is a Gap?
   Why Does a Gap Occur?
    4 Types of Price Gaps
   Playing with the Gaps

Have you ever noticed a break between the opening price and the closing price of the previous day?

If yes, the break between these two trading sessions is known as the Price Gap.

Gaps are common price patterns that are used as trading strategies by both day traders and positional traders.

In this blog, we will discuss about the basics of gaps as well as the 4 types of commonly used gaps in trading.

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What is a Gap?

A gap is formed when the closing price of the previous days and the opening price of the next day have different price levels.

This is formed mainly due to any news in that specific stock, after the trading session.

For example, if the company earning is higher than expected, then the stock will gap up the next day.

Suggested Read : Gap Trading Strategies

Why Does a Gap Occur?

A gap usually occurs when there is low liquidity in the market. There are not enough buyers or sellers to trade that stock.

It may also occur when there is a high volume in that stock.

Important events like earnings releases and company-related news that impact the market sentiment after the stock closes lead to gaps in the stock prices when the stock opens the next day.

4 Types of Price Gaps:

Gaps can be mainly classified into 4 groups:

types of price gaps

1. Common Gaps:

Common Gaps are also sometimes referred to as a trading gap or an area gap.

This type of price gaps occurs in nervous markets and is generally closed within a few days. They can be caused by a stock going ex-dividend when the volume is low.

A common gap appears in a trading range and reinforces the apparent lack of interest in the stock at that time.

Knowing about these types of price gaps is good, but it’s usually doubtful that they will produce trading opportunities.

2. Breakaway Gaps:

The breakaway gap usually does not get filled initially.

A breakaway gap occurs when the price of the stock gaps over a support or resistance level. It is like a breakout pattern, but here the actual breakout happens in the form of a gap.

This kind of gap signals strong momentum and price keeps on trending after a breakaway gap.

Furthermore, the larger the breakaway gap, the stronger is the next candle after the gap, and the stronger the prevailing trend will be.

3. Runaway /Continuation Gaps:

Runaway gaps are also referred to as measuring gaps.

Runaway gaps in an uptrend represent traders who did not get in during the beginning of the uptrend and while waiting for a retracement in price, they decided it was not going to happen.

There is increased buying interest all of a sudden. This type of runaway gap represents an almost panic state in traders.

Runaway gaps can also be caused by important news events which may cause new interest in the stock.

In a downtrend, runaway represents an increase in the liquidation of the stock by the buyers who are standing on the sidelines.

We can see an example of Runaway Gap in the daily chart of Nifty below:

runaway gap chart

4. Exhaustion Gaps:

Exhaustion gaps usually get filled and the best way to trade an exhaustion gap is not to speculate but use the information to time exits and entries around the pattern.

An exhaustion gap usually occurs at the end of a trend or at an important support and resistance level.

The first gap in the direction of the trend can look like a runaway gap but the following candle is usually after a Doji pattern showing the indecision or rejection of a price level.

We can see an example of the Exhaustion Gap in the daily chart of Nifty below:

exhausion price gaps

Playing with the Gaps:

Traders can build a trading strategy based on the type of price gaps formed.

As a rule of thumb, below are some points traders need to consider when trading gap:

  • Common gaps usually should be traded in the opposite direction, as the market fills the gap after they occur.
  • Continuation gaps signal a strong trend, and traders can enter in the direction of the trend after a continuation gap occurs.
  • Exhaustion gaps signal trend reversals and traders should look to enter the opposite trend after they spot this gap.

With the help of the above thumb rules, both the day traders and positional traders can analyze the gaps in the charts and trade accordingly.

You can also use technical scans to filter out stocks for trading the next day by using StockEdge App, now also available in the web version.

Tell us if you found this price gaps pattern interesting by commenting below.

Happy Learning!

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  1. Rahul says:
    3 years ago

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