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Breakout

A breakout occurs when price bursts out of a congestion pattern like a trading range, flag or pennant, or through some other support or resistance level. Sometimes "breakout" is used to describe upside moves only, while "breakdown" is used to describe downside breakouts.

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Catching a Pullback After a Breakout
July 31, 2009 about S
Matthew Cherry
With so many different ways for a price to breakout, how are you supposed to figure out when and where it will happen? By understanding the components of a price breakout and the psychology behind it, you can effectively take a lot of the guess work out of trading breakouts and potentially increase your trading edge. (more)
How to Trade False Breakouts
June 25, 2009
Walter Peters
How can you use false breakouts as a trading setup to make money? Walter Peters shows you a profitable strategy he uses to take advantage of failed breakouts. (more)
Stocks Staying the Course
May 26, 2009
Gary Kaltbaum
Gary Kaltbaum contends that we're seeing stocks in pullback mode, and that's a good thing! Find out why. (more)
Pullbacks or Breakouts? A Short Term Trading Strategy You Can Believe In
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A 3-Bar Strategy for Trading Support and Resistance
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Robert Hoffman
TradingMarkets contributing writer Robert Hoffman focuses on a 3-bar trading strategy to help traders avoid the false break out syndrome that so many have encounter throughout their careers. (more)
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Swing Trading Between Breakout and Breakdown
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An exciting week in stocks and politics leaves the markets in neutral mode - and still moving sideways since the October lows. (more)
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