Market Data

Price Gap

Definition

What is Price Gap?

A chart interval between consecutive trading periods where no trades occurred at intervening prices.

Example in practice

Unexpected news causes the share to open well below the previous close.

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The first official or regular-session traded price for a period.

The highest traded price during a stated period.

The lowest traded price during a stated period.

The tendency of assets with strong recent performance to continue outperforming for a period.

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