breakout

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Oftentimes markets will break up and out of such a formation and then come back down to the broken trendline where they should find buying support and bounce back higher if the breakout is a bona-fide one.

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  1. noun A forceful emergence from a restrictive condition or situation.
  2. noun A sudden manifestation or increase, as of a disease; an outbreak.
  3. noun A breakdown of statistical data.

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  • Of course the lead point of the breakout was the worst place to be, Iwa noted, but with only his usual academic interest. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Oftentimes markets will break up and out of such a formation and then come back down to the broken trendline where they should find buying support and bounce back higher if the breakout is a bona-fide one. —  Welcome To Jim Sinclair's MineSet
  • But according to Dr. Robert Bloome, owner of the animal park, the breakout was just a hoax. —  The Times-Journal: News
  • We are looking to buy currency on a 4 week breakout, and then hold.
  • And even if you did not catch that breakout, there was plenty of time to see that bounces were feeble and make money on the downside. —  TraderFeed
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