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  • "Today's gap-up opening in stocks was purely driven by global cues but the gains couldn't be sustained as investors may have taken the safe route and squared off positions ahead of the RBI policy," said Prakash Diwan, head of institutional clients group at Asit C.

    Indian Shares End Up on Global Cues Khushita Vasant 2011

  • And of course, when I left the firm and I went to Europe to start my own company, then I was in a completely different environment, and in a lot of ways that was very good because I could really spread my wings, and that's where some of these concepts like the pocket pivot and the gap-up buying strategies were born.

    unknown title 2011

  • A gap-up within the base is positive, but completing the entire right side in about a week or less is not a stable construction.

    unknown title 2011

  • So the gap-up opening that sent Starbucks SBUX 5% higher in initial trade grabbed attention.

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  • Big gap-up recently, and the stock continues to trade pretty well, so I'm optimistic about the future for that company.

    Forbes.com: News Kate Stalter 2011

  • A lot of directional movement has come through overnight gap-up moves on thin futures volume that holds for days or weeks as price action continues to bleed upwards.

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • A lot of directional movement has come through overnight gap-up moves on thin futures volume that holds for days or weeks as price action continues to bleed upwards.

    TradingMarkets 2010

  • But damage was done, and the indices closed lower after a very sharp gap-up at the opening, with new rally highs reaching near 1940 on the Nasdaq 100 and 1131 on the S&P

    FXstreet.com 2010

  • When you see a 100% gain on over 400 million shares followed by a huge gap-up and then a loss for the day on over 700 million shares, you know many felt some severe pain.

    24/7 Wall St. 247wallst 2010

  • The index had a 34 points gap-up opening on short-covering by speculators following a 1.52 per cent rally on the Wall Street after G-7 agreed to support the Eurozone nations facing sovereign debt crises.

    The Times of India 2010

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