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Subject: The term gap?
Author: boe Date: 4/11/00 6:21 AM Number: 631

What is exactly meant by the term gap or filling the gap when they are looking at a chart of a stock? Thanks

Say a stock had an open price of $20, fell to a low of $19, had a high of $21 and finally closed at $20. The next morning the stock opens at $23. It has now gapped up $3. That's what a gap is, just a gap in the price bars.
http://www.bigcharts.com/quickchart/quickchart.asp?symb=ibm&sid=0&o_symb=ibm&x=37&y=21
The chart above shows a gap and then filling the gap in October of '99.

Nothing to analyze here!
TAfool