Mind the Gap 🧗‍♀️ A Beginner Traders Guide to Understanding Price Gaps

Many traders avoid gaps because they don't understand them. In truth, gaps are everywhere. Understanding gaps can reveal a great deal of information about investor sentiment in the market.

In this one-hour session, Jeff Gibby will discuss:

The common types of gaps in the market
How to interpret gaps and understand the market psychology behind them
How to use gaps to identify stop placement
Methods you can use to distinguish an exhaustion gap from a continuation gap
How to find Gaps using the NEW Gap Identification System in MetaStock 19
About Jeff Gibby
Jeffrey Gibby has been working for MetaStock for over 25 years. He is currently in charge of our sales and business development teams and works to create new MetaStock distributors and partners worldwide. Among his responsibilities are managing new products and services for MetaStock and building strategic partnerships.

Mr. Gibby works with training companies to help people learn the power of MetaStock. He has spoken to traders worldwide and has trained groups large and small on how to use the software and trade various markets.
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What is MetaStock anyway?

MetaStock has provided award-winning charting and analysis tools for self-directed traders for over 30 years. Capitalizing on technical analysis, our line of trading software and market data are designed for active traders of all levels so they can backtest, scan and analyze the markets with confidence.

The result is buy and sell signals you can count on. We have options for day traders, swing traders, and EOD traders to trade stocks, options, futures, FOREX, and more. Try MetaStock, and we are confident you’ll agree that it’s the best charting software available to the private trader.

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Legal Stuff

This demonstration is designed to instruct you on using MetaStock and accompanying software plug-ins and is not a recommendation to buy or sell, but rather guidelines to interpreting and using the specific indicators and features within the software. The information, software, and techniques presented today should only be used by investors who are aware of the risk inherent in trading.

MetaStock shall have no liability for any investment decisions based on the use of their software, any trading strategies or any information provided in connection with the company.

MetaStock does not endorse the purchase of any security nor is it paid for the promotion of any security. No information contained in this presentation should be construed as investment advice or a solicitation to buy any security.

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