Earnings Gap: Reading a Stock’s Reaction to Results

A growth company reports quarterly earnings per share up 41% on sales up 28%, both ahead of the published estimates. The stock opens 12.2% higher the next morning. By the…

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Trading Halts and Limit Bands: How Pauses Reshape Price

Picture a stock you follow going quiet in the middle of the session. The tape stops printing, the bid and ask freeze, and for five minutes nothing trades at all.…

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Price Gaps Explained: The Four Types and What They Mean

Open any daily chart and you'll eventually find a blank vertical space where the candles skip a range of prices entirely. A stock closes Tuesday at 41.80 and opens Wednesday…

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