{"id":10652,"date":"2025-01-29T08:57:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T08:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/resources\/topic-index\/learn-forex\/what-is-a-gap-in-forex\/"},"modified":"2025-01-29T10:36:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T10:36:44","slug":"what-is-a-gap-in-forex","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/docs\/topic-index\/learn-forex\/what-is-a-gap-in-forex\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is a Gap in Forex?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10652\" class=\"elementor elementor-10652\" data-elementor-post-type=\"docs\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ba9c21 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ba9c21\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f5b0e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3f5b0e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A <strong>price gap<\/strong> occurs when there is a sudden upward or downward movement in price <strong>without any trading activity in between.<\/strong> This results in a visible gap on the price chart.<\/p><p>Gaps can be triggered by several factors, including:<\/p><ul><li>Significant buying or selling pressure<\/li><li>Economic or financial news<\/li><li>Earnings reports<\/li><li>Analyst outlook changes<\/li><li>Major market announcements<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3><strong>Types of Forex Gaps<\/strong><\/h3><ol><li><strong>Common Gap<\/strong> \u2013 Occurs due to typical market forces and is frequently observed. It appears as a sudden jump or drop in price on the chart.<\/li><li><strong>Breakaway Gap<\/strong> \u2013 Happens when a currency pair moves sharply with high trading volume, often signaling the start of a new trend.<\/li><li><strong>Runaway Gap<\/strong> \u2013 Forms within strong <strong>bull<\/strong> or <strong>bear<\/strong> trends, caused by a sudden price surge or decline due to increasing market interest.<\/li><li><strong>Exhaustion Gap<\/strong> \u2013 Appears after a rapid price rise, indicating <strong>weakened momentum<\/strong> and a potential decline in demand.<\/li><\/ol><p>Gaps can present both risks and opportunities, making it important for traders to understand their causes and impact on price movements.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A price gap occurs when there is a sudden upward or downward movement in price without any trading activity in between. This results in a visible gap on the price chart. Gaps can be triggered by several factors, including: Significant buying or selling pressure Economic or financial news Earnings reports Analyst outlook changes Major market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9546,"menu_order":50,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-10652","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10652"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10656,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/10652\/revisions\/10656"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/9546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedpips.com\/knowledgebase\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=10652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}