Master Gap Trading: Breakouts & Reversals
Ends soon! Keep adding new skills with 10,000+ programs for $239 (usually $399). Save now.
Master Gap Trading: Breakouts & Reversals
This course is part of Professional Trading: Charts, Indicators & Volatility Specialization
Instructor: EDUCBA
Included with
Learn more
What you'll learn
Identify and classify different types of price gaps in markets.
Analyze gaps using volume, volatility, and candlestick confirmation.
Apply structured strategies to trade gap-based opportunities.
Details to know
April 2026
9 assignments
See how employees at top companies are mastering in-demand skills
Build your subject-matter expertise
- Learn new concepts from industry experts
- Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
- Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
- Earn a shareable career certificate
There are 3 modules in this course
Master price gap analysis and improve your trading decisions using structured technical strategies. Learn how to identify gap patterns, confirm trends, and trade breakouts with confidence.
This course provides a practical approach to understanding price gaps in financial markets. You will learn how gap-up and gap-down formations occur and how to classify them into common, breakaway, continuation, and exhaustion gaps. Through real-market insights, you will explore how volume, volatility, and candlestick confirmation improve the reliability of gap signals. The course also introduces midpoint projection techniques to estimate trend targets and identify potential reversal zones. By integrating price action, volume analysis, and candlestick frameworks, you will develop a structured approach to interpreting market behavior and improving trade accuracy. By the end of the course, you will be able to confidently analyze price gaps, identify high-probability trading opportunities, and apply disciplined strategies in real-world markets. Ideal for traders and beginners, this course equips you with practical skills to enhance technical analysis and build a consistent trading approach.
This module introduces the foundational concept of price gaps in technical analysis. Learners explore how gaps are formed between trading sessions and why they occur due to events, volume imbalance, and strong directional movement. The module explains gap-up and gap-down mechanics, identifies common gaps within consolidation phases, and demonstrates how to determine whether a gap has been filled. Emphasis is placed on interpreting gap behavior objectively to improve trend recognition and trading confidence.
What's included
4 videos3 assignments
4 videosβ’Total 30 minutes
- Introduction to GAPβ’5 minutes
- Explain Gap up and Gap Downβ’4 minutes
- Common Gapβ’11 minutes
- Practical Implication with Chartβ’11 minutes
3 assignmentsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Fundamentals of Gaps in Technical Chartsβ’30 minutes
- Introduction to Gap Conceptsβ’10 minutes
- Common Gaps and Practical Chart Understandingβ’10 minutes
This module examines advanced gap structures that signal strong trend development and continuation. Learners study breakaway gaps that emerge from consolidation breakouts and understand how volume, volatility, and candlestick confirmation strengthen reliability. The module further explains runaway (continuation) gaps, their mid-trend placement, and their role in projecting price targets. Practical chart applications help learners differentiate between valid continuation signals and weak gap formations.
What's included
4 videos3 assignments
4 videosβ’Total 36 minutes
- Breakaway Gapβ’11 minutes
- Breakaway Gap with implication with Chartβ’10 minutes
- Runaway Gap and Continuation Gapβ’8 minutes
- Runaway Gap implication with Chartβ’8 minutes
3 assignmentsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Breakaway and Runaway Gapsβ’30 minutes
- Breakaway Gap β Theory and Applicationβ’10 minutes
- Runaway and Continuation Gapsβ’10 minutes
This module focuses on exhaustion gaps and their role in signaling trend termination. Learners explore how climax volume, loss of momentum, and gap filling confirm potential reversals. The module also introduces Western and Eastern technical analysis frameworks, explaining how price, volume, oscillators, moving averages, and candlestick patterns integrate to strengthen market interpretation. By combining both approaches, learners develop a structured method for confirming breakouts and reversals.
What's included
4 videos3 assignments
4 videosβ’Total 39 minutes
- Exhaustion Gapβ’10 minutes
- More on Exhaustion Gapβ’10 minutes
- Exhaustion Gap Implication with Chartβ’10 minutes
- Two Types of Technical Analysisβ’9 minutes
3 assignmentsβ’Total 50 minutes
- Exhaustion Gaps and Technical Analysis Contextβ’30 minutes
- Exhaustion Gap β Concepts and Deep Understandingβ’10 minutes
- Exhaustion Gap Application and Technical Analysis Overviewβ’10 minutes
Earn a career certificate
Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.
Instructor
Offered by
Explore more from Finance
- Status: Free Trial
Course
- Status: Free Trial
Course
- Status: Free Trial
Course
- Status: Free Trial
Course
Why people choose Coursera for their career
Frequently asked questions
To access the course materials, assignments and to earn a Certificate, you will need to purchase the Certificate experience when you enroll in a course. You can try a Free Trial instead, or apply for Financial Aid. The course may offer 'Full Course, No Certificate' instead. This option lets you see all course materials, submit required assessments, and get a final grade. This also means that you will not be able to purchase a Certificate experience.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you canβt afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, youβll find a link to apply on the description page.
More questions
Financial aid available,
