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Gaps: what happens while the market sleeps

Understand what can happen to an open trade while its market is closed.

Module 23 of 26, Putting it together: size, gaps, brokers and your plan. Lesson 2 of 7, about 13 minutes.

The takeaway

Holding a trade overnight or over a weekend means accepting a risk no stop order can fully cap.

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