"Gaps occur because of underlying fundamental or technical factors. Ex., if a company's earnings are much higher than expected, the company's stock may gap up the next day. Meaning, price opened higher than it closed the day before, thereby leaving a gap" - Investopedia
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Gaps are most frequent in Futures, for #bitcoin, you can find it in #Tradingview (BTC1!) CME Futures.
When someone says a gap has been filled, that means price has moved back to the original pre-gap level. These fills are quite common and occur because of:
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Price overly optimistic or pessimistic, therefore inviting a correction, technical resistance and price action / pattern.
Gaps Classification:
- Exhaustion: occur near the end of a price pattern & signal a final attempt to hit new highs/lows
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- Breakaway gaps: occur at the end of a price pattern and signal the beginning of a new trend
- Continuation: also known as runaway gaps, occur in the middle of a price pattern & signal a rush of buyers or sellers who share a common belief in the underlying price direction
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Most likely to be filled gaps:
Exhaustion gaps are typically the most likely to be filled because they signal the end of a price trend, while continuation and breakaway gaps are significantly less likely to be filled since they are used to confirm the direction of the trend
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You now know the basics in what it comes to CME gaps.
Final thoughts, although $btc is trying to fill a runaway gap ($24k-$26k), there's also a breakaway gap at $19k that imo, would make more sense to be filled.