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W Formation

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A technical analysis term used to describe a chart on which the price of a security has made two approximately equal bottoms over a period of time. technical analysts try to buy at one of the bottoms in anticipation of a rise (which would make the shape of a "W" on the chart). also called double bottom. opposite of double top.

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