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Double Top

A term used in technical analysis to describe the rise of a stock, a drop, another rise to the same level as the original rise, and finally another drop.

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The double top looks like the letter M. The twice touched high is considered a resistance level.

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double top

In technical analysis, a chart formation indicating stock price resistance level and characterized by a stock price reaching a single high price on two different occasions. The price level represented by the double top becomes a resistance level through which the stock will later have difficulty breaking below. Compare double bottom.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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