n.

1. A forceful emergence from a restrictive condition or situation.
2. A sudden manifestation or increase, as of a disease; an outbreak.
3. A breakdown of statistical data.

A price movement through an identified level of support or resistance, which is usually followed by heavy volume and increased volatility. Traders will buy the underlying asset when the price breaks above a level of resistance and sell when it breaks below support.


This chart shows a stock that has historically encountered a lot of resistance near $37, but notice how it heads sharply higher following the breakout.

Investopedia Says:
In practice, a breakout is most commonly used to refer to a situation where the price breaks above a level of resistance and heads higher, rather than breaking below a level of support and heading lower. Once a resistance level is broken, it is regarded as the next level of support when the asset experiences a pullback Most traders use chart patterns and other technical tools such as trendlines to identify possible candidates that are likely to break through a support/resistance level.

A breakout is the bullish counterpart to a breakdown.

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Rise in a security's price above a resistance level (commonly its previous high price) or drop below a level of support (commonly the former lowest price). A breakout is taken to signify a continuing move in the same direction.

noun

The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty: break, decampment, escape, escapement, flight, getaway. Slang lam. See free/unfree.

IN BRIEF: n. - An escape from jail.

Tutor's tip: A "breakout" is an action that frees one, such as a prison breakout, while to "break out" is to produce or emerge suddenly.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - udbrud, flugt
adj. - udbruds-, flugt-

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitbraak

Français (French)
n. - évasion
adj. - évadé

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ausbruch
adj. - erfolgreich und populär

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόδραση

Italiano (Italian)
evasione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fuga (f)

Русский (Russian)
побег

Español (Spanish)
n. - evasión, fuga
adj. - evasión, fuga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - utbrytning, flykt, genombrott

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
脱逃, 突围, 越狱, 越狱的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 脫逃, 突圍, 越獄
adj. - 越獄的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 포위 돌파
adj. - 돌파하는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 包囲突破, 脱走

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هروب من السجن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בריחה, פריצה החוצה‬
adj. - ‮של בריחה‬

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