throwback

n.

1. A reversion to a former type or ancestral characteristic.
2. See atavism (sense 2).

A price move back toward the entry level of a security that has broken beyond the barrier of a price pattern or trendline. The retreat toward the level of the breakout is not uncommon and is used by many traders to confirm the validity of the new momentum. Notice how the price in the chart below retests the neckline of the head and shoulders pattern before continuing its move higher.

Investopedia Says:
The move back toward the level of a breakout may be alarming and it causes many to panic and close their position because they think the pattern is not valid. This retest of the breakout level isn't all that bad and is quite common. The successful bounce off the support or resistance actually helps strengthen the pattern and its suggested new direction because it shows that the supply/demand factors of the asset have shifted.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism
  Synonym: atavist

Meaning #2: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic
  Synonyms: atavism, reversion

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The adjective throwback has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characteristic of an atavist
  Synonym: atavistic

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - et træk arvet fra fjern forfader, atavistisk individ

Nederlands (Dutch)
het teruggrijpen op

Français (French)
n. - (Anthrop, Zool) survivant, (fig) survivance

Deutsch (German)
n. - Rückkehr, Atavismus

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενέλιξη, υποστροφή, αναδρομή

Italiano (Italian)
reversione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reversão ao passado (f), retrocesso (m)

Русский (Russian)
движение тела назад, задержка, регресс, атавизм, черты предков/пред- шественников

Español (Spanish)
n. - salto atrás, retroceso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bakslag

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
掷回, 阻止, 挫折

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 擲回, 阻止, 挫折

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 되던짐, 장면 전환, 후퇴

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 投げ返し, 先祖返り, 後戻り

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ارتداد, انتكاس,‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גילוי תכונה תורשתית‬

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