Do you ever read lowtrade's board? He's an extremely knowlegeable trader, and his board exists soley to teach people technical analysis. When you get a free minute, read his board, and what he has to say about gaps. Gap talk is not a form of manipulation. If there's a gap, it will end up getting filled, whether it takes minutes, hours, days or weeks. On very rare occasions, there could be a 'gap and runner', but that's extremely rare, and there has to be good reason for it. Gaps are not a bad thing, they just happen.... but if you understand that they happend, and how they work, you can avoid losing money......