A price projection based on previous price swings. The idea is that different legs of a price move will be roughly the same length.
For example, if a stock trading at 100 rallies 20 points to 120, then pulls back 5 points to 115, a measured move projection would set a price objective of 135 if and when the rally resumes--another 20 point move from the low of the pullback.
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