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Definition of 'Range'

A stock's low price and high price for a particular trading period, such as the close of a day's trading, the opening of a day's trading, a day, a month, or a year.
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Investopedia explains 'Range'

A stock that trades in a range for an extended period of time is sometimes said to be in a channel.

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