A consolidation breakout is when a strong stock pauses into a tight, orderly range along a rising moving average, then breaks above it on volume. The step-by-step setup: the prior move, the tightening base, the opening-range-high entry trigger, the stop at the low of the day (never wider than ADR), and trailing the winner with the 10/20-day MA. The AI co-pilot Powered by Anthropic Claude gives a second math reading in any language. Free 7-day trial.