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World 6 · Markets of the world · lesson 16 · level 4

Opens, closes and weekend gaps

Markets that close can jump when they reopen, so the open and the weekend are special moments on the chart.

0:55 · streams in seconds · the same video as in the app

What it is

Price opened above the previous candle's high. It jumped up between the two candles.

Your task in the app

Find the gap. Then decide: buy, sell, or wait?

How often it worked

Market	Times found	Target first	Stop first	Went nowhere
India (NSE)	881	40%	54%	6%
United States	1,243	42%	51%	7%
Japan	1,385	43%	54%	3%

Counted on real past charts by the Trading Class research engine, 3,509 cases in all. Past odds, not a forecast.

Read more on the Gap up pattern page.

Goal of this lesson: See how session structure shapes charts: opening gaps, busy opens and closes, and weekend gaps.