US stock market · price-structure setup
Gap down on Alibaba
On Alibaba the gap down showed up 320 times. The target came first 42% of the time, the stop 53%, and 4% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Alibaba: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 156 | 44% | 54% | 1% |
| Hourly | 164 | 40% | 52% | 7% |
Alibaba against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | 320 | 42% | 53% | 4% |
| All US stock market charts | 4,695 | 36% | 61% | 3% |
| Every market | 10,856 | 36% | 61% | 4% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 25% | 75% |
| 2018 | 12 | 33% | 67% |
| 2019 | 10 | 30% | 70% |
| 2020 | 17 | 18% | 76% |
| 2021 | 17 | 53% | 47% |
| 2022 | 12 | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 | 19 | 47% | 53% |
| 2024 | 31 | 48% | 45% |
| 2025 | 103 | 38% | 55% |
| 2026 | 93 | 49% | 46% |
The last 8 times
- 7 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 6 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 4 candles
- 2 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 1 candle
- 29 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 23 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · went nowhere
- 16 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 2 candles
- 14 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 10 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
Counted by the Trading Class research engine on real past candles: entry at the signal candle's close, target 1.5 × ATR(14), stop 1 × ATR(14), 12 candles to decide, a candle that touches both counts as the stop. How we count. Past data, not a forecast and not advice.
What the gap down is
Price opened below the previous candle's low. It jumped down between the two candles.
Imagine a shop that shuts at night. While it is closed, bad news spreads about a toy, so when the shop opens, the very first price is already below anything paid the day before. On a chart, a candle that starts below the bottom of the candle before it is called a gap down.
The full gap down lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Alibaba
Inside bar · Gap up · Stochastic bullish cross · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · MACD bullish cross · Doji · MACD bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The gap down elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony
Questions
How often does the gap down work on Alibaba?
In 320 cases on Alibaba, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 42% of the time and the stop came first 53%; 4% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the gap down?
Price opened below the previous candle's low. It jumped down between the two candles.