US stock market · price-structure setup
Gap up on Alibaba
On Alibaba the gap up showed up 332 times. The target came first 40% of the time, the stop 57%, and 3% 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 | 176 | 40% | 58% | 2% |
| Hourly | 156 | 40% | 56% | 3% |
Alibaba against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alibaba | 332 | 40% | 57% | 3% |
| All US stock market charts | 5,183 | 41% | 53% | 6% |
| Every market | 12,768 | 40% | 54% | 6% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 8 | 38% | 50% |
| 2017 | 9 | 44% | 33% |
| 2018 | 11 | 64% | 36% |
| 2019 | 14 | 43% | 50% |
| 2020 | 19 | 26% | 74% |
| 2021 | 12 | 33% | 67% |
| 2022 | 21 | 33% | 67% |
| 2023 | 17 | 41% | 59% |
| 2024 | 23 | 43% | 57% |
| 2025 | 125 | 41% | 56% |
| 2026 | 73 | 40% | 59% |
The last 8 times
- 9 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · went nowhere
- 8 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 5 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 30 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 22 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 21 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 2 candles
- 18 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 18 Sep 2026 · daily · target first after 2 candles
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 up is
Price opened above the previous candle's high. It jumped up between the two candles.
Imagine a shop that shuts at night. While it is closed, everyone hears great news about a toy, so when the shop opens, the very first price is already above anything paid the day before. On a chart, a candle that starts above the top of the candle before it is called a gap up.
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Other patterns on Alibaba
Inside bar · Gap down · 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 up 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 up work on Alibaba?
In 332 cases on Alibaba, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 40% of the time and the stop came first 57%; 3% went nowhere within 12 candles.
What is the gap up?
Price opened above the previous candle's high. It jumped up between the two candles.