US stock market · price-structure setup
Gap up on Dow Jones
On Dow Jones the gap up showed up 106 times. The target came first 41% of the time, the stop 49%, and 10% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Dow Jones: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 35 | 57% | 37% | 6% |
| Hourly | 71 | 32% | 55% | 13% |
Dow Jones against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Jones | 106 | 41% | 49% | 10% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 8 | 50% | 50% |
| 2019 | 5 | 80% | 0% |
| 2020 | 9 | 44% | 44% |
| 2022 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2025 | 38 | 34% | 47% |
| 2026 | 37 | 32% | 62% |
The last 8 times
- 2 Oct 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 22 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 8 candles
- 21 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 5 candles
- 17 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 14 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 3 candles
- 11 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 7 candles
- 3 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 1 candle
- 27 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target 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 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 Dow Jones
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Spinning top · MACD bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · RSI overbought drop · all of them
The gap up elsewhere
S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony
Questions
How often does the gap up work on Dow Jones?
In 106 cases on Dow Jones, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 41% of the time and the stop came first 49%; 10% 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.