US stock market · price-structure setup
Gap up on Microsoft
On Microsoft the gap up showed up 175 times. The target came first 44% of the time, the stop 50%, and 6% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Microsoft: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 86 | 44% | 50% | 6% |
| Hourly | 89 | 44% | 51% | 6% |
Microsoft against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft | 175 | 44% | 50% | 6% |
| 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 | 5 | 40% | 60% |
| 2017 | 8 | 62% | 25% |
| 2018 | 7 | 29% | 71% |
| 2019 | 13 | 54% | 38% |
| 2020 | 12 | 42% | 58% |
| 2021 | 6 | 33% | 50% |
| 2022 | 6 | 17% | 67% |
| 2023 | 8 | 62% | 38% |
| 2024 | 9 | 44% | 56% |
| 2025 | 53 | 32% | 60% |
| 2026 | 48 | 56% | 40% |
The last 8 times
- 22 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 17 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 11 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 3 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 3 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 8 candles
- 3 Aug 2026 · daily · went nowhere
- 30 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 30 Jul 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 Microsoft
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Spinning top · Stochastic bullish cross · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · Volume profile bounce · Doji · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · all of them
The gap up elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Meta · Intel · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony
Questions
How often does the gap up work on Microsoft?
In 175 cases on Microsoft, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 44% of the time and the stop came first 50%; 6% 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.