Indian stock market · price-structure setup
Gap up on Nifty 50
On Nifty 50 the gap up showed up 173 times. The target came first 43% of the time, the stop 50%, and 7% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Nifty 50: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from September 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 55 | 53% | 42% | 5% |
| Hourly | 118 | 39% | 53% | 8% |
Nifty 50 against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nifty 50 | 173 | 43% | 50% | 7% |
| All Indian stock market charts | 6,200 | 39% | 54% | 6% |
| Every market | 12,768 | 40% | 54% | 6% |
Year by year
| Year | Found | Target first | Stop first |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 50% | 50% |
| 2017 | 8 | 88% | 12% |
| 2019 | 3 | 0% | 67% |
| 2020 | 13 | 38% | 54% |
| 2021 | 5 | 60% | 40% |
| 2022 | 9 | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 | 3 | 33% | 67% |
| 2025 | 75 | 43% | 49% |
| 2026 | 51 | 35% | 57% |
The last 8 times
- 15 Sep 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 3 Sep 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 5 Aug 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · stop first after 3 candles
- 3 Aug 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · target first after 6 candles
- 3 Aug 2026 · daily · stop first after 1 candle
- 29 Jul 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · target first after 10 candles
- 29 Jul 2026 · daily · target first after 3 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 09:15 IST · hourly · went nowhere
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.
The full gap up lesson, video and quiz ›
Other patterns on Nifty 50
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · Doji · Gap down · MACD bearish cross · MACD bullish cross · RSI overbought drop · EMA 9/21 bearish cross · all of them
The gap up elsewhere
Sensex · Bank Nifty · Bharti Airtel · Infosys · Mahindra & Mahindra · Coal India · ICICI Bank · Hindalco · State Bank of India · Shriram Finance · Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nikkei 225 · Sony
Questions
How often does the gap up work on Nifty 50?
In 173 cases on Nifty 50, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 43% of the time and the stop came first 50%; 7% 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.