US stock market · price-structure setup
Gap up on Visa
On Visa the gap up showed up 106 times. The target came first 45% of the time, the stop 46%, and 8% went nowhere within 12 candles.
Counted on Visa: daily candles from January 2015 and hourly candles from October 2024.
By timeframe
| Timeframe | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily | 50 | 48% | 44% | 8% |
| Hourly | 56 | 43% | 48% | 9% |
Visa against the rest
| Charts | Found | Target first | Stop first | Went nowhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visa | 106 | 45% | 46% | 8% |
| 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 | 6 | 83% | 17% |
| 2018 | 3 | 67% | 33% |
| 2019 | 4 | 75% | 25% |
| 2020 | 11 | 45% | 36% |
| 2022 | 6 | 33% | 50% |
| 2024 | 11 | 36% | 55% |
| 2025 | 32 | 41% | 50% |
| 2026 | 29 | 48% | 45% |
The last 8 times
- 14 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 5 candles
- 14 Sep 2026 · daily · stop first after 2 candles
- 11 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 2 Sep 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 candles
- 13 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 3 Aug 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · stop first after 1 candle
- 28 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 4 candles
- 27 Jul 2026, 09:30 ET · hourly · target first after 7 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 Visa
Inside bar · Stochastic bearish cross · Stochastic bullish cross · Spinning top · MACD bearish cross · Doji · Gap down · Volume profile bounce · EMA 9/21 bullish cross · Volume profile rejection · all of them
The gap up elsewhere
Dow Jones · S&P 500 · Nasdaq 100 · Alibaba · Tesla · Broadcom · Oracle · Nvidia · Microsoft · Meta · Sensex · Nifty 50 · Nikkei 225 · Sony
Questions
How often does the gap up work on Visa?
In 106 cases on Visa, the target (1.5 × ATR) came before the stop (1 × ATR) 45% of the time and the stop came first 46%; 8% 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.