GAP HOLD
Opens with a gap and defends it — the early pullback stays above the open.
Formula
MEASUREDPositive gap at least 5%; holds the open and the opening range.
Gap; open-range hold; VWAP/EMA position; catalyst; 5-day same-time demand.
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Definition
The name opens well away from yesterday's close, a gap. In the first minutes it pulls back, and the pullback stays above the open. The open is the level being defended.
Not this
A gap that trades back through its open and fills toward yesterday's close is not a gap hold.
Evidence checklist
What must be visible on the record before this shape is named. Find each item on an example below.
- An open away from the prior close.
- An early pullback.
- The pullback holding above the open.
- First sighting minute before 09:40.
Known on this record
- The shape name and the first minute the scanner saw it.
- The level out at 09:40 and the send ledger's time.
- The gap into the turn, measured at the 09:40 mark.
- The turn-window facts: entry vs range, window volume vs prior sessions, minutes from the window low.
- The tape verdict for the session.
- Catalyst classes, on sessions where the record carries them.
- Close, capture, day move, peak and the grade, all measured after the alert.
Not on this record
- EMA lines of any period.
- Volume beyond the turn window.
- An intraday chart or the bars behind one.
- The prior session's move.
- A catalyst's publication time.
- The price path between 09:40 and the close, beyond the peak minute.
A question to hold
Read the gap into the turn. Did the 09:40 mark still sit above the prior close?
Seats from the record
Seats the scanner gave this shape, newest first. Each opens on Track with its full lesson.
| Session | Sym | Tape | Catalyst | Window vol | Lane | Capture | Result | Prov |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | OMERBET | GREEN | · | · | · | 4.3% | · | |
| 2026-09-21 | ALM | GREEN | · | 1.51x(1x to 2x) | · | -3.4% | ||
| 2026-09-21 | NNEBET | GREEN | · | · | · | 0.3% | · | |
| 2026-08-28 | AFRM | NEUTRAL | · | · | · | -12.9% | ||
| 2026-08-27 | CRWD | GREEN | · | · | · | 5.3% | ||
| 2026-08-27 | PANW | GREEN | · | · | · | 3.8% | ||
| 2026-08-25 | MAIR | GREEN | · | · | · | -2.6% | ||
| 2026-08-21 | MARA | GREEN | · | · | · | -5.8% | ||
| 2026-08-20 | BTDR | NEUTRAL | · | · | · | -2.3% | ||
| 2026-08-19 | PPCBET | NEUTRAL | · | · | · | -0.7% | · |
13 seats · 2026-08-12 to 2026-09-22 · alerted seats only · outcome: close against the alert price · misses and refused names not counted.
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Study cues
Not available: no producer publishes per-condition observations with a timestamp and a source yet.
When one exists, a cue reads like this:
GAP HOLD study candidate: 3 of 5 documented conditions present.
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