SNAPBACK
A single sharp flush down that is bought back almost immediately.
Formula
MEASUREDFlush breaks the pullback low on at least 2× pullback volume, then reclaims within three bars.
Flush low; pullback-volume ratio; reclaim timing; VWAP/EMA position.
The detector rule and what is measured beside it. Track's digest quotes the same row for every seat that carries this setup. All formulas on Track
Definition
One sharp flush down in a single bar, bought back almost immediately. The flush and the recovery sit within a few minutes of each other.
Not this
A slow slide over many bars that recovers later in the morning is not a snapback. The speed is the shape.
Evidence checklist
What must be visible on the record before this shape is named. Find each item on an example below.
- A single sharp down bar.
- A recovery within the next few bars.
- Both inside the window, before 09:40.
- First sighting minute on the record.
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
How many minutes from the window low to the seat? A snapback is measured in very few.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-23 | XERSBET | RED | · | · | · | ungraded | · | |
| 2026-08-14 | LUNR | · | · | · | · | -3.3% |
2 seats · 2026-08-14 to 2026-09-23 · alerted seats only · outcome: close against the alert price · misses and refused names not counted.
Counts only. A shape publishes no rate until its own record matures. the ladder rule
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:
SNAPBACK study candidate: 3 of 5 documented conditions present.
Every condition shows its timestamp, its source, and an unknown state when missing. A cue describes; it never directs.
Reading this page comes first. A cue can only be followed from its definition, and can be paused or deleted.