Patterns
Documented price-action patterns with historical context and detection notes.
Each pattern includes historical stats, contextual notes, and the conditions that make it worth watching during a session.
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Day-of-Week Bias
How RTH close-to-close returns differ by weekday and whether any specific day pulls above or below the all-session average.
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Inside Day
How often a session contained inside the prior session's range produces a directional breakout the next day.
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NR7
How often the narrowest-range session in seven days resolves into a directional breakout the next day.
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Opening Drive Failure
How often a strong move in the first 30 minutes of RTH gets fully unwound by the close.
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Outside Day
How often the close direction of an engulfing session carries through to the next day.
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Pre-Holiday Effect
Whether the session right before a US market holiday produces different RTH returns than a normal day.
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Range Breakout Failure
How often a 15-minute close above or below a rolling N-bar range gets unwound within the next two hours.
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Santa Rally and January Effect
Whether the late-December rally and early-January push produce different RTH returns than the rest of the year.
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Three-Bar Reversal
How often a fourth-bar reversal after three directional sessions actually carries into the next day.
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Turn-of-Month Effect
Whether the recurring window around month boundaries produces different RTH returns than the rest of the month.
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Volatility Squeeze Break
How often a tightly compressed period of price action resolves into a directional break, and how those breaks behave afterward.
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Gap Fill Rate
How often overnight gaps close back to the prior session's close during the following regular trading hours.