Pattern Detail
Opening Drive Failure
Tracks early directional conviction that quickly loses sponsorship and reverses through the open.
Pattern Notes
Opening Drive Failure looks for an aggressive first move out of the open that cannot attract continuation volume. Once the initial drive stalls and price re-enters the opening range, the pattern focuses on the unwind rather than the original impulse.
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Context
Most useful on index futures and liquid intraday products
Needs an obvious opening expansion followed by failure to hold range extension
Improves when paired with market breadth and higher-timeframe bias
Historical Snapshot
Hit Rate
57%
Based on historical pattern tagging across the current sample set
Median Reversal Distance
0.84R
How far the unwind typically travels back through the opening structure
Best Window
09:42-10:15 ET
Most consistent reversal window after the initial failure
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