# Gap down and fail — NSE scan

> Opened below yesterday's low and closed below the open — a gap with follow-through.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/gap-down-break

```sift
where open < low[-1] and close < open
```

The bearish mirror of gap-and-hold, and a useful thing to see whether you are short or simply long the name. Opening under the whole of yesterday's range and then closing weaker still means the sellers were not done at the open.

Category: [Volatility](https://patternsradar.com/scans/volatility.md). Default universe: top 500 NSE stocks by 20-day turnover.

The rendered page runs this scan against the latest session and can replay it across the last 250 sessions to measure its hit rate: https://patternsradar.com/screener/gap-down-break.