# Gap up and hold — NSE scan

> Opened above yesterday's high and closed above the open.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/gap-up-hold

```sift
where open > high[-1] and close > open
```

Gaps are common; gaps that hold are not. Opening above the previous session's entire range and then closing above that open means the gap was bought into rather than sold, which is the distinction between a continuation and a trap.

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-up-hold.