How price behaves after the opening range
How index, commodity, currency and crypto futures behave after the opening range — continuation, reversal, how far moves run and when. Filter by the conditions that matter; computed from real 1-minute data, updated weekly.
Nasdaq-100 opening-range breakouts, 2008–today
Across 2,421 trading days since 2008, the Nasdaq-100 future (NQ) broke upward out of its first 15-minute opening range and then continued in that direction into the New York close 55% of the time. It reversed back through the range 23.5% of the time, and on 50.8% of days price traded through both sides of the range before settling. The average winning upward breakout extended about 2.06× the size of the opening range at its best point. Use the interactive tool above to filter these outcomes by day of week, volatility, trend, news and more.
- Continuation
- 55%
- Reversal
- 23.5%
- Both sides broke
- 50.8%
- Avg. extension
- 2.06×