Upside/downside Tasuki Gap

Upside/downside Tasuki Gap detects the three-candle gap-defense continuation in both directions, then manages the gap itself. Two trend candles split by a real gap, then an opposite-colored third that opens inside the second candle's real body and presses into the void without filling it, complete the classic tasuki gap; a trend filter keeps each form in its trend. Each pattern leaves its unfilled gap as an extending zone plus a dotted confirmation level.

How to Trade the Upside/downside Tasuki Gap?

• Continuation confirmed: price beyond the second candle's extreme — any trade or a close, per the Confirmation Basis — resumes the trend; triangles and alerts cover both sides.
• Gap retest: the first pullback into the unfilled zone after price has left it prints a circle — defense expected on first touch, with alerts.
• Gap filled: a close that clears the entire gap voids the pattern — zone greys out, x-cross prints, fill alerts fire.

Upside/downside Tasuki Gap Settings

• Upside Tasuki Gaps and Downside Tasuki Gaps (both on): which form to detect.
• Gap Basis (default Candle Bodies): the classical body-gap definition; Full Range (Wicks) also requires non-overlapping shadows.
• Elevated Gap Volume (default off), Volume Average Length (default 20), Volume Multiplier (default 1): optional volume preference on the gapping candle.
• Trend Filter (default SMA) and Trend Length (default 50): context the first candle must close beyond; None removes it.
• Confirmation Basis (default High/Low), Show Gap Zones (on), Show Confirmation Levels (on), Zone Extension Limit (default 250): the zone engine.
• Markers: Show Pattern Labels, Confirmation Markers, Retest Markers, Invalidation Markers (all on); Show Trend MA (off).

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the tasuki gap differ from the Rising/Falling Three Methods?

Both are continuations around a failing countertrend push, but the Rising/Falling Three Methods contains its pullback inside the first candle's range over several bars, while the tasuki compresses the test into one candle probing a gap it then leaves behind as a tradable object.

Why did a zone turn grey?

A close traded through the far side, filling the gap completely and voiding the pattern. Partial penetrations leave the zone live — the gap only dies once nothing of it remains.

Should I require elevated volume on the gap?

The classical definition is price-only, so the filter defaults off. Enabling it keeps only gaps on above-average participation — closer to genuine initiative, fewer detections — and it is ignored without volume data.