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I see, so they dont have 24 hours market like the globex on US markets...
you mention that after gaps, they consolidate, would the oposite be true, if no mayor gap, they trend ? |
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It has been the case lately. Over the past 2 years up until around September of 2007 the Nikkei trended roughly 23% of the time intraday. However, since the credit crisis and the high volatility it has been trending at approx 35% intraday. (Taking September - Present 2007)
I havent done enough study on this yet but just from my observation for the past few months trends tend to occur more often when the gap is not that significant. The larger the gap, the less likely the Nikkei will move intraday.
Here is a snapshot of todays morning session on the Nikkei.
It shows approx 150yen gap up and then a complete range.
Below is the Dow chart showing the Tokyo session. Notice the similarities? The Nikkei is constantly on a leash by the US markets in my opinion.
