Opening Range Breakout Stock Alerts
Scan for opening range breakouts with ChartsWatcher. Watch stocks move above the first regular-session candle’s high on your selected supported timeframe.
Understand the trigger
What is Opening range breakout?
The Opening Range Breakout alert watches for price breaking above the range established by the first candle after the market opens. That first candle uses the selected timeframe, so a five-minute opening range and a thirty-minute opening range are different references. ChartsWatcher calculates this alert during the regular market session and lists one-, two-, five-, fifteen-, thirty-, and sixty-minute options.
An illustrative example
Opening range breakout in practice
Suppose a hypothetical stock’s first fifteen-minute candle ranges from $11.20 to $11.65. A later move above $11.65 illustrates an opening range breakout for the fifteen-minute option. The alert’s reference is that initial candle, rather than the most recent fifteen-minute candle or the entire premarket range.
Make it part of your workflow
Catch the event. Keep the context.
Use ChartsWatcher to keep the opening range visible across the stocks you want to research. After an alert appears, review the first candle and the break on a matching chart interval, then compare current volume and the day’s wider range. This gives each notification a clear reference rather than treating every upward move as an opening breakout.
ChartsWatcher brings your chosen alert types and filters into the same alert window. Add the data columns you want to see, then use the connected chart and news tools to explore a matching symbol.
Explore the alert windowBefore you build
A little more detail.
How do I add Opening range breakout in ChartsWatcher?
Open or create an alert window and choose Opening range breakout in its configuration. Select the available options that match your setup, then add filters to define which stocks can trigger it. Review matching alerts alongside a chart and the stock’s news.
What should I check before using this alert?
The chosen timeframe changes both the opening range and when it becomes established. A move above its high does not establish that price will remain outside the range.
From an idea to your own scan.
Use Opening range breakout with the other conditions that define your setup. Keep matching stocks, charts, and news together, with a configuration you can refine as you go.