High Tight Flag
A continuation pattern where a sharp price increase (flagpole) is followed by a consolidation phase (flag) before another breakout.
On BreakoutDB.com, we don’t strictly follow Bill O’Neill’s definition of a High Tight Flag, which requires a stock to gain 100% for the flagpole. Instead, we embrace the same spirit while allowing for variations.
Many of the examples featured are not textbook High Tight Flags by O’Neill’s standards but share similar characteristics.
We also include other High Tight Flag-like patterns, such as Bull Flags, Bullish Pennants, and occasionally what Mark Minervini refers to as a Power Play, as well as breakout patterns popularized by Kristjan Qullamaggie.
Recent Breakout Performance (Last 20)
Metrics summarizing the performance of the 20 most recent breakout trades, highlighting market breadth and trends.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Total Breakouts | 20 |
| Successful Breakouts | 18 |
| Failed Breakouts | 2 |
| Overall Success Rate | 90.0% |
| Average Gain from Successful Trades | 6.9% |
| Average Trade Duration (Days) | 1.4 |
| Average Loss on Failed Trades | -0.5% |
| Average Risk Reward Ratio | 1:13.8 |
Table of breakouts
A list of stocks with High Tight Flag pattern.
| Company | Catalyst | Successful? | Gain/Loss (%) | Chart | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FROG | High Tight Flag | June 2, 2025 | 2 | Bullish | Earnings Report |
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-1.0% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/frog/frog-high-tight-flag-2025-06-02/ | |
| 2 | NOW | High Tight Flag | May 28, 2025 | Choppy |
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1.0% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/now/now-high-tight-flag-2025-05-28/ | |||
| 3 | GRPN | High Tight Flag | May 28, 2025 | 2 | Bullish |
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+34.0% (*) | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/grpn/grpn-high-tight-flag-2025-05-28/ | ||
| 4 | BABA | High Tight Flag | Feb. 7, 2025 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/baba/high-tight-flag-2025-02-07/ | ||||
| 5 | PTLO | High Tight Flag | Jan. 24, 2025 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/ptlo/ptlo-high-tight-flag-2025-01-24/ | ||||
| 6 | TSLA | High Tight Flag | Dec. 5, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/tsla/high-tight-flag-2024-12-05/ | ||||
| 7 | AAOI | High Tight Flag | Nov. 20, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/aaoi/high-tight-flag-2024-11-20/ | ||||
| 8 | AGX | High Tight Flag | Nov. 19, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/agx/high-tight-flag-2024-11-19/ | ||||
| 9 | APP | High Tight Flag | Nov. 18, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/app/high-tight-flag-2024-11-18/ | ||||
| 10 | HOOD | High Tight Flag | Nov. 16, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/hood/high-tight-flag-2024-11-16/ | ||||
| 11 | LUNR | High Tight Flag | Nov. 7, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/lunr/high-tight-flag-2024-11-07/ | ||||
| 12 | LMND | High Tight Flag | Nov. 6, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/lmnd/high-tight-flag-2024-11-06/ | ||||
| 13 | NN | High Tight Flag | Nov. 4, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/nn/high-tight-flag-2024-11-04/ | ||||
| 14 | CRMD | High Tight Flag | Oct. 7, 2024 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/crmd/high-tight-flag-2024-10-07/ | ||||
| 15 | WYNN | High Tight Flag | Jan. 3, 2023 | Bearish |
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+18.0% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/wynn/wynn-high-tight-flag-2023-01-03/ | |||
| 16 | BRCC | High Tight Flag | March 23, 2022 | Bearish |
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+72.0% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/brcc/brcc-high-tight-flag-2022-03-23/ | |||
| 17 | NFLX | High Tight Flag | Oct. 21, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/nflx/nflx-high-tight-flag-2021-10-21/ | ||||
| 18 | ZS | High Tight Flag | Oct. 12, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/zs/zs-high-tight-flag-2021-10-12/ | ||||
| 19 | DOCN | High Tight Flag | Oct. 7, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/docn/docn-high-tight-flag-2021-10-07/ | ||||
| 20 | MRNA | High Tight Flag | June 18, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/mrna/mrna-high-tight-flag-2021-06-18/ | ||||
| 21 | ZS | High Tight Flag | June 7, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/zs/zs-high-tight-flag-2021-06-07/ | ||||
| 22 | HD | High Tight Flag | April 29, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/hd/hd-high-tight-flag-2021-04-29/ | ||||
| 23 | OZON | High Tight Flag | Feb. 18, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/ozon/ozon-high-tight-flag-2021-02-18/ | ||||
| 24 | GOOGL | High Tight Flag | Feb. 16, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/googl/googl-high-tight-flag-2021-02-16/ | ||||
| 25 | BYND | High Tight Flag | Jan. 25, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/bynd/bynd-high-tight-flag-2021-01-25/ | ||||
| 26 | LAZR | High Tight Flag | Jan. 25, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/lazr/lazr-earnings-gap-2021-01-25/ | ||||
| 27 | TSLA | High Tight Flag | Jan. 25, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/tsla/tsla-high-tight-flag-2021-01-25/ | ||||
| 28 | ZS | High Tight Flag | Jan. 8, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/zs/zs-high-tight-flag-2021-01-08/ | ||||
| 29 | X | High Tight Flag | Jan. 4, 2021 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/x/x-high-tight-flag-2021-01-04/ | ||||
| 30 | FUTU | High Tight Flag | Dec. 31, 2020 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/futu/futu-high-tight-flag-2020-12-31/ | ||||
| 31 | DQ | High Tight Flag | Dec. 15, 2020 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/dq/dq-high-tight-flag-2020-12-15/ | ||||
| 32 | NIO | High Tight Flag | Oct. 13, 2020 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/nio/nio-high-tight-flag-2020-10-13/ | ||||
| 33 | PRTS | High Tight Flag | July 20, 2020 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/prts/high-tight-flag-2020-07-20/ | ||||
| 34 | AMD | High Tight Flag | Dec. 12, 2019 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/amd/high-tight-flag-2019-12-12/ | ||||
| 35 | ACAD | High Tight Flag | Jan. 11, 2010 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/acad/high-tight-flag-2010-01-11/ | ||||
| 36 | AXON | High Tight Flag | May 3, 2003 |
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% | Detail https://breakoutdb.com/axon/high-tight-flag-2003-05-03/ |
(*) This trade is still active; the gain is an estimate based on the current price.