What is a limit-up board recap?
A-share markets apply daily price limits (±10% for main board, ±20% for ChiNext/STAR, ±5% for ST stocks). A limit-up is a close at the upper price limit; limit-down the opposite. Daily recap of these boards is a routine short-term review practice.
Key concepts
- Limit-up pool: all stocks whose close equals the upper price limit.
- Consecutive boards: number of consecutive limit-up days; core indicator for theme heat.
- Locked bid: unfilled buy orders at the limit price; reflects bullish commitment.
- Broken board: stock touched the limit intra-day but failed to close there; signals intraday disagreement.
- Broken rate: broken count ÷ (limit-up + broken); reflects theme disagreement.
- Strong stocks: stocks that did not close at the limit but ran close to it; second-board candidates.
How to read it
- Limit-up count vs index — limit-up count expanding while index flat/down means funds concentrate into themes.
- Broken rate < 30% — healthy theme. > 60% — warn of intraday divergence.
- Highest consecutive count caps short-term emotion.
- Locked bid vs float market cap — higher ratio suggests larger next-day premium.
- Limit-down count — rising limit-down signals expanding losing effect; cut positions.
Data notes
Data from Eastmoney; reflects close-time snapshots. For learning only — not investment advice.