The statistics of GAPPING stocks

Discussion in 'Technical Analysis' started by VinceField, Nov 20, 2020.

  1. I'm looking for studies with statistics on the behavior of stocks that gap up and down. For example, what percent of them fill the gap, what percent of gap up/down stocks have a green/red day? What are some characteristics that may influence the behavior of these gappers?

    Anyone with personal knowledge to share or links to credible sources of information on this topic would be greatly appreciated!
     
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  2. ph1l

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  3. easymon1

    easymon1

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    Sell the gap/if it cant hold all day.
    Or some may want to buy an inverse ETF. 20 + more years of data.
    Down gap in a bull market tends to be a buy/buy monday......................................................Not a prediction; dividends may make a positive difference, in holding but maybe not in inverse etfs.................................
     
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  5. easymon1

    easymon1

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    I WISH he had used concrete/real examples.
    BY definition. most up gaps in a SPY bull market will be up + or hold UP /@ the end of the day.
    OF course there can be enough exceptions to make that hard to profit;
    even more so for intraday ttrading........................................................................................................................................................................ A notable exception= plenty of monday gap downs are a sell + buy @ end of the day]SEPT sells a lot also.Thanks
    [ EVEN an 80% hit rate could easy be wrong 20 months in a row, as an extreme example.Most stats are not that extreme]:caution::caution:
     
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