CL gap history: fill rates and follow-through

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$84.43−0.24% (−$0.20)XNYS · the security, not a token

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A gap is a session that opened 5% or more away from the previous close. It “fills” when the price trades back to that close. Since Jan 31, 2020, CL has gapped 5 times; 1 gap is still open.

Gaps up1median size 6.0%

Filled100%1 of 1 went back to the previous close

Time to fill20 sessionsmedian; half-filled in 16

20 sessions later−1.6%median change, over 1 gaps

Gaps down4median size 6.0%

Filled75%3 of 4 went back to the previous close

Time to fill2 sessionsmedian; half-filled in 1

20 sessions later+8.2%median change, over 4 gaps

Every gap

newest first

Opening gaps of 5% or more, newest first.
Date	Direction	Gap	Previous close	Status	Sessions to fill	20 sessions later
Jan 31, 2025	Down	6.0%	$90.89	Filled Feb 24, 2025	16	+8.6%
Mar 16, 2020	Down	10.0%	$69.10	Filled Mar 17, 2020	2	+17.6%
Mar 12, 2020	Down	5.8%	$68.90	Filled Mar 13, 2020	2	+7.7%
Feb 24, 2020	Down	6.0%	$76.27	Open	—	−15.7%
Jan 31, 2020	Up	6.0%	$69.47	Filled Feb 28, 2020	20	−1.6%

Sessions are trading days. The change twenty sessions later is measured from the gap day’s open and is blank for gaps too recent to have one.

Figures describe Colgate-Palmolive shares, not any token. From split-adjusted daily bars. How this stock's gaps behaved in the past, not a prediction of how the next one will.

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