{"slug":"buy-stop-vs-sell-stop-orders","qid":"gap_days","label":"Apple's eight widest downside opening gaps since 2021","post_title":"Buy Stop vs Sell Stop Orders: How Each Fires","post_url":"/blog/buy-stop-vs-sell-stop-orders#q-gap_days","columns":["gap_label","prev_close","open_price","gap_pct"],"rows":[{"gap_label":"Aug 5, 2024","prev_close":219.86,"open_price":199.09,"gap_pct":-9.45},{"gap_label":"Jul 31, 2026","prev_close":333.43,"open_price":304.81,"gap_pct":-8.58},{"gap_label":"Apr 3, 2025","prev_close":223.89,"open_price":205.54,"gap_pct":-8.2},{"gap_label":"Apr 7, 2025","prev_close":188.38,"open_price":177.2,"gap_pct":-5.93},{"gap_label":"Apr 10, 2025","prev_close":198.85,"open_price":189.06,"gap_pct":-4.92},{"gap_label":"Feb 24, 2022","prev_close":160.07,"open_price":152.58,"gap_pct":-4.68},{"gap_label":"Apr 4, 2025","prev_close":203.19,"open_price":193.89,"gap_pct":-4.58},{"gap_label":"Sep 7, 2023","prev_close":182.91,"open_price":175.18,"gap_pct":-4.23}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"WITH px AS\n(\n    SELECT\n        date,\n        toFloat64(open) AS open_px,\n        toFloat64(lagInFrame(close, 1) OVER (ORDER BY date)) AS prev_close\n    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs\n    WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'\n      AND date >= '2021-01-01'\n      AND date <  '2026-10-01'\n      AND date NOT IN (SELECT execution_date FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE ticker = 'AAPL')\n)\nSELECT\n    formatDateTime(date, '%b %e, %Y')          AS gap_label,\n    round(prev_close, 2)                       AS prev_close,\n    round(open_px, 2)                          AS open_price,\n    round(100 * (open_px / prev_close - 1), 2) AS gap_pct\nFROM px\nWHERE prev_close > 0\nORDER BY gap_pct ASC\nLIMIT 8","computed_at":"2026-10-06T15:21:10.994008+00:00","elapsed":0.003060544}