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Gap fill rate by how heavy the gap day's volume was

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-06, from Do Stock Gaps Always Get Filled? The Data.

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Gap fill rate by how heavy the gap day's volume was — 3 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
volume_regimegap_dayssame_session_fill_pctwithin_20_sessions_fill_pct
Under 1.5x normal166635.983.7
1.5x to 3x normal37630.176.1
3x or more5915.345.8
Rows × columns
3 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Gap fill rate by how heavy the gap day's volume was, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
volume_regime text 3 distinct values
gap_days number 59 to 1,666
same_session_fill_pct number 15.3 to 35.9 percent
within_20_sessions_fill_pct number 45.8 to 83.7 percent

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH sessions AS
(
    SELECT
        ticker,
        toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
        argMin(toFloat64(open), window_start)                AS session_open,
        argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start)               AS session_close,
        toFloat64(max(high))                                 AS session_high,
        toFloat64(min(low))                                  AS session_low,
        sum(toFloat64(volume))                               AS session_volume
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'AMZN', 'JPM', 'KO', 'WMT', 'XOM')
      AND window_start >= '2021-01-01'
      AND window_start <  '2026-07-01'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
    GROUP BY ticker, d
),
paths AS
(
    SELECT
        d,
        session_open,
        session_high,
        session_low,
        session_volume,
        lagInFrame(session_close) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d ASC
            ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW)                                                         AS prior_close,
        avg(session_volume) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d ASC ROWS BETWEEN 21 PRECEDING AND 2 PRECEDING) AS normal_volume,
        min(session_low)  OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d ASC ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 19 FOLLOWING) AS low_20,
        max(session_high) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d ASC ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 19 FOLLOWING) AS high_20
    FROM sessions
),
measured AS
(
    SELECT
        session_volume / normal_volume AS volume_ratio,
        toUInt8(if(session_open > prior_close, session_low <= prior_close, session_high >= prior_close)) AS filled_same_session,
        toUInt8(if(session_open > prior_close, low_20 <= prior_close, high_20 >= prior_close))           AS filled_20_sessions
    FROM paths
    WHERE prior_close > 0
      AND normal_volume > 0
      AND d >= toDate('2021-03-01')
      AND d <= toDate('2026-02-28')
      AND abs(100 * (session_open / prior_close - 1)) >= 1
)
SELECT
    multiIf(volume_ratio < 1.5, 'Under 1.5x normal',
            volume_ratio < 3,   '1.5x to 3x normal',
                                '3x or more')        AS volume_regime,
    count()                                          AS gap_days,
    round(100 * avg(filled_same_session), 1)         AS same_session_fill_pct,
    round(100 * avg(filled_20_sessions), 1)          AS within_20_sessions_fill_pct
FROM measured
WHERE isFinite(volume_ratio)
GROUP BY volume_regime
ORDER BY min(volume_ratio) ASC

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