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.
| volume_regime | gap_days | same_session_fill_pct | within_20_sessions_fill_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1.5x normal | 1666 | 35.9 | 83.7 |
| 1.5x to 3x normal | 376 | 30.1 | 76.1 |
| 3x or more | 59 | 15.3 | 45.8 |
- Rows × columns
- 3 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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.
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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