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Same-session gap fill rate by gap size, eight large caps, 2021 to 2026

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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Same-session gap fill rate by gap size, eight large caps, 2021 to 2026 — 5 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
gap_bucketgap_dayssame_session_fill_pct
0.25 to 0.5%238174.6
0.5 to 1%234057.8
1 to 2%153038.8
2 to 4%52625.1
4% or more13514.8
Rows × columns
5 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Same-session gap fill rate by gap size, eight large caps, 2021 to 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
gap_bucket text 5 distinct values (0.25 to 0.5%, 0.5 to 1%, 1 to 2%…)
gap_days number 135 to 2,381
same_session_fill_pct number 14.8 to 74.6 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
    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
),
gapped AS
(
    SELECT
        d,
        session_open,
        session_high,
        session_low,
        lagInFrame(session_close) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d ASC
            ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prior_close
    FROM sessions
),
measured AS
(
    SELECT
        abs(100 * (session_open / prior_close - 1)) AS gap_pct,
        toUInt8(if(session_open > prior_close,
                   session_low  <= prior_close,
                   session_high >= prior_close))    AS filled_same_session
    FROM gapped
    WHERE prior_close > 0
      AND d <= toDate('2026-02-28')
      AND abs(100 * (session_open / prior_close - 1)) >= 0.25
)
SELECT
    multiIf(gap_pct < 0.5, '0.25 to 0.5%',
            gap_pct < 1,   '0.5 to 1%',
            gap_pct < 2,   '1 to 2%',
            gap_pct < 4,   '2 to 4%',
                           '4% or more')         AS gap_bucket,
    count()                                      AS gap_days,
    round(100 * avg(filled_same_session), 1)     AS same_session_fill_pct
FROM measured
GROUP BY gap_bucket
ORDER BY min(gap_pct) ASC

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