The ten deepest gap-down opens in SPY since 2006, and where those sessions traded
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 2026-10-08, from Trailing Stop vs Trailing Stop-Limit Orders.
| label | gap_below_prior_close_pct | intraday_high_below_prior_close_pct | intraday_low_below_prior_close_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 2020 | 10.45 | 4.61 | 11.87 |
| Oct 24, 2008 | 8.32 | 1.93 | 8.39 |
| Mar 9, 2020 | 7.45 | 4.46 | 8.07 |
| Mar 12, 2020 | 6.69 | 2.81 | 9.72 |
| Mar 18, 2020 | 6.55 | 1.75 | 9.8 |
| Aug 24, 2015 | 5.23 | 0.18 | 7.8 |
| Oct 10, 2008 | 4.34 | -3.57 | 7.85 |
| Aug 5, 2024 | 3.99 | 1.75 | 4.25 |
| Apr 1, 2020 | 3.79 | 0.04 | 5.37 |
| Jan 22, 2008 | 3.67 | -0.28 | 4.59 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
label |
text | 10 distinct values (Apr 1, 2020, Aug 24, 2015, Aug 5, 2024…) | |
gap_below_prior_close_pct |
number | 3.67 to 10.45 | percent |
intraday_high_below_prior_close_pct |
number | -3.57 to 4.61 | percent |
intraday_low_below_prior_close_pct |
number | 4.25 to 11.87 | 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 daily AS
(
SELECT
date,
toFloat64(any(open)) AS open_px,
toFloat64(any(high)) AS high_px,
toFloat64(any(low)) AS low_px,
toFloat64(any(close)) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= '2006-01-01'
AND date < '2026-10-01'
GROUP BY date
),
sessions AS
(
SELECT
date,
open_px,
high_px,
low_px,
lagInFrame(close_px) OVER (ORDER BY date ASC ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) AS prior_close
FROM daily
)
SELECT
formatDateTime(date, '%b %e, %Y') AS label,
round(100 * (1 - open_px / prior_close), 2) AS gap_below_prior_close_pct,
round(100 * (1 - high_px / prior_close), 2) AS intraday_high_below_prior_close_pct,
round(100 * (1 - low_px / prior_close), 2) AS intraday_low_below_prior_close_pct
FROM sessions
WHERE prior_close > 0
ORDER BY open_px / prior_close ASC
LIMIT 10
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