Stock gapped down 1% or more at open — potential bounce or continuation.
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The filter compares the regular-session opening price to the prior day's closing price and requires the open to be at least 1% lower. This is a daily-timeframe, session-open snapshot — evaluated once per day at the open, not updated intrabar. The 1% threshold filters out small overnight drift and focuses on meaningful repricing events. There is no volume requirement: gap-downs driven by pre-market news prints on thin volume and those driven by heavy institutional selling are both captured equally. The direction of the gap is determined purely by the open vs. prior close comparison.
Gap-down behavior splits into two primary scenarios: gap fill (price moves back up to close the gap intraday) and gap continuation (price continues lower). The distinction is driven primarily by catalyst strength and market context. Earnings-miss gaps and macro-shock gaps have lower fill rates; sentiment-driven or technical gaps have higher fill rates. The primary failure mode for short sellers is a gap fill that occurs rapidly in the first 30-60 minutes, trapping shorts who entered at the open. Conversely, the failure mode for long buyers fading the gap is a fundamental gap that does not fill — the stock stays below the prior close for days. The ORB 15m + VWAP Breakdown screen provides intraday confirmation of whether the gap is continuing lower after the opening range forms. For more severe drops with no gap component, see Drop > 5%.
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This screener finds stocks that opened at least 1% below the prior day's close — an overnight gap down. A gap down reflects overnight selling pressure: buyers in the prior session were unwilling or unable to hold positions through the night, and the market repriced lower at the open. Swing traders use gap-down lists to identify potential short setups, oversold bounces, or stocks experiencing fundamental deterioration. Day traders watch for gap-fill attempts or gap-and-go continuation shorts. Search phrases: stocks gapping down today, gap down open screener, stock opened lower 1 percent. Related screens: Drop > 5% for larger single-day declines, Gap Up 1%+ for the inverse.
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