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Over the past 5 years, DOW has had 8 qualifying gap events (gaps of 5% or more at the open) — 4 gap-ups and 4 gap-downs. Gap-ups averaged +6.5%, 100% have fully filled, median time to fill 3 trading days. Gap-downs averaged -9.5%, 50% have fully filled, median time to fill 11.5 trading days. Most recent: a -6.7% gap down on May 6, 2026, still unfilled. DOW has 1 unfilled gap from the past 60 days — a -6.7% gap down on May 6, 2026, currently 77% retraced. Average 20-trading-day return after a DOW gap up: +0.72%. After a gap down: -2.4%.
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 75% | 75% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 50% | 50% | 75% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 75% | 25% | 75% | 75% | 100% |
| fills 100% | 25% | 75% | 75% | 100% |
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 50% | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| fills 50% | 25% | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| fills 75% | 0% | 75% | 75% | 75% |
| fills 100% | 0% | 25% | 25% | 50% |
| Date | Gap From | Gap % | Status | Days to 50% | Days to Fill | % of Gap Filled After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | ||||||
| 2026-05-06 | $40.80 | -6.69% | Open | 5d | — | 31% | 77% | 77% | 77% |
| 2026-04-17 | $39.92 | -9.09% | Filled | 3d | 5d | 7% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-04-08 | $41.41 | -11.57% | Filled | 1d | 18d | 57% | 83% | 83% | 100% |
| 2026-03-09 | $33.28 | +5.02% | Filled | 1d | 2d | 51% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-10-23 | $21.70 | +8.11% | Filled | 9d | 13d | 6% | 6% | 70% | 100% |
| 2025-07-24 | $30.37 | -10.47% | Open | — | — | 13% | 13% | 13% | 13% |
| 2025-05-12 | $29.48 | +7.36% | Filled | 3d | 4d | 33% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-04-08 | $27.52 | +5.38% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Dow (DOW) is trading at $35.39 in premarket, up $0.60 (+1.77%) from the previous close of $34.79.
Premarket trading for DOW on the NYSE runs from 4:00 AM to 9:30 AM Eastern Time, ahead of the regular session (9:30 AM – 4:00 PM ET). After-hours runs from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM ET.
Over the past 5 years, 100% of DOW gap-ups have fully filled and 50% of gap-downs have filled. Median time to fill is 3 trading days for gap-ups and 12 trading days for gap-downs.
Yes. DOW has 1 unfilled gap from the past 60 days. The largest is a -6.7% gap down from May 6, 2026 and is currently 77% retraced.
Based on 8 qualifying gap events over the past 5 years, the average 20-trading-day return after a DOW gap up is +0.72%, and after a gap down is -2.4%.