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Over the past 5 years, KTOS has had 28 qualifying gap events (gaps of 5% or more at the open) — 16 gap-ups and 12 gap-downs. Gap-ups averaged +7.6%, 75% have fully filled, median time to fill 6 trading days. Gap-downs averaged -6.2%, 83% have fully filled, median time to fill 2 trading days. Most recent: a +11.6% gap up 9 days ago, still unfilled. KTOS has 1 unfilled gap from the past 60 days — a +11.6% gap up on May 28, 2026, currently 91% retraced. Average 20-trading-day return after a KTOS gap up: -2.87%. After a gap down: +5.69%.
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 63% | 81% | 88% | 94% |
| fills 50% | 38% | 69% | 69% | 81% |
| fills 75% | 19% | 50% | 56% | 69% |
| fills 100% | 13% | 38% | 44% | 63% |
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fills 25% | 75% | 92% | 92% | 92% |
| fills 50% | 50% | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| fills 75% | 33% | 67% | 67% | 67% |
| fills 100% | 17% | 58% | 67% | 67% |
| Date | Gap From | Gap % | Status | Days to 50% | Days to Fill | % of Gap Filled After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | ||||||
| 9 days ago | $57.30 | +11.62% | Open | 2d | — | 44% | 91% | 91% | 91% |
| 2026-04-08 | $71.96 | +10.31% | Filled | 1d | 2d | 92% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-04-06 | $67.31 | +5.68% | Filled | 4d | 14d | 24% | 97% | 97% | 100% |
| 2026-03-02 | $86.18 | +7.24% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-02-27 | $92.14 | -7.42% | Filled | 2d | 2d | 16% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-02-24 | $94.31 | -5.90% | Filled | 1d | 5d | 54% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2026-01-08 | $91.44 | +8.85% | Filled | 17d | 19d | 9% | 9% | 9% | 100% |
| 2026-01-05 | $79.29 | +7.09% | Filled | 43d | 55d | 49% | 49% | 49% | 49% |
| 2025-11-20 | $70.67 | +5.39% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-11-05 | $90.22 | -8.70% | Filled | 41d | 42d | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| 2025-10-20 | $83.12 | +5.00% | Filled | 1d | 3d | 50% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-07-22 | $58.78 | -5.03% | Filled | 2d | 2d | 46% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-06-26 | $42.33 | -6.56% | Filled | 1d | 2d | 80% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-04-07 | $27.82 | -5.57% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-01-06 | $27.48 | +6.99% | Filled | 1d | 3d | 52% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024-11-06 | $23.19 | +6.60% | Open | 1d | — | 54% | 59% | 59% | 59% |
| 2024-08-08 | $20.07 | -5.03% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024-08-05 | $20.98 | -5.86% | Filled | 1d | 10d | 58% | 87% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024-04-26 | $17.28 | +8.80% | Open | 3d | — | 37% | 68% | 68% | 68% |
| 2024-02-22 | $20.18 | -5.75% | Filled | 54d | 59d | 34% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| 2024-02-14 | $17.80 | +10.45% | Filled | 6d | 7d | 11% | 62% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023-08-04 | $14.43 | +6.38% | Filled | 24d | 34d | 1% | 1% | 37% | 38% |
| 2023-02-24 | $11.47 | +9.59% | Open | — | — | 15% | 15% | 15% | 24% |
| 2022-11-10 | $10.15 | +5.02% | Filled | 3d | 5d | 0% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2022-11-04 | $10.80 | -8.24% | Filled | 1d | 2d | 99% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2022-05-26 | $13.63 | +7.34% | Filled | 12d | 12d | 36% | 44% | 49% | 100% |
| 2021-11-04 | $23.28 | -5.07% | Open | — | — | 8% | 42% | 42% | 42% |
| 2021-08-04 | $27.11 | -5.50% | Open | — | — | 36% | 36% | 36% | 36% |
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions (KTOS) is trading at $57.67 in premarket, down $5.73 (+9.04%) from the previous close of $63.40.
Premarket trading for KTOS on the NASDAQ 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, 75% of KTOS gap-ups have fully filled and 83% of gap-downs have filled. Median time to fill is 6 trading days for gap-ups and 2 trading days for gap-downs.
Yes. KTOS has 1 unfilled gap from the past 60 days. The largest is a +11.6% gap up from May 28, 2026 and is currently 91% retraced.
Based on 28 qualifying gap events over the past 5 years, the average 20-trading-day return after a KTOS gap up is -2.87%, and after a gap down is +5.69%.