Premarket trading runs 4:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET.
Over the past 5 years, STLD has had 9 qualifying gap events (gaps of 5% or more at the open) — 5 gap-ups and 4 gap-downs. Gap-ups averaged +7.1%, 80% have fully filled, median time to fill 20 trading days. Gap-downs averaged -5.6%, 100% have fully filled, median time to fill 4 trading days. Most recent: a -5.3% gap down on Feb 13, 2026, which filled in 11 trading days. Average 20-trading-day return after a STLD gap up: -4%. After a gap down: +8.38%.
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
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| fills 25% | 60% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 50% | 20% | 60% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 75% | 20% | 20% | 40% | 80% |
| fills 100% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 40% |
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | |
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| fills 25% | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| fills 50% | 75% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
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| Date | Gap From | Gap % | Status | Days to 50% | Days to Fill | % of Gap Filled After | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 day | 1 week | 2 week | 4 week | ||||||
| 2026-02-13 | $199.51 | -5.27% | Filled | 1d | 11d | 50% | 70% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025-09-16 | $131.58 | +5.15% | Open | 8d | — | 43% | 46% | 51% | 51% |
| 2025-06-02 | $123.07 | +10.18% | Filled | 8d | 43d | 12% | 37% | 64% | 88% |
| 2025-02-10 | $126.71 | +5.53% | Filled | 4d | 16d | 27% | 62% | 62% | 100% |
| 2024-11-06 | $135.65 | +9.47% | Filled | 6d | 24d | 12% | 53% | 92% | 92% |
| 2024-04-24 | $134.16 | +5.14% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024-01-24 | $116.14 | -5.22% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2022-01-25 | $54.70 | -5.89% | Filled | 1d | 1d | 100% | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2021-09-20 | $61.95 | -6.04% | Filled | 3d | 7d | 26% | 98% | 100% | 100% |
Steel Dynamics (STLD) is trading at $266.65 in premarket, down $0.55 (+0.21%) from the previous close of $267.20.
Premarket trading for STLD 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, 80% of STLD gap-ups have fully filled and 100% of gap-downs have filled. Median time to fill is 20 trading days for gap-ups and 4 trading days for gap-downs.
No. STLD has no unfilled gap events from the past 60 days; all recent gaps have been filled.
Based on 9 qualifying gap events over the past 5 years, the average 20-trading-day return after a STLD gap up is -4%, and after a gap down is +8.38%.