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Gold weekend gap after Friday 4 Nov 2016: -0.92%
Gold's last hourly close on Friday 4 Nov 2016 was US$1,304.27. After 51 hours with no bars it reopened at US$1,292.27, 0.9201% lower. That makes it the 11th largest of the 499 weekend gaps from 2015 to 2024 in this data, and it was filled after 51 hours.
The gap in numbers
| Friday's last hourly bar | Fri 4 Nov 2016 22:00 |
| Friday's last hourly close | US$1,304.27 |
| First hourly bar after the weekend | Mon 7 Nov 2016 01:00 |
| Reopen price (first hourly open) | US$1,292.27 |
| Gap | -0.9201% · -US$12.00 |
| Hours with no bars | 51 |
| Rank among 499 weekend gaps 2015–2024 (by size) | 11th |
| Rank among the 49 gaps of 2016 | 2nd |
| Gold in the week before (Friday close vs Friday a week earlier) | +2.24% |
Did the gap fill?
Yes. Price first traded back to Friday's close of US$1,304.27 in the hourly bar of Wed 9 Nov 2016 04:00, 51 hours after the reopen. Up to that bar, the furthest point away from Friday's close was US$1,267.91 (-2.79%).
The first trading day after the gap
Daily bar for 7 Nov 2016: open US$1,292.27, high US$1,295.77, low US$1,278.09, close US$1,281.38. Close to close against Friday's daily close of US$1,304.27 that is -1.76%, with US$17.68 between high and low.
Hourly bars around the gap
| Bar (data time) | Open | High | Low | Close |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 4 Nov 2016 17:00 (before) | US$1,302.64 | US$1,305.03 | US$1,301.76 | US$1,304.43 |
| Fri 4 Nov 2016 18:00 (before) | US$1,304.37 | US$1,304.47 | US$1,301.90 | US$1,304.01 |
| Fri 4 Nov 2016 19:00 (before) | US$1,304.01 | US$1,304.01 | US$1,300.82 | US$1,301.14 |
| Fri 4 Nov 2016 20:00 (before) | US$1,301.22 | US$1,302.87 | US$1,300.57 | US$1,302.17 |
| Fri 4 Nov 2016 21:00 (before) | US$1,302.17 | US$1,304.64 | US$1,301.88 | US$1,304.15 |
| Fri 4 Nov 2016 22:00 (before) | US$1,304.13 | US$1,305.07 | US$1,302.99 | US$1,304.27 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 01:00 | US$1,292.27 | US$1,293.64 | US$1,287.69 | US$1,289.24 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 02:00 | US$1,289.19 | US$1,293.04 | US$1,288.77 | US$1,292.80 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 03:00 | US$1,292.80 | US$1,295.77 | US$1,292.71 | US$1,293.53 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 04:00 | US$1,293.53 | US$1,293.53 | US$1,291.75 | US$1,291.97 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 05:00 | US$1,291.95 | US$1,292.79 | US$1,290.98 | US$1,291.72 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 06:00 | US$1,291.76 | US$1,293.19 | US$1,290.01 | US$1,290.10 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 07:00 | US$1,290.10 | US$1,291.21 | US$1,288.09 | US$1,290.28 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 08:00 | US$1,290.25 | US$1,290.68 | US$1,288.36 | US$1,289.23 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 09:00 | US$1,289.23 | US$1,289.82 | US$1,287.82 | US$1,288.58 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 10:00 | US$1,288.67 | US$1,288.87 | US$1,284.05 | US$1,285.16 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 11:00 | US$1,285.26 | US$1,285.97 | US$1,283.61 | US$1,284.67 |
| Mon 7 Nov 2016 12:00 | US$1,284.67 | US$1,288.50 | US$1,284.25 | US$1,288.21 |
Context
2016 had 49 weekend gaps in this data; this was the 2nd largest. More numbers for that time: gold in November 2016 and gold in 2016.
What a gap like this means for an open trade
No price traded between US$1,292.27 and US$1,304.27, so a stop or pending order set inside that band was filled at the reopen price instead. The jump was US$12.00 per ounce; at 100 ounces, a common size for one gold lot, that is US$1,200.00, before any further move. A grid or martingale EA that holds trades over the weekend takes the full gap at once. You can enter US$12.00 in the grid calculator to see what it does to your own lot and spacing.
Questions
How big was gold's weekend gap after 4 Nov 2016?
-0.9201% (-US$12.00): Friday's last hourly close was US$1,304.27 and the first hourly open after the weekend was US$1,292.27.
Did the gap after 4 Nov 2016 fill?
Yes, 51 hours after the reopen.
How rare was this gap?
It was the 11th largest of 499 weekend gaps from 2015 to 2024 and the 2nd largest of 49 in 2016.