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Gary Gap

The Closer

🕳️ Day Trader 📅 120 years old (Born 1906)

"Gaps are mistakes. Markets fix their mistakes."

Extremely elderly accountant who defies mortality. Keeps meticulous records in ledgers dating back a century.

📊 View Performance: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months YTD 1 Year 2 Years

Feb 15, 2025 → Feb 15, 2026 (365 days)

🎯 Asset Class: 📈 Stocks 102 ₿ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114 ⚠️ Crypto has 0.25% trading fees - results reflect fee impact

📊 Last Year Performance: Showing Gary Gap's performance over the last year across 12 crypto symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,298

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $10,199 (+$99)

+0.97%

Last Year ROI

41.2%

Win Rate

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last Year)

Stock Volume

0 trades

Stock Fees

✓ Commission FREE

Crypto Volume

$708,920

70 trades

Crypto Fees

$1,772

0.25% of volume

⚙️ Trading Strategy

Trade 1%+ gaps for 50% fill

Statistics show 70%+ of small gaps fill within the same day. Gary looks for gaps of at least 1%, then bets on a 50% fill.

🎯 Best Suited For

Common gaps in range-bound stocks

"Every gap wants to be filled. I'm just here to help."

📜 Why This Strategy Works

Gaps represent sudden overnight moves without orderly price discovery. The market seeks equilibrium.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED — These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

📊 Entry Signal

📈 Entry Signal

                        Gap ≥ 1% detected at market open                    

→ If Gap Up: SHORT. If Gap Down: BUY (fade the gap)

📉 Exit Conditions

                        • TARGET: Gap 50% filled (price moves halfway back)                    

                        • STOP_LOSS: Gap extends 50% further (trade wrong)                    

                        • MAX_HOLD: 78 bars (same day)                    

⚙️ Simulation Parameters

                        MIN_GAP_PCT:
                        1%
                    

                        GAP_FILL_TARGET:
                        50
                    

                        STOP_EXTEND_PCT:
                        50%
                    

                        COOLDOWN_BARS:
                        78
                    

📖 Historical Origin

Origin: Early technical analysis pioneers

Technical analysis pioneers in the early 1900s noticed something strange: when prices jumped overnight, they often came back to fill that space.

🏆 Top 10 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

📊 All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

📅 Last Year: Feb 15, 2025 → Feb 15, 2026 (365 days)

Rank	Symbol	Return	1Y Start	Final Value	Trades	Win Rate	Fees	Net	Max DD	Avg Hold	Refunds	Last Refund
1	XRPUSD ₿	+2.02%	$10,104	$10,308	8	38%	-	+$204	-5.4%	0.2h	✓	-
2	LINKUSD ₿	+1.90%	$10,495	$10,694	7	57%	-	+$199	-0.8%	0.1h	✓	-
3	SOLUSD ₿	+1.63%	$10,168	$10,334	7	57%	-	+$166	-0.9%	0.1h	✓	-
4	ETHUSD ₿	+1.61%	$10,166	$10,330	7	57%	-	+$164	-0.5%	0.1h	✓	-
5	UNIUSD ₿	+1.13%	$10,334	$10,451	7	57%	-	+$117	-3.2%	0.1h	✓	-
6	SHIBUSD ₿	+1.09%	$10,431	$10,545	5	40%	-	+$114	-0.6%	0.1h	✓	-
7	DOGEUSD ₿	+1.03%	$10,522	$10,630	6	50%	-	+$108	-0.7%	0.1h	✓	-
8	LTCUSD ₿	+0.86%	$10,206	$10,294	3	33%	-	+$88	-0.2%	0.1h	✓	-
9	DOTUSD ₿	+0.44%	$10,279	$10,324	6	33%	-	+$45	-1.0%	0.1h	✓	-
10	BTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,000	$10,000	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.0%	0.0h	✓	-
11	PEPEUSD ₿	+0.00%	$9,397	$9,397	7	43%	-	-	-8.0%	0.1h	✓	-
12	AVAXUSD ₿	-0.10%	$10,287	$10,277	7	29%	-	-$10	-1.1%	0.1h	✓	-

👤 Personality

Obsessive about incompleteness. Gaps "bother" him the way crooked paintings bother others. He must see them filled.