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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

Aug 15, 2025 → Feb 15, 2026 (184 days)

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

📊 Last 6 Months Performance: Showing Gary Gap's performance over the last 6 months across 12 crypto symbols. 🟢 LIVE

$10,299

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $10,217 (+$82)

+0.81%

Last 6 Months ROI

37.2%

Win Rate

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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Equity Curve (Last 6 Months)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Last 6 Months)

Stock Volume

0 trades

Stock Fees

✓ Commission FREE

Crypto Volume

$536,910

53 trades

Crypto Fees

$1,342

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 6 Months)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 6 Months)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Last 6 Months: Aug 15, 2025 → Feb 15, 2026 (184 days)

Rank	Symbol	Return	6M Start	Final Value	Trades	Win Rate	Fees	Net	Max DD	Avg Hold	Refunds	Last Refund
1	XRPUSD ₿	+1.97%	$10,109	$10,308	6	33%	-	+$199	-5.4%	0.2h	✓	-
2	PEPEUSD ₿	+1.13%	$9,292	$9,397	5	60%	-	+$105	-8.0%	0.1h	✓	-
3	LINKUSD ₿	+1.09%	$10,579	$10,694	5	40%	-	+$115	-0.8%	0.1h	✓	-
4	DOGEUSD ₿	+1.01%	$10,524	$10,630	5	40%	-	+$106	-0.7%	0.1h	✓	-
5	SOLUSD ₿	+0.98%	$10,233	$10,334	5	60%	-	+$100	-0.9%	0.1h	✓	-
6	LTCUSD ₿	+0.86%	$10,206	$10,294	3	33%	-	+$88	-0.2%	0.1h	✓	-
7	UNIUSD ₿	+0.84%	$10,364	$10,451	5	60%	-	+$87	-3.2%	0.1h	✓	-
8	ETHUSD ₿	+0.81%	$10,247	$10,330	6	50%	-	+$83	-0.5%	0.1h	✓	-
9	SHIBUSD ₿	+0.76%	$10,465	$10,545	4	25%	-	+$80	-0.6%	0.1h	✓	-
10	DOTUSD ₿	+0.34%	$10,289	$10,324	5	20%	-	+$35	-1.0%	0.1h	✓	-
11	BTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,000	$10,000	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.0%	0.0h	✓	-
12	AVAXUSD ₿	-0.13%	$10,290	$10,277	4	25%	-	-$13	-1.1%	0.1h	✓	-

👤 Personality

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