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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

Jan 1, 2026 → Feb 14, 2026 (44 days)

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

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

$10,299

Avg Value (per symbol)

Started at: $10,280 (+$19)

+0.19%

Year to Date ROI

66.7%

Win Rate

Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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Equity Curve (Year to Date)

Combined P&L across all 12 symbols

💰 Trading Activity (Year to Date)

Stock Volume

0 trades

Stock Fees

✓ Commission FREE

Crypto Volume

$101,440

10 trades

Crypto Fees

$254

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 (Year to Date)

📉 Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Year to Date)

📊 All Symbol Results

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

📅 Year to Date: Jan 1, 2026 → Feb 14, 2026 (44 days)

Rank	Symbol	Return	YTD Start	Final Value	Trades	Win Rate	Fees	Net	Max DD	Avg Hold	Refunds	Last Refund
1	ETHUSD ₿	+0.66%	$10,262	$10,330	2	100%	-	+$68	-0.5%	0.1h	✓	-
2	AVAXUSD ₿	+0.45%	$10,231	$10,277	1	100%	-	+$46	-1.1%	0.1h	✓	-
3	LINKUSD ₿	+0.33%	$10,659	$10,694	1	100%	-	+$35	-0.8%	0.1h	✓	-
4	UNIUSD ₿	+0.32%	$10,418	$10,451	1	100%	-	+$33	-3.2%	0.1h	✓	-
5	PEPEUSD ₿	+0.27%	$9,372	$9,397	1	100%	-	+$25	-8.0%	0.1h	✓	-
6	DOGEUSD ₿	+0.25%	$10,604	$10,630	1	100%	-	+$27	-0.7%	0.1h	✓	-
7	SOLUSD ₿	+0.10%	$10,323	$10,334	1	100%	-	+$10	-0.9%	0.1h	✓	-
8	XRPUSD ₿	+0.03%	$10,305	$10,308	1	100%	-	+$3	-5.4%	0.2h	✓	-
9	SHIBUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,545	$10,545	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.6%	0.1h	✓	-
10	BTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,000	$10,000	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.0%	0.0h	✓	-
11	LTCUSD ₿	+0.00%	$10,294	$10,294	NO ENTRY	-	-	-	-0.2%	0.1h	✓	-
12	DOTUSD ₿	-0.18%	$10,343	$10,324	1	0%	-	-$19	-1.0%	0.1h	✓	-

👤 Personality

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