Largest Negative Opening Gaps for DUOL

How does DUOL usually behave after a large gap-down move?

Using the 12 largest gap-down moves over the last 3 years in DUOL stock, the average move was -4.8% with the single largest opening gap of -10.0% occurring on 5-Aug-2024. The following day, DUOL stock price averaged +2.1% gains, with up moves more frequent than down moves. The stock was up 83% of the time in that period one day after these significant gaps. Earnings dates have been excluded from this analysis.

Catalysts

8 of DUOL's 12 largest moves corresponded with a large gap down in the overall market. 2 of the moves coincided with a company-issued press release.

Open-to-High and Open-to-Low

The largest percentage gain from the open to the high of the day was +10.8% on 5-Aug-2024, while the biggest drop from the open to the low was -7.7% on 11-Feb-2026. On average, the DUOL stock price gain from the opening price to the highest point of the day was +3.1%, and the average drop to the lowest point was -3.7%.

Day Drift Open-to-Close

The best performance in DUOL stock price from opening price to closing price (referred to as the "drift" for the day) was on 5-Aug-2024 for a +8.9% gain after the stock gapped down -10.0% at the open. The worst worst return from the opening price to the closing price was on 11-Feb-2026 when the stock lost -5.9% after the stock gapped down -3.8%. Overall in the 12 available observations, the stock drifted higher 50% of the time for an average gain of +0.4%.