Largest Negative Opening Gaps for LPL

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

Using the 12 largest gap-down moves over the last 3 years in LPL stock, the average move was -7.8% with the single largest opening gap of -11.3% occurring on 14-Aug-2025. Following the opening, LPL tended to drift higher to the closing price 67% of the time for an average gain of +0.9%. The following day, LPL stock price averaged -0.6% losses, with up moves more frequent than down moves. The stock was up 64% of the time in that period one day after these significant gaps. Earnings dates have been excluded from this analysis.

Catalysts

2 of LPL's 12 largest moves corresponded with a large gap down in the overall market.

Open-to-High and Open-to-Low

The largest percentage gain from the open to the high of the day was +7.3% on 4-Nov-2025, while the biggest drop from the open to the low was -4.6% on 3-Mar-2026. On average, the LPL stock price gain from the opening price to the highest point of the day was +2.4%, and the average drop to the lowest point was -1.6%.

Day Drift Open-to-Close

The best performance in LPL stock price from opening price to closing price (referred to as the "drift" for the day) was on 4-Nov-2025 for a +6.0% gain after the stock gapped down -6.8% at the open. The worst worst return from the opening price to the closing price was on 25-Jan-2024 when the stock lost -2.2% after the stock gapped down -9.9%. Overall in the 12 available observations, the stock drifted higher 67% of the time for an average gain of +0.9%.

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Stock Price Performance - 12 Largest Negative Opening Gaps
		Before Event Date (Not Including Day of Selected Event)					Day of Event					After Event Date (Not Including Day of Selected Event)					Custom Range▾
Date	Note	2 Weeks	1 Week	3 Days	2 Days	1 Day	Day-Of Move	Opening Gap	% Open-to-High	% Open-to-Low	Drift Open-to-Close	1 Day	2 Days	3 Days	1 Week	2 Weeks	2 Days Before to 2 Days After
15-May-2026							-9.6%
7-May-2026	Headline Record outflow from South Korean ETF puts focus on the country's best stock performers (7-May-2026, 12:00 AM Seeking Alpha News)						-4.8%
6-Apr-2026							-3.5%
24-Mar-2026							-4.9%
4-Mar-2026							-5.9%
3-Mar-2026	Market Gap DownSPY had a large negative gap on the day of -1.7%						-8.2%
27-Feb-2026							-9.3%
4-Nov-2025							-1.2%
14-Oct-2025							-5.6%
14-Aug-2025							-10.9%
5-Aug-2024	Market Gap DownSPY had a large negative gap on the day of -4.0%						-7.3%
25-Jan-2024							-11.9%
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