Statistics of Price Movements of General Electric Company (GE)

The price movements of General Electric Company (ticker GE) are summarized in five ways:

Table 1. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing prices
Table 2. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing and opening prices
Table 3 – 7. Statistics of daily price changes when GE opened with an increase of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, or more than 5%
Table 8 – 10. Statistics of stock price changes in the 20 days after GE had a big price move
Table 11. Statistics of daily price changes in the 20 days after GE moved 5% with twice the 30-day average volume

The statistics are calculated using GE's price data across 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of GE one-day price changes

In this table, the one-day price change is calculated using the closing price and the previous day's closing price.

In the past 1,549 trading days, 45.6% of the time (706 days), GE closed above the previous day's closing price. 49.5% of the time (767 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 4.8% of the time (75 days), it did not change.

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GE Price Change (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
14 – 15%	2	0.13%
11 – 12%	2	0.13%
10 – 11%	3	0.19%
9 – 10%	2	0.13%
8 – 9%	1	0.06%
7 – 8%	11	0.71%
6 – 7%	9	0.58%
5 – 6%	11	0.71%
4 – 5%	27	1.74%
3 – 4%	34	2.20%
2 – 3%	87	5.62%
1 – 2%	142	9.17%
0 – 1%	375	24.22%
0%	75	4.84%
0 – -1%	405	26.16%
-1 – -2%	176	11.37%
-2 – -3%	80	5.17%
-3 – -4%	50	3.23%
-4 – -5%	23	1.49%
-5 – -6%	10	0.65%
-6 – -7%	10	0.65%
-7 – -8%	6	0.39%
-8 – -9%	2	0.13%
-11 – -12%	3	0.19%
-12 – -13%	1	0.06%
-15 – -16%	1	0.06%

Table 2. Statistics of GE: Closing vs. Open

In this table, instead of using the closing price of the previous day, the opening price is used to calculate the one-day price change of GE.

45.6% of the time (706 days), GE closed above the opening price. 48.9% of the time (757 days), it closed below the opening price. 5.6% of the time (86 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
10 – 11%	1	0.06%
9 – 10%	2	0.13%
7 – 8%	3	0.19%
6 – 7%	2	0.13%
5 – 6%	8	0.52%
4 – 5%	19	1.23%
3 – 4%	28	1.81%
2 – 3%	63	4.07%
1 – 2%	179	11.56%
0 – 1%	401	25.89%
0%	86	5.55%
0 – -1%	410	26.47%
-1 – -2%	192	12.40%
-2 – -3%	80	5.16%
-3 – -4%	38	2.45%
-4 – -5%	17	1.10%
-5 – -6%	8	0.52%
-6 – -7%	8	0.52%
-7 – -8%	2	0.13%
-8 – -9%	1	0.06%
-9 – -10%	1	0.06%

Table 3. One-day performance when GE opened 5% higher than previous close

In the past 1,549 trading days, GE opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 26 times. Of these days, 46.2% (12 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 53.8% (14 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
5 – 6%	2	7.69%
3 – 4%	1	3.85%
2 – 3%	4	15.38%
1 – 2%	1	3.85%
0 – 1%	4	15.38%
0 – -1%	1	3.85%
-1 – -2%	2	7.69%
-2 – -3%	2	7.69%
-3 – -4%	3	11.54%
-6 – -7%	3	11.54%
-7 – -8%	2	7.69%
-8 – -9%	1	3.85%

Table 4. Closing vs. open when GE opened 4–5% higher

On 5 days, GE opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 80.0% (4 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 20.0% (1 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
9 – 10%	1	20.00%
4 – 5%	1	20.00%
2 – 3%	1	20.00%
0 – 1%	1	20.00%
-1 – -2%	1	20.00%

Table 5. Closing vs. open when GE open 3 – 4% higher

11 times GE opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 63.6% (7 days) closed above the opening price, 27.3% (3 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
5 – 6%	1	9.09%
2 – 3%	2	18.18%
1 – 2%	1	9.09%
0 – 1%	3	27.27%
0%	1	9.09%
0 – -1%	1	9.09%
-3 – -4%	1	9.09%
-5 – -6%	1	9.09%

Table 6. Closing vs. open when GE open 2 – 3% higher

19 times GE opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 47.4% (9 days) closed above the opening price, 47.4% (9 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
3 – 4%	1	5.26%
2 – 3%	1	5.26%
1 – 2%	4	21.05%
0 – 1%	3	15.79%
0%	1	5.26%
0 – -1%	1	5.26%
-1 – -2%	1	5.26%
-2 – -3%	4	21.05%
-3 – -4%	1	5.26%
-4 – -5%	1	5.26%
-9 – -10%	1	5.26%

Table 7. Closing vs. open when GE open 1 – 2% higher

85 times GE opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 47.1% (40 days) closed above the opening price, 51.8% (44 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
5 – 6%	1	1.18%
4 – 5%	2	2.35%
3 – 4%	1	1.18%
2 – 3%	6	7.06%
1 – 2%	11	12.94%
0 – 1%	19	22.35%
0%	1	1.18%
0 – -1%	13	15.29%
-1 – -2%	16	18.82%
-2 – -3%	8	9.41%
-3 – -4%	3	3.53%
-4 – -5%	1	1.18%
-5 – -6%	3	3.53%

Table 8. Periods when GE moved 15% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after GE had a one-day price change of at least 15%.

Date	Price Change	Price Change after 15% Move
Days after:		1	4	7	10	13	16	19
20200316	-15.1%	6.3	-2.1	13.5	18.5	3.6	5.6	7.2

Table 9. Periods when GE moved 10% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after GE had a one-day price change of at least 10%.

Date	Price Change	Price Change after 10% Move
Days after:		1	4	7	10	13	16	19
20200324	14.7%	7.8	12.6	-1.6	.3	1.9	-7.3	-7.1
20200518	14.2%	-1.0	2.2	16.3	7.8	23.4	27.9	15.6
20190131	11.6%	.3	3.1	-1.3	-1.2	-.3	.1	7.1
20191030	11.4%	-1.3	8.5	13.9	11.7	13.2	14.0	12.3
20150410	10.8%	-3.1	-4.3	-6.6	-6.0	-5.0	-4.3	-5.2
20200916	10.6%	4.4	-7.4	-9.5	-7.7	-5.0	-1.5	-.4
20200129	10.3%	-1.6	-2.8	-.9	1.7	-.9	-3.2	-12.5
20190815	-11.2%	9.7	1.9	.5	1.2	4.0	8.7	16.9
20200401	-11.3%	-2.0	-.1	1.4	-7.7	-7.5	-7.4	-3.4
20200312	-11.9%	8.6	-8.7	-15.5	12.3	9.8	-6.9	1.0
20200309	-12.6%	7.8	-4.4	-19.6	-25.6	-1.1	-3.3	-18.0
20200316	-15.1%	6.3	-2.1	13.5	18.5	3.6	5.6	7.2

Table 9a. GE average price changes following a 10% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 7 days in which GE was up more than 10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 7 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ 10%	.8	1.7	1.5	.9	3.9	3.7	1.4

Table 9b. GE average price changes following a 10% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 5 days in which GE was down more than -10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 5 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ -10%	6.1	-2.7	-3.9	-.2	1.8	-.7	.7

Table 10. Periods when GE moved 5% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after GE had a one-day price change of at least 5%.

Date	Price Change	Price Change after 5% Move
Days after:		1	4	7	10	13	16	19
20200324	14.7%	7.8	12.6	-1.6	.3	1.9	-7.3	-7.1
20200518	14.2%	-1.0	2.2	16.3	7.8	23.4	27.9	15.6
20190131	11.6%	.3	3.1	-1.3	-1.2	-.3	.1	7.1
20191030	11.4%	-1.3	8.5	13.9	11.7	13.2	14.0	12.3
20150410	10.8%	-3.1	-4.3	-6.6	-6.0	-5.0	-4.3	-5.2
20200916	10.6%	4.4	-7.4	-9.5	-7.7	-5.0	-1.5	-.4
20200129	10.3%	-1.6	-2.8	-.9	1.7	-.9	-3.2	-12.5
20190816	9.7%	-1.4	-6.8	-9.8	-6.1	.1	1.9	5.3
20200417	9.6%	-4.8	-4.7	-.6	-5.0	-12.6	-9.5	-16.7
20200313	8.5%	-15.2	-17.5	-10.7	-2.9	-10.3	-7.9	-9.0
20200325	7.8%	7.4	5.0	-11.0	-3.4	-7.1	-17.5	-14.3
20180626	7.7%	1.6	-2.7	-2.3	3.1	1.1	.1	-5.5
20181113	7.7%	-3.4	-8.9	-9.3	-13.6	-12.9	-15.4	-19.5
20200310	7.7%	-7.2	-24.7	-26.8	-20.8	-13.9	-20.5	-18.3
20201109	7.7%	3.0	6.1	11.6	15.5	20.4	16.4	24.8
20200326	7.4%	-6.2	-13.3	-11.0	-12.1	-14.7	-15.8	-20.8
20200406	7.4%	-2.8	-1.2	-10.1	-10.0	-9.8	-5.9	-10.1
20181213	7.3%	-1.4	6.4	-3.9	1.0	5.1	14.3	18.1
20200608	7.3%	-5.2	-14.3	-14.4	-16.8	-21.0	-19.3	-17.3
20200527	7.2%	-7.0	-3.3	8.1	4.4	-.7	-.1	-4.0
20181001	7%	1.9	9.0	9.8	.5	2.4	5.0	-6.5
20200102	6.8%	.3	.1	1.6	-.8	-2.3	-1.8	8.5
20181226	6.7%	-1.6	2.4	11.4	15.0	20.4	23.7	17.2
20190102	6.3%	.1	6.3	11.1	11.6	12.5	9.1	10.6
20190225	6.3%	-1.5	-5.1	-15.8	-8.5	-4.8	-5.8	-7.8
20200317	6.3%	-6.8	-13.7	14.7	12.1	-4.9	3.1	-.8
20190430	6.2%	-.7	2.6	-1.3	1.5	-1.7	-2.7	-7.1
20190107	6.1%	-2.1	2.3	2.7	3.7	.5	1.8	16.6
20201016	6.1%	.0	5.9	-2.6	1.8	7.7	19.6	20.2
20200526	6%	7.2	-.6	13.8	17.9	6.6	6.5	3.5
20200428	5.7%	-3.2	-8.7	-10.1	-11.8	-19.3	-5.6	-5.7
20190904	5.6%	.1	3.9	6.1	6.6	6.1	2.5	-2.2
20201113	5.5%	3.5	4.4	13.0	12.4	12.8	17.4	22.4
20201022	5.4%	-1.2	-3.9	-2.6	3.5	16.3	19.8	26.0
20151005	5.3%	1.8	4.7	2.9	8.1	10.3	9.8	7.8
20201008	5.3%	2.9	2.6	9.6	16.1	6.8	11.6	18.0
20181219	5.2%	-2.9	-9.7	-2.0	5.1	14.1	16.7	14.0
20191104	5.2%	.4	5.4	3.3	4.7	5.5	3.8	3.1
20190110	5.1%	.0	.4	1.3	-1.8	-.4	14.0	17.1
20200604	5.1%	1.8	-1.7	-6.5	-5.9	-9.6	-16.3	-12.9
20200824	5%	-.6	-.3	-2.9	-7.4	-10.3	1.8	-4.2
20200730	-5%	-3.0	2.2	6.5	5.4	2.9	.8	3.5
20181101	-5.1%	-3.0	-4.0	-16.6	-14.7	-20.1	-21.0	-19.2
20190408	-5.1%	-2.8	-5.2	-3.9	-1.8	-3.9	6.4	9.9
20200227	-5.1%	4.7	5.4	-21.0	-30.4	-31.9	-37.2	-27.2
20200610	-5.1%	-8.7	-1.8	-6.0	-14.2	-10.6	-10.4	-9.9
20180208	-5.2%	3.4	3.1	4.2	1.2	.3	-2.3	.4
20200609	-5.2%	-5.1	-9.7	-9.2	-12.7	-19.2	-16.0	-15.7
20181130	-5.5%	4.1	-2.0	-9.9	-5.3	2.1	-7.7	-3.1
20181109	-5.7%	-6.9	-4.8	-10.8	-11.8	-9.8	-9.0	-14.3
20171114	-5.8%	2.0	.4	1.4	2.8	-.1	-1.3	-1.4
20200327	-6.1%	3.5	-9.4	-7.7	-6.3	-14.7	-14.6	-14.4
20200323	-6.2%	14.7	24.7	15.2	18.3	16.9	13.4	11.9
20200415	-6.2%	-4.0	-.3	-3.7	1.2	-4.5	-6.0	-7.7
20171023	-6.3%	-1.9	-6.9	-10.3	-9.8	-10.4	-19.8	-18.4
20181204	-6.7%	.0	-4.8	-1.1	.0	-1.8	1.5	4.0
20200306	-6.7%	-12.7	-23.1	-24.7	-30.6	-19.6	-16.1	-26.6
20200318	-6.7%	-1.8	6.2	15.5	6.7	9.5	8.2	5.0
20200624	-6.7%	2.3	4.6	7.2	.8	5.4	8.3	8.1
20181112	-6.8%	7.8	.4	-2.3	-5.1	-.6	-8.9	-12.3
20200528	-6.9%	-3.1	8.6	24.8	2.5	10.2	5.5	-3.7
20171113	-7.1%	-5.9	-4.3	-4.6	-4.7	-3.8	-6.6	-6.9
20180523	-7.2%	3.0	.0	-.6	-3.8	-1.4	-3.8	-8.7
20200311	-7.2%	-11.9	-13.8	-20.6	-7.9	-3.9	-16.0	-14.4
20200921	-7.7%	-1.6	-3.8	-1.9	.9	4.7	5.8	14.8
20190306	-7.8%	3.7	7.1	9.3	12.2	8.5	8.6	12.4
20200305	-7.9%	-6.7	-18.6	-33.9	-35.7	-30.5	-24.4	-30.2
20200611	-8.6%	4.3	4.2	1.3	-3.9	-1.7	.7	-5.3
20181030	-8.7%	-.8	-8.8	-10.6	-15.4	-21.2	-23.3	-25.5
20190815	-11.2%	9.7	1.9	.5	1.2	4.0	8.7	16.9
20200401	-11.3%	-2.0	-.1	1.4	-7.7	-7.5	-7.4	-3.4
20200312	-11.9%	8.6	-8.7	-15.5	12.3	9.8	-6.9	1.0
20200309	-12.6%	7.8	-4.4	-19.6	-25.6	-1.1	-3.3	-18.0
20200316	-15.1%	6.3	-2.1	13.5	18.5	3.6	5.6	7.2

Table 10a. GE average price changes following a 5% up day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 41 days in which GE was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 41 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ 5%	-.9	-1.5	-.5	.6	.5	2.0	1.5

Table 10b. GE average price changes following a 5% down day

Of the 1,549 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 33 days in which GE was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 33 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ -5%	.1	-2.1	-4.1	-5.0	-4.3	-5.7	-5.8

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