Statistics of Price Movements of Apache Corp (APA)

The price movements of Apache Corp (ticker APA) 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 APA 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 APA had a big price move
• Table 11. Statistics of daily price changes in the 20 days after APA moved 5% with twice the 30-day average volume

The statistics are calculated using APA's price data across 129 trading days from 2020 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of APA 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 129 trading days, 51.6% of the time (66 days), APA closed above the previous day's closing price. 46.9% of the time (60 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 1.6% of the time (2 days), it did not change.

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APA Price Change (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
17 – 18%	1	0.78%
12 – 13%	1	0.78%
10 – 11%	1	0.78%
9 – 10%	4	3.12%
7 – 8%	4	3.12%
6 – 7%	3	2.34%
5 – 6%	4	3.12%
4 – 5%	6	4.69%
3 – 4%	4	3.12%
2 – 3%	13	10.16%
1 – 2%	15	11.72%
0 – 1%	10	7.81%
0%	2	1.56%
0 – -1%	7	5.47%
-1 – -2%	12	9.38%
-2 – -3%	6	4.69%
-3 – -4%	13	10.16%
-4 – -5%	8	6.25%
-5 – -6%	2	1.56%
-6 – -7%	1	0.78%
-7 – -8%	5	3.91%
-8 – -9%	1	0.78%
-9 – -10%	2	1.56%
-10 – -11%	2	1.56%
-13 – -14%	1	0.78%

Table 2. Statistics of APA: 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 APA.

44.2% of the time (57 days), APA closed above the opening price. 54.3% of the time (70 days), it closed below the opening price. 1.6% of the time (2 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
10 – 11%	3	2.33%
8 – 9%	2	1.55%
7 – 8%	2	1.55%
6 – 7%	5	3.88%
5 – 6%	2	1.55%
4 – 5%	3	2.33%
3 – 4%	10	7.75%
2 – 3%	8	6.20%
1 – 2%	9	6.98%
0 – 1%	13	10.08%
0%	2	1.55%
0 – -1%	13	10.08%
-1 – -2%	16	12.40%
-2 – -3%	13	10.08%
-3 – -4%	8	6.20%
-4 – -5%	3	2.33%
-5 – -6%	6	4.65%
-6 – -7%	7	5.43%
-7 – -8%	1	0.78%
-8 – -9%	2	1.55%
-9 – -10%	1	0.78%

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

In the past 129 trading days, APA opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 6 times. Of these days, 50.0% (3 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 50.0% (3 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
3 – 4%	1	16.67%
2 – 3%	1	16.67%
1 – 2%	1	16.67%
-1 – -2%	2	33.33%
-5 – -6%	1	16.67%

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

On 3 days, APA opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 0.0% (0 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 100.0% (3 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
-1 – -2%	1	33.33%
-2 – -3%	1	33.33%
-6 – -7%	1	33.33%

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

4 times APA opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 75.0% (3 days) closed above the opening price, 25.0% (1 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
5 – 6%	1	25.00%
1 – 2%	1	25.00%
0 – 1%	1	25.00%
-7 – -8%	1	25.00%

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

12 times APA opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 16.7% (2 days) closed above the opening price, 83.3% (10 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
10 – 11%	1	8.33%
8 – 9%	1	8.33%
0 – -1%	4	33.33%
-1 – -2%	3	25.00%
-3 – -4%	2	16.67%
-6 – -7%	1	8.33%

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

18 times APA opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 44.4% (8 days) closed above the opening price, 55.6% (10 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%)	Number of Days	% of Total Sessions
5 – 6%	1	5.56%
4 – 5%	3	16.67%
3 – 4%	1	5.56%
1 – 2%	1	5.56%
0 – 1%	2	11.11%
0 – -1%	3	16.67%
-1 – -2%	1	5.56%
-2 – -3%	2	11.11%
-4 – -5%	1	5.56%
-5 – -6%	2	11.11%
-6 – -7%	1	5.56%

Table 8. Periods when APA moved 15% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after APA 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
20200730	17.2%	-4.1	1.4	1.7	-3.7	-4.7	-10.9	-12.1

Table 9. Periods when APA moved 10% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after APA 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
20200730	17.2%	-4.1	1.4	1.7	-3.7	-4.7	-10.9	-12.1
20201123	12.4%
20201204	10.4%
20200610	-10.2%	-13.8	-1.8	-5.7	-11.9	-10.1	-10.6	-13.9
20200908	-10.6%	.8	-8.5	-4.8	-6.1	-24.5	-27.4	-24.5
20200611	-13.7%	7.7	8.6	11.6	6.8	5.6	3.7	2.2

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

Of the 129 trading days from 2020 to 2020, there were 3 days in which APA was up more than 10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 3 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ 10%	.4	6.1	1.2	3.3	7.9	-3.6	-4.0

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

Of the 129 trading days from 2020 to 2020, there were 3 days in which APA was down more than -10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 3 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ -10%	-1.8	-.6	.4	-3.7	-9.7	-11.4	-12.1

Table 10. Periods when APA moved 5% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after APA 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
20200730	17.2%	-4.1	1.4	1.7	-3.7	-4.7	-10.9	-12.1
20201123	12.4%
20201204	10.4%
20201210	9.8%
20201109	9.7%	2.5	5.8	13.2	31.9	44.8	26.9	55.7
20200721	9.5%	-2.6	-8.2	7.4	6.6	4.3	5.7	2.9
20201124	9.1%
20200714	7.9%	2.3	.7	6.5	-1.4	13.6	20.2	20.5
20201116	7.9%
20200612	7.6%	2.3	3.3	2.6	-3.8	-5.6	-1.8	-12.3
20201102	7%	9.7	9.2	28.8	28.8	58.9	45.1	54.6
20201113	6.3%	7.9	10.0	36.0	34.9	27.0	41.6	59.9
20201015	6%	-4.0	-6.8	-12.3	-16.1	-.1	-.6	17.2
20201020	6%	-5.3	-10.9	-14.8	1.5	.9	19.0	19.0
20201008	5.9%	-4.6	-9.3	-10.7	-6.9	-17.7	-18.1	-1.5
20201202	5.9%
20200710	5.2%	-1.5	9.1	17.2	11.7	7.4	23.7	22.7
20201029	5.1%	1.3	22.0	26.0	34.8	57.0	72.4	51.0
20201021	-5.3%	3.7	-8.3	-8.8	9.8	13.4	21.3	41.3
20200707	-5.5%	2.3	-2.0	8.6	16.7	11.2	6.9	23.1
20201028	-6.6%	5.1	25.2	24.5	46.9	46.9	81.3	65.5
20200929	-7.1%	-.7	3.1	6.3	-4.2	-1.8	-4.6	-10.3
20201130	-7.3%
20200624	-7.5%	4.5	3.3	1.5	.0	-4.2	6.1	14.0
20200709	-7.5%	5.2	14.4	12.6	19.1	10.3	27.1	34.4
20201026	-7.7%	-2.5	-3.0	16.7	20.6	29.0	50.2	65.0
20200910	-8.6%	-1.0	4.1	.8	-9.2	-20.6	-18.9	-20.3
20200923	-9.3%	-1.8	-14.1	-12.3	-13.8	-16.1	-12.1	-13.4
20200925	-9.6%	4.3	-5.5	-4.4	-1.8	-6.6	-8.0	-4.2
20200610	-10.2%	-13.8	-1.8	-5.7	-11.9	-10.1	-10.6	-13.9
20200908	-10.6%	.8	-8.5	-4.8	-6.1	-24.5	-27.4	-24.5
20200611	-13.7%	7.7	8.6	11.6	6.8	5.6	3.7	2.2

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

Of the 129 trading days from 2020 to 2020, there were 18 days in which APA was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 18 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ 5%	.8	2.8	8.4	8.5	14.0	14.2	17.9

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

Of the 129 trading days from 2020 to 2020, there were 14 days in which APA was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 14 days.

Average Type	Average Price Change
Days after:	1	4	7	10	13	16	19
Avg for Change ≥ -5%	.7	2.4	4.5	5.2	2.3	8.2	11.3

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