Statistics of Price Movements of Dell Technologies Inc (DELL)

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

The statistics are calculated using DELL's price data across 508 trading days from 2018 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of DELL 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 508 trading days, 52.3% of the time (265 days), DELL closed above the previous day's closing price. 44.2% of the time (224 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 3.6% of the time (18 days), it did not change.

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DELL Price Change (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
14 – 15% 1
0.20%
12 – 13% 1
0.20%
10 – 11% 2
0.39%
9 – 10% 1
0.20%
8 – 9% 3
0.59%
7 – 8% 2
0.39%
6 – 7% 3
0.59%
5 – 6% 2
0.39%
4 – 5% 7
1.38%
3 – 4% 21
4.14%
2 – 3% 44
8.68%
1 – 2% 80
15.78%
0 – 1% 98
19.33%
0% 18
3.55%
0 – -1% 95
18.74%
-1 – -2% 55
10.85%
-2 – -3% 31
6.11%
-3 – -4% 15
2.96%
-4 – -5% 7
1.38%
-5 – -6% 7
1.38%
-6 – -7% 5
0.99%
-7 – -8% 2
0.39%
-8 – -9% 3
0.59%
-9 – -10% 1
0.20%
-10 – -11% 2
0.39%
-11 – -12% 1
0.20%

Table 2. Statistics of DELL: 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 DELL.

48.4% of the time (246 days), DELL closed above the opening price. 48.4% of the time (246 days), it closed below the opening price. 3.1% of the time (16 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
10 – 11% 2
0.39%
7 – 8% 1
0.20%
6 – 7% 2
0.39%
4 – 5% 5
0.98%
3 – 4% 6
1.18%
2 – 3% 48
9.45%
1 – 2% 74
14.57%
0 – 1% 108
21.26%
0% 16
3.15%
0 – -1% 117
23.03%
-1 – -2% 67
13.19%
-2 – -3% 37
7.28%
-3 – -4% 17
3.35%
-4 – -5% 4
0.79%
-5 – -6% 3
0.59%
-6 – -7% 1
0.20%

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

In the past 508 trading days, DELL opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 7 times. Of these days, 85.7% (6 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 14.3% (1 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
6 – 7% 1
14.29%
2 – 3% 1
14.29%
1 – 2% 3
42.86%
0 – 1% 1
14.29%
-3 – -4% 1
14.29%

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

On 2 days, DELL opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 100.0% (2 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 0.0% (0 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
3 – 4% 1
50.00%
1 – 2% 1
50.00%

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

5 times DELL opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 0.0% (0 days) closed above the opening price, 100.0% (5 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
0 – -1% 2
40.00%
-1 – -2% 2
40.00%
-3 – -4% 1
20.00%

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

11 times DELL opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 27.3% (3 days) closed above the opening price, 72.7% (8 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
1 – 2% 2
18.18%
0 – 1% 1
9.09%
0 – -1% 1
9.09%
-1 – -2% 5
45.45%
-2 – -3% 1
9.09%
-3 – -4% 1
9.09%

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

63 times DELL opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 58.7% (37 days) closed above the opening price, 41.3% (26 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
6 – 7% 1
1.59%
4 – 5% 2
3.17%
3 – 4% 1
1.59%
2 – 3% 9
14.29%
1 – 2% 8
12.70%
0 – 1% 16
25.40%
0 – -1% 14
22.22%
-1 – -2% 6
9.52%
-2 – -3% 3
4.76%
-4 – -5% 2
3.17%
-5 – -6% 1
1.59%

Table 8. Periods when DELL moved 15% or more

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

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 15% Move
Days after:14710131619

Table 9. Periods when DELL moved 10% or more

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

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 10% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020032414.4% 1.3 2.4 -4.4 -1.2 7.0 4.1 5.4
2020071612.1% 2.1 4.5 3.1 .1 2.1 2.9 4.6
2020031910.7% 1.7 23.1 24.5 16.2 20.1 30.0 26.6
2019083010.1% .0 2.7 7.7 3.8 2.5 2.7 1.2
20190531-10.3% -6.2 -10.6 -8.7 -13.8 -10.3 -10.5 -12.3
20200316-10.4% -2.8 .9 22.1 23.6 15.3 19.1 29.0
20200312-11.3% 9.8 -11.8 3.7 29.9 20.8 11.3 23.3

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

Of the 508 trading days from 2018 to 2020, there were 4 days in which DELL was up more than 10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 4 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 10% 1.3 8.2 7.7 4.7 7.9 9.9 9.5

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

Of the 508 trading days from 2018 to 2020, there were 3 days in which DELL was down more than -10%. This table shows the average price changes over the 3 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -10% .3 -7.2 5.7 13.2 8.6 6.6 13.3

Table 10. Periods when DELL moved 5% or more

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

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 5% Move
Days after:14710131619
2020032414.4% 1.3 2.4 -4.4 -1.2 7.0 4.1 5.4
2020071612.1% 2.1 4.5 3.1 .1 2.1 2.9 4.6
2020031910.7% 1.7 23.1 24.5 16.2 20.1 30.0 26.6
2019083010.1% .0 2.7 7.7 3.8 2.5 2.7 1.2
202003139.8% -10.4 -11.1 8.1 7.8 2.6 8.2 15.6
202005298.9% -.5 -.9 .8 -5.5 -4.3 -2.7 3.9
202006248.3% -2.8 3.5 1.8 1.1 -1.1 13.7 16.3
202003268.1% -8.9 -13.3 -8.5 -2.3 -2.8 -2.4 -8.9
202003107.9% -5.6 -17.7 -18.3 -.7 -1.0 -5.7 -.6
201812317.5% .0 -5.8 -3.9 -12.4 -10.6 -9.8 -6.1
202004066.7% -1.4 6.8 4.0 5.3 .0 5.0 2.8
202004296.2% -1.6 -7.4 .6 -5.4 .9 2.3 2.5
202008286% -.2 -1.0 1.0 1.0 .5 .2 -.7
201903155.3% .4 .8 -2.2 -2.6 2.3 3.8 6.0
202004085.2% 2.9 2.4 2.8 -4.0 -.5 5.7 -.5
20201026-5% -1.8 -6.9 -3.9 -.8 -.5 4.8 5.6
20200227-5.1% -7.1 -.4 -16.8 -24.8 -28.1 -25.4 -9.7
20191127-5.3% .0 -5.8 -6.4 -5.2 -1.6 -.9 1.0
20190605-5.5% -2.3 -.3 -5.8 -2.0 -2.2 -4.2 -4.3
20200311-5.6% -11.4 -15.2 -12.0 6.5 7.7 .5 3.9
20200611-5.6% .7 2.0 3.6 10.8 17.9 16.0 15.2
20200305-5.8% -3.0 -9.6 -21.2 -21.8 -4.9 -5.1 -9.7
20190603-6.1% 3.3 -2.8 -5.1 -9.4 -2.6 -6.4 -9.1
20200501-6.3% 1.4 4.4 5.6 5.2 11.6 7.7 13.9
20190823-6.5% 1.3 2.1 11.5 16.5 20.7 18.1 15.8
20200224-6.5% -4.3 -16.2 -10.2 -25.0 -32.2 -35.2 -32.7
20200401-6.7% .7 4.0 12.6 9.6 11.0 5.4 10.7
20200228-7.1% 4.8 1.0 -3.3 -11.1 -28.6 -16.1 5.1
20200318-7.8% 10.7 34.6 34.2 27.8 34.8 44.0 43.2
20200309-8.5% 8.0 -.8 -20.4 -6.4 17.4 9.1 .5
20200421-8.6% 3.6 7.5 14.1 7.5 16.7 9.7 17.1
20200327-8.9% 2.7 -4.2 -1.0 7.3 4.4 5.7 .4
20190802-9.1% -3.8 -2.1 -5.5 -7.6 -6.5 -11.4 -10.8
20190531-10.3% -6.2 -10.6 -8.7 -13.8 -10.3 -10.5 -12.3
20200316-10.4% -2.8 .9 22.1 23.6 15.3 19.1 29.0
20200312-11.3% 9.8 -11.8 3.7 29.9 20.8 11.3 23.3

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

Of the 508 trading days from 2018 to 2020, there were 15 days in which DELL was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 15 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 5% -1.5 -.7 1.1 .1 1.2 3.9 4.5

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

Of the 508 trading days from 2018 to 2020, there were 21 days in which DELL was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 21 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -5% .2 -1.4 -.6 .8 2.9 1.7 4.6

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