RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:They are going to fill the gap at $5.96The gap is measured from the close of the previous day (not the high of the previous day)
On July 31st, the stock closed at $5.96. This is the price that the next day's trading gets compared to as far as gaps are concerned (check the price history on SH)
The next trading day, Aug 4th, the stock never got lower than $6.01. So there is a gap between $6.01 and $5.96 that will probably get filled.
I anticipate this will happen on Monday, regardless of whether oil has a good or bad day. It is so close to $5.96, I'd argue that even the bulls would like to see it get filled -then they don't have to worry about it anymore.
In fact, it probably becomes a self fulfilling prohecy as many investors will wait till it drops to $5.96 to buy -so the sellers outweigh the buyers until it happens.