$AAOI plunged -13.01% into the weekend on zero filed catalyst. When a stock suffers a no-news gap-down of 10% or more, historical data across 6,903 similar setups shows it closes red 53% of the time. In $AAOI's own history, 14 prior gap-down days resulted in a red finish 57% of the time.
Flip side: $MRK pushed +2.80% on verified Phase 3 cancer vaccine trial results with Moderna. Real data creates durable structure; ghost volume creates trapped capital.
57% fade probability on the unprompted dump. That is the baseline.