If the price pairs (prev_close_price, today_open_price) were
(100, 50) (50, 60) (60, 75)
and you started with $100, the result would be -$50 + $10 + $15 == -$25 for an average of -$8.33
If the test used
(today_open_price / prev_close_price - 1) * 100
the daily results would be -50, 20...