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Market Recap July 2 2026: wetin di numbers dey yarn

Holiday-eve rotation: green breadth under falling Nasdaq, tech na last of di eleven sector funds, memory-rout day two, and di split wey fake a crash.

Thursday, July 2, 2026 — na di last session before Independence Day closure — be rotation day wey wear selloff headline. QQQ print -1.71% while DIA rise 1.04%, and breadth be POSITIVE: 3398 liquid names rise against 2758, 54.6% of di tape green while di growth index fall. Eight out of eleven sector funds close higher; di selling sit for tech and di memory complex wey break di day before.

Di scoreboard

QuerySPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM — July 2 versus July 1 close, regular hours
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH prior AS (
    SELECT ticker, argMax(close, window_start) AS prior_close
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'DIA', 'IWM')
      AND window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00'
    GROUP BY ticker
),
sess AS (
    SELECT ticker,
           argMin(open, window_start) AS day_open,
           argMax(close, window_start) AS day_close,
           max(high) AS day_high,
           min(low) AS day_low,
           round(toFloat64(sum(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS shares_traded_m
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'DIA', 'IWM')
      AND window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
    GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
    s.ticker AS ticker,
    round(toFloat64(p.prior_close), 2) AS prior_close,
    round(toFloat64(s.day_open), 2) AS day_open,
    round(toFloat64(s.day_close), 2) AS day_close,
    round((toFloat64(s.day_close) / toFloat64(p.prior_close) - 1) * 100, 2) AS pct_change,
    round(toFloat64(s.day_high), 2) AS day_high,
    round(toFloat64(s.day_low), 2) AS day_low,
    s.shares_traded_m AS shares_traded_m
FROM sess s
JOIN prior p ON s.ticker = p.ticker
ORDER BY s.ticker

DIA for 1.04% against QQQ for -1.71% na di day for one line — industrials and growth nearly three points of daily return apart. SPY split di difference for -0.12%; IWM close -0.59%.

Di day dey unusual?

Two lens for one panel: SPY open-to-close move and QQQ close-over-close move, each one rank against di trailing month by absolute size (rank 1 na di biggest).

QuerySPY and QQQ rank against di trailing month of sessions (rank 1 na biggest absolute move)
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH per_day AS (
    SELECT ticker,
           toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
           (argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) / argMin(toFloat64(open), window_start) - 1) * 100 AS oc_pct,
           argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) AS rth_close
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ')
      AND window_start >= toDateTime('2026-06-02 00:00:00')
      AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-07-03 00:00:00')
      AND (toHour(window_start) * 60 + toMinute(window_start)) BETWEEN 810 AND 1199
    GROUP BY ticker, d
),
with_prev AS (
    SELECT ticker, d, oc_pct,
           lagInFrame(rth_close) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d) AS prev_close,
           (rth_close / lagInFrame(rth_close) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY d) - 1) * 100 AS cc_pct
    FROM per_day
)
SELECT
    round(anyIf(oc_pct, ticker = 'SPY' AND d = toDate('2026-07-02')), 2) AS spy_open_to_close_pct,
    arrayCount(x -> x > abs(anyIf(oc_pct, ticker = 'SPY' AND d = toDate('2026-07-02'))),
               groupArrayIf(abs(oc_pct), ticker = 'SPY' AND d != toDate('2026-07-02'))) + 1 AS spy_abs_move_rank,
    countIf(ticker = 'SPY') AS spy_sessions_compared,
    round(anyIf(cc_pct, ticker = 'QQQ' AND d = toDate('2026-07-02')), 2) AS qqq_close_over_close_pct,
    arrayCount(x -> x > abs(anyIf(cc_pct, ticker = 'QQQ' AND d = toDate('2026-07-02'))),
               groupArrayIf(abs(cc_pct), ticker = 'QQQ' AND d != toDate('2026-07-02') AND isFinite(cc_pct) AND prev_close > 0)) + 1 AS qqq_abs_move_rank,
    countIf(ticker = 'QQQ' AND isFinite(cc_pct) AND prev_close > 0) AS qqq_sessions_compared,
    toString(minIf(d, ticker = 'SPY')) AS first_session
FROM with_prev

For di index level, e no dey unusual. SPY -0.35% open-to-close rank na 15 out of 22 trailing sessions — e dey di bottom half. QQQ make more noise but e still no reach extreme: im -1.71% close-over-close rank na 9 out of 21 sessions wey get defined prior close, go back to 2026-06-02 — na mid-pack bad day for di growth index. Di single-name tape na where July 2 loud well well.

Breadth: green tape, red growth index

QueryAdvancers versus decliners among tickers wey get at least $1M traded on July 2
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH per_ticker AS (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start < '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS prior_close,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS day_close,
        sumIf(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS day_dollar_volume
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE (window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00')
       OR (window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00')
    GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
    countIf(day_close > prior_close AND day_dollar_volume >= 1000000) AS advancers,
    countIf(day_close < prior_close AND day_dollar_volume >= 1000000) AS decliners,
    countIf(day_close = prior_close AND day_dollar_volume >= 1000000) AS unchanged,
    countIf(day_dollar_volume >= 1000000) AS liquid_tickers,
    count() AS tickers_traded_both_sessions,
    count() - countIf(day_dollar_volume >= 1000000) AS dropped_by_liquidity_filter,
    round(100.0 * countIf(day_close > prior_close AND day_dollar_volume >= 1000000)
        / countIf(day_dollar_volume >= 1000000), 1) AS advancer_pct,
    reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(countIf(day_close > prior_close AND day_dollar_volume >= 1000000))), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS advancers_fmt,
    reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(countIf(day_close < prior_close AND day_dollar_volume >= 1000000))), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS decliners_fmt,
    reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(count() - countIf(day_dollar_volume >= 1000000))), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS dropped_by_liquidity_filter_fmt,
    reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(count())), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS tickers_traded_both_sessions_fmt
FROM per_ticker
WHERE prior_close > 0 AND day_close > 0

3,398 stocks wey advance, 2,758 wey decline, 63 no change — 54.6% of di liquid tape go up even as QQQ fall. Di cap-weighted indexes and di equal-count breadth give different answer; na days like dis make dem put both for panel. Di filter comot 5,317 of 11,536 dual-session tickers wey trade under $1 million.

Sector by sector: where the green tape sit

Breadth dey count names; e no dey tell us which kind. Di eleven SPDR sector funds cut di session by industry, and di gap between best and worst na di day dispersion for one number.

QueryDi eleven SPDR sector ETFs — July 2 close versus July 1 close, regular hours
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH per_etf AS (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start < '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS prior_close,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS day_close,
        round(sumIf(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') / 1e9, 2) AS day_dollar_bn
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('XLB', 'XLC', 'XLE', 'XLF', 'XLI', 'XLK', 'XLP', 'XLRE', 'XLU', 'XLV', 'XLY')
      AND ((window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00')
        OR (window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'))
    GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
    ticker,
    round(prior_close, 2) AS prior_close,
    round(day_close, 2) AS day_close,
    round((day_close / prior_close - 1) * 100, 2) AS pct_chg,
    round((day_close / prior_close - 1) * 100 - min((day_close / prior_close - 1) * 100) OVER (), 2) AS pts_above_worst_sector,
    day_dollar_bn
FROM per_etf
ORDER BY ticker

Health care (XLV) top di board at 2.63%, then utilities 2.23%, staples 2%, materials 1.94%. Technology (XLK) finish last at -2.71%, na im be di only sector wey drop pass one point; consumer discretionary (-0.81%) and communication services (-0.13%) na di other red funds, di remaining eight green. Best-to-worst dispersion: 5.34 percentage points. Di DIA-up/QQQ-down split run across di market, no be just four megacaps — na why green advance-decline line under one falling Nasdaq no be contradiction.

Di day highlight: memory rout, day two

Di complex wey break Wednesday fall harder Thursday — na di size and how dem move together, no be wetin cause am.

QueryDi memory and storage names: change versus Wednesday close, range timing, and dollar volume
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH per_name AS (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start < '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS prior_close,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS day_close,
        maxIf(toFloat64(high), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS day_high,
        minIf(toFloat64(low), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS day_low,
        argMinIf(window_start, toFloat64(low), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS low_bar,
        argMaxIf(window_start, toFloat64(high), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS high_bar,
        round(sumIf(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') / 1e9, 2) AS day_dollar_bn
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('MU', 'SNDK', 'STX', 'WDC')
      AND ((window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00')
        OR (window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'))
    GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
    ticker,
    round(prior_close, 2) AS prior_close,
    round(day_close, 2) AS day_close,
    round((day_close / prior_close - 1) * 100, 2) AS pct_chg,
    round(day_high, 2) AS day_high,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(high_bar, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS day_high_et,
    round(day_low, 2) AS day_low,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(low_bar, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS day_low_et,
    round((day_high / day_low - 1) * 100, 2) AS range_pct,
    day_dollar_bn
FROM per_name
ORDER BY ticker

SanDisk print -14.32%, Seagate -10.38%, Western Digital -9.92%, MU -5.57% — on $51.4 billion of MU turnover, wey be roughly one-and-a-half times SPY own. MU and SanDisk print dia lows late (15:26, 15:26 ET), Seagate and Western Digital earlier (14:23, 13:59). Context: Wednesday and di MU deep-dive.

Di rotation oda half, for di megacaps:

QueryMegacap rotation: change versus Wednesday close, range timing, and dollar volume
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH per_name AS (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start < '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS prior_close,
        toFloat64(argMaxIf(close, window_start, window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00')) AS day_close,
        maxIf(toFloat64(high), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS day_high,
        minIf(toFloat64(low), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS day_low,
        argMinIf(window_start, toFloat64(low), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS low_bar,
        argMaxIf(window_start, toFloat64(high), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') AS high_bar,
        round(sumIf(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume), window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00') / 1e9, 2) AS day_dollar_bn
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'TSLA')
      AND ((window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00')
        OR (window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'))
    GROUP BY ticker
)
SELECT
    ticker,
    round(prior_close, 2) AS prior_close,
    round(day_close, 2) AS day_close,
    round((day_close / prior_close - 1) * 100, 2) AS pct_chg,
    round(day_high, 2) AS day_high,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(high_bar, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS day_high_et,
    round(day_low, 2) AS day_low,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(low_bar, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS day_low_et,
    round((day_high / day_low - 1) * 100, 2) AS range_pct,
    day_dollar_bn
FROM per_name
ORDER BY ticker

AAPL rise 4.75% for one straight line — low at 09:30 ET, high at 15:57, three minutes before di close — while TSLA run di mirror image at -7.65%. MSFT add 1.41%; NVDA close -1.55%. Same index, opposite days.

Where the money trade

QueryVolume leaders two ways: top 6 by dollars traded, top 4 by shares traded (one reused-symbol listing dey excluded pending entity verification)
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT ticker, leaderboard, dollar_volume_bn, if(dollar_volume_bn < 1, dollar_volume_m, NULL) AS dollar_value_m, shares_m,
    round(100 * if(leaderboard = 'by dollars traded', dollar_volume_bn, shares_m)
        / max(if(leaderboard = 'by dollars traded', dollar_volume_bn, shares_m)) OVER (PARTITION BY leaderboard), 1) AS pct_of_board_leader
FROM (
    SELECT
        'by dollars traded' AS leaderboard,
        ticker,
        round(sum(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume)) / 1e9, 2) AS dollar_volume_bn,
        round(sum(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 0) AS dollar_volume_m,
        round(sum(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS shares_m
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
    GROUP BY ticker
    ORDER BY dollar_volume_bn DESC
    LIMIT 6
    UNION ALL
    SELECT
        'by shares traded' AS leaderboard,
        ticker,
        round(sum(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume)) / 1e9, 2) AS dollar_volume_bn,
        round(sum(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 0) AS dollar_volume_m,
        round(sum(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS shares_m
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
    GROUP BY ticker
    ORDER BY shares_m DESC
    LIMIT 4
)
ORDER BY leaderboard ASC, if(leaderboard = 'by dollars traded', dollar_volume_bn, shares_m) DESC

MU $51.4 billion na im lead di tape for fourth straight session (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) against SPY own $32.7 billion, and SanDisk $26.57 billion put second memory name for top four. SOXS — di 3x-inverse semiconductor ETF — top di share board with 748.2 million shares: cheap shares dey dominate share count, expensive ones dey dominate dollar count, and relative volume dey compare either one against di name own normal level. Basis na July 2 regular hours, dem exclude one reused-symbol listing (receipts).

QueryShares traded per 30-minute bucket, regular hours (billions)
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    formatDateTime(toStartOfInterval(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'), INTERVAL 30 MINUTE), '%H:%i') AS et_time,
    round(sum(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e9, 2) AS shares_bn,
    round(100 * sum(toFloat64(volume)) / max(sum(toFloat64(volume))) OVER (), 1) AS pct_of_biggest_bucket
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time

2.13 billion shares for di opening half hour, 0.81 billion trough for 14:30, 2.3 billion as dem dey close for holiday eve — di final bucket na im big pass for di day, as di closing auction dey pull resting orders into one print.

Di options tape: di shifted weekly land

QueryOne row for di whole options day: volume, same-day expiry, di holiday-shifted week, and di July monthly
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH
    (
        SELECT (any(underlying_symbol), any(toFloat64(strike_price)), any(option_type),
                any(toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6)))),
                sum(size), count(), round(avg(toFloat64(price)), 3))
        FROM global_markets.options_trades
        WHERE sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-03 00:00:00'
        GROUP BY ticker
        ORDER BY sum(size) DESC
        LIMIT 1
    ) AS top_contract,
    (
        SELECT round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)), 2)
        FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
    ) AS spy_regular_close
SELECT
    round(count() / 1e6, 2) AS option_prints_m,
    round(toFloat64(sum(size)) / 1e6, 2) AS contracts_m,
    round(100.0 * sumIf(size, option_type = 'C') / sum(size), 1) AS call_pct_of_volume,
    round(100.0 * sumIf(size, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260702') / sum(size), 1) AS same_day_expiry_pct,
    round(toFloat64(sumIf(size, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260702')) / 1e6, 2) AS thu_jul2_expiry_contracts_m,
    countIf(substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260703') AS fri_jul3_expiry_prints,
    round(toFloat64(sumIf(size, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260710')) / 1e6, 2) AS jul10_weekly_contracts_m,
    round(toFloat64(sumIf(size, substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260717')) / 1e6, 2) AS jul17_monthly_contracts_m,
    round(toFloat64(sumIf(size, underlying_symbol = 'SPY')) / 1e6, 2) AS spy_contracts_m,
    round(toFloat64(sumIf(size, underlying_symbol = 'QQQ')) / 1e6, 2) AS qqq_contracts_m,
    top_contract.1 AS top_contract_underlying,
    top_contract.2 AS top_contract_strike,
    top_contract.3 AS top_contract_type,
    top_contract.4 AS top_contract_expiry,
    top_contract.5 AS top_contract_volume,
    reverse(arrayStringConcat(extractAll(reverse(toString(assumeNotNull(top_contract.5))), '[0-9]{1,3}'), ',')) AS top_contract_volume_fmt,
    round(top_contract.7, 3) AS top_contract_avg_price,
    round(top_contract.2 - spy_regular_close, 2) AS top_strike_minus_spy_close,
    round(spy_regular_close - top_contract.2, 2) AS spy_close_minus_strike
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-03 00:00:00'

Options trade 80.96 million contracts across 13.15 million prints, and 47.4% of dat volume expire di same Thursday. No contract wey get July 3 expiration code print at all for di whole day (0 prints), so Thursday carry di daily expiry and di week shifted weekly at once. Di busiest contract na di same-day SPY $740 put — 540,403 contracts at average $0.499 premium, SPY close 4.8 dollars above di strike: e dey out of di money, and na put wey dey atop board where Tuesday and Wednesday get calls. Calls still take 58.4% of volume; di next weekly draw 9.64 million contracts, di July monthly draw 8.82 million (expiry mechanics).

Di quote tape: wetin e cost to trade

Prices dey show wetin happen; quotes dey show wetin e cost. Di bid-ask spread na di toll for every round trip, for basis points of di mid-price (one basis point na one hundredth of one percent). We dey measure am every session, whether ordinary or not — na wetin make "spreads blow out" be claim wey person fit check.

QueryStocks NBBO update count: July 2 versus July 1, with named-ticker updates (millions)
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-02')) / 1e6, 2) AS jul2_updates_m,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-01')) / 1e6, 2) AS jul1_updates_m,
    round((countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-02')) / countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-01')) - 1) * 100, 1) AS day_over_day_pct,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-02') AND ticker = 'SPY') / 1e6, 2) AS jul2_spy_updates_m,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-02') AND ticker = 'QQQ') / 1e6, 2) AS jul2_qqq_updates_m,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-02') AND ticker = 'MU') / 1e6, 2) AS jul2_mu_updates_m
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-01 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-03 00:00:00'

Di national best bid and offer — di top of di consolidated book — dem rewrite am 597.22 million times on July 2 against 449.15 million on July 1: na 33% jump enter di closure. QQQ collect 7.56 million, pass SPY own wey be 5.42 million; MU 1.01 million.

QueryMedian quoted spread in basis points, regular hours — index ETFs, megacaps, and di memory names
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    ticker,
    round(med_bps, 2) AS median_spread_bps,
    round(med_dollars * 100, 1) AS median_spread_cents,
    round(med_bps / min(med_bps) OVER (), 1) AS times_the_spy_spread,
    round(quote_updates / 1e6, 2) AS rth_updates_m,
    invalid_quotes_dropped
FROM (
    SELECT
        ticker,
        quantileExactIf(0.5)((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000,
                             toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price)) AS med_bps,
        quantileExactIf(0.5)(toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price),
                             toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price)) AS med_dollars,
        count() AS quote_updates,
        countIf(NOT (toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price))) AS invalid_quotes_dropped
    FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
    WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'AAPL', 'TSLA', 'NVDA', 'MU', 'SNDK', 'WDC')
      AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
    GROUP BY ticker
)
ORDER BY median_spread_bps ASC

SPY quote one median 0.27 basis points wide: e be like 2 cents on top one $744.8 ETF. QQQ come dey at 0.83 bps, NVDA 1.03. Di names wey dey do di falling na di expensive ones to trade: MU 5.52 bps, SanDisk 10.4, Western Digital 10.7940x SPY spread. To cross one basket of memory names cost multiples of crossing di index, before any price impact. Invalid quotes (one-sided, crossed) dem dey count per name, dem no dey hide am.

QueryWas liquidity unusual? SPY regular-hours median spread versus di trailing month of sessions
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH per_day AS (
    SELECT toDate(sip_timestamp) AS d,
           quantileExact(0.5)((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000) AS med_bps
    FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-06-02 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-03 00:00:00'
      AND (toHour(sip_timestamp) * 60 + toMinute(sip_timestamp)) BETWEEN 810 AND 1199
      AND toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price)
    GROUP BY d
)
SELECT
    round(anyIf(med_bps, d = toDate('2026-07-02')), 3) AS jul2_median_spread_bps,
    round(quantileExact(0.5)(med_bps), 3) AS trailing_median_bps,
    round(anyIf(med_bps, d = toDate('2026-07-02')) - quantileExact(0.5)(med_bps), 3) AS jul2_minus_trailing_bps,
    arrayCount(x -> x > anyIf(med_bps, d = toDate('2026-07-02')), groupArrayIf(med_bps, d != toDate('2026-07-02'))) + 1 AS wider_rank,
    count() AS sessions_compared,
    round(max(med_bps), 3) AS widest_session_bps
FROM per_day

Na ordinary day for liquidity, and na di finding be dat: SPY median spread of 0.27 bps dey sit 0 bps from di trailing month median (0.27 bps), e rank 11 out of 22 sessions by wideness — e no near di month widest at 0.409 bps at all. One concentrated rout under one green tape no stress di plumbing.

Rates: di July 2 print, e don land

QueryDi receipt: di July 2 treasury print dey on file
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.treasury_yields WHERE date = '2026-07-02') AS jul2_rows,
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.treasury_yields WHERE date = '2026-07-01') AS jul1_rows

Di treasury feed dey run one or two days behind di tape: wen we first publish, di July 2 close no get any row for file, and dis page talk am so instead of guess. Di print don land since — 1 row for July 2, 1 for July 1 — so di panel wey dey below carry di session own curve.

QueryDi session curve print: July 2 versus July 1 (populated maturities only)
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    t.1 AS curve_point,
    round(t.2, 2) AS jul2_yield_pct,
    round((t.2 - t.3) * 100) AS one_day_change_bp
FROM (
    SELECT arrayJoin([
        ('1 month',  toFloat64(d.yield_1_month),  toFloat64(p.yield_1_month)),
        ('3 month',  toFloat64(d.yield_3_month),  toFloat64(p.yield_3_month)),
        ('1 year',   toFloat64(d.yield_1_year),   toFloat64(p.yield_1_year)),
        ('2 year',   toFloat64(d.yield_2_year),   toFloat64(p.yield_2_year)),
        ('5 year',   toFloat64(d.yield_5_year),   toFloat64(p.yield_5_year)),
        ('10 year',  toFloat64(d.yield_10_year),  toFloat64(p.yield_10_year)),
        ('30 year',  toFloat64(d.yield_30_year),  toFloat64(p.yield_30_year)),
        ('2s10s spread', toFloat64(d.yield_10_year - d.yield_2_year), toFloat64(p.yield_10_year - p.yield_2_year))
    ]) AS t
    FROM (SELECT * FROM global_markets.treasury_yields WHERE date = '2026-07-02') AS d,
         (SELECT * FROM global_markets.treasury_yields WHERE date = '2026-07-01') AS p
)

Wen market close, di 10-year siddon for 4.49%, di 2s10s spread for 0.35 points.

Wetin dey behind di day

QueryJuly 2 corporate calendar and information flow, in one row (including di eight splits behind one fake screener move)
The exact SQL behind every number
WITH
    (
        SELECT (count(), uniqExact(publisher))
        FROM global_markets.stocks_news
        WHERE toDate(toTimeZone(published_utc, 'America/New_York')) = '2026-07-02'
    ) AS news,
    (
        SELECT (argMax(t, n), max(n))
        FROM (
            SELECT t, count() AS n
            FROM (
                SELECT arrayJoin(tickers) AS t
                FROM global_markets.stocks_news
                WHERE toDate(toTimeZone(published_utc, 'America/New_York')) = '2026-07-02'
            )
            WHERE t != 'SPCX'
            GROUP BY t
        )
    ) AS top_news,
    (
        SELECT (count(), countIf(split_to > split_from), countIf(split_to < split_from),
                arrayStringConcat(groupArray(concat(ticker, ' ', toString(split_to), '-for-', toString(split_from))), '; '))
        FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
        WHERE execution_date = '2026-07-02' AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
    ) AS splits
SELECT
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends WHERE ex_dividend_date = '2026-07-02') AS ex_dividend_records,
    splits.1 AS splits_executed,
    splits.2 AS forward_splits,
    splits.3 AS reverse_splits,
    splits.4 AS split_records,
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_ipos WHERE listing_date = '2026-07-02') AS ipos_listed,
    (SELECT uniqExact(accession_number) FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-02') AS sec_filings,
    (SELECT uniqExactIf(accession_number, form_type = '4') FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-02') AS insider_form4_filings,
    (SELECT uniqExactIf(accession_number, form_type = '8-K') FROM global_markets.stocks_sec_edgar_index WHERE filing_date = '2026-07-02') AS filings_8k,
    (SELECT arrayStringConcat(groupArray(concat(ticker, ' — ', issuer_name)), '; ') FROM (
        SELECT ticker, issuer_name FROM global_markets.stocks_ipos WHERE listing_date = '2026-07-02' ORDER BY ticker
    )) AS ipo_names,
    news.1 AS news_articles,
    news.2 AS news_publishers,
    top_news.1 AS most_covered_ticker,
    top_news.2 AS most_covered_articles,
    (SELECT any(split_from) FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE ticker = 'CRWD' AND execution_date = '2026-07-02') AS crwd_split_from,
    (SELECT any(split_to) FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE ticker = 'CRWD' AND execution_date = '2026-07-02') AS crwd_split_to,
    (SELECT round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)), 2) FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
     WHERE ticker = 'CRWD' AND window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00') AS crwd_prev_close,
    (SELECT round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)), 2) FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
     WHERE ticker = 'CRWD' AND window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00') AS crwd_day_close,
    (SELECT round(sum(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 2) FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
     WHERE ticker = 'CRWD' AND window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00') AS crwd_dollar_m,
    (SELECT count() FROM (
        SELECT ticker FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
        WHERE ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE execution_date = '2026-07-02')
          AND window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
        GROUP BY ticker
    )) AS split_names_with_bars

319 dividend records go ex-dividend, 2 new listings show face (MIACU — Meridian3 Industrials Acquisition Corp.; VIIU — Viking Acquisition Corp. II), and di SEC index log 5200 filings inside di holiday — 2109 Form 4s, 258 8-Ks. Di news feed carry 201 articles from 3 publishers (NVDA na di ones wey dem cover pass, 18 of dem).

Splits fit trap anybody wey dey read raw closes. CRWD run one 4-for-1 forward split, so di tape wey dem no adjust show $772.45 for Wednesday and $193.67 for Thursday — dat one be fake decline wey really be four new shares for each old one. E no be only am: 8 split records execute, 5 forward and 3 reverse (di split_records column list dem), and one reverse split dey fake di opposite artifact — raw price wey jump overnight. Na only 2 of those names trade for our tape; CRWD im $1473.51 million turnover na di only one wey big reach to spoil screen, and every mover screen here exclude am.

Wey dey front

Na calendar fact, no be forecast — wetin the tables hold about the next sessions.

QueryAfter di holiday: di next session, its ex-dividends and splits, di next scheduled closure, and di short-interest lag
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
     WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND window_start >= '2026-07-06 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-06 20:00:00') AS jul6_spy_regular_bars,
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends WHERE ex_dividend_date = '2026-07-06') AS exdiv_records_jul6,
    (SELECT arrayStringConcat(groupArray(ticker), ', ') FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
     WHERE ex_dividend_date = '2026-07-06'
       AND ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'JPM', 'JNJ', 'XOM', 'KO', 'PG', 'WMT', 'CVX', 'HD')) AS household_exdivs_jul6,
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_splits WHERE execution_date = '2026-07-06') AS splits_jul6,
    (SELECT toString(min(date)) FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays WHERE date > '2026-07-02') AS next_scheduled_closure,
    (SELECT any(name) FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays
     WHERE date = (SELECT min(date) FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays WHERE date > '2026-07-02')) AS next_closure_name,
    (SELECT any(status) FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays
     WHERE date = (SELECT min(date) FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays WHERE date > '2026-07-02')) AS next_closure_status,
    (SELECT toString(max(settlement_date)) FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
     WHERE settlement_date <= '2026-07-02') AS latest_si_settlement,
    (SELECT dateDiff('day', max(settlement_date), toDate('2026-07-02')) FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
     WHERE settlement_date <= '2026-07-02') AS si_settlement_age_days

Monday July 6 open back with full 390-bar session, dem verify am from im own bars. E carry 118 ex-dividend records — one household name among the ten wey we dey probe (JPM) — and 15 split executions. Next closure wey dem schedule: Labor Day, 2026-09-07 (closed). Short interest na old news, as e dey always be — newest settlement wey dey on file na 2026-06-30, 2 days back, publication dey trail settlement by about two weeks (why).

Di session wey dem verify — and di Friday wey no be wetin dem tink

QuerySession check: SPY observed minute-bar span, and di July 3 closure on di tape
The exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    formatDateTime(min(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), '%H:%i') AS first_spy_bar_et,
    formatDateTime(max(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), '%H:%i') AS last_spy_bar_et,
    count() AS spy_minute_bars,
    countIf(window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00') AS regular_session_bars,
    uniqExactIf(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), window_start >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 20:00:00') AS day_sessions,
    (SELECT count() FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
     WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND window_start >= '2026-07-03 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-04 00:00:00') AS jul3_spy_bars
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND window_start >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-03 00:00:00'

July 2 na full session, no be early close: SPY bars dey run from 04:00 go reach 19:59 New York time (pre-market and after-hours bars dey inside), with exactly 390 regular-window bars. Friday July 3 print 0 SPY bars — na full closure for Independence Day, because July 4 fall for Saturday. Di four-session week: di week recap.

FAQ

Why Dow rise but Nasdaq fall for July 2, 2026?

Di two indexes dey hold different companies: DIA close 1.04%, QQQ -1.71%. Di sector board carry di same split — health care, utilities and staples dey on top, technology dey last at -2.71%, na 5.34-point gap from best to worst.

Stock market open for di Friday of Independence Day week?

No. Independence Day fall for Saturday, and di exchanges observe am with full Friday closure di day after dis session: our tape show 0 SPY minute bars for am.

Wetin forward stock split dey do to share price?

E dey multiply di share count by four and divide di price by four; di position value no change. CRWD, July 2: unadjusted close of $772.45 for Wednesday, $193.67 for Thursday — na fake decline for any screener wey skip di split.

How wide bid-ask spreads be for July 2, 2026?

SPY median quoted spread na 0.27 basis points of di mid-price for regular hours — 11 of 22 trailing sessions by wideness, na ordinary day. Single names run wider: MU 5.52 bps, WDC 10.79.

Data notes

  • Dollar volume na per-minute proxy — close × volume, we sum am per bar.
  • Di July 2 treasury print land afta first publication — di original note show say e no dey wit row-count receipt; dis revision carry di print, receipt show.
  • CRWD raw close change na split artifact — we comot am from mover screens.
Full data notes
  • Di sector board na di eleven SPDR Select Sector funds (XLB, XLC, XLE, XLF, XLI, XLK, XLP, XLRE, XLU, XLV, XLY) — na fixed, disclosed basket, no be vendor sector field.
  • Quote-tape counts dey bucket by di UTC date of di SIP timestamp; summer session dey fall inside one UTC day.
  • One reused-symbol June listing no dey di leaderboards (receipts); forensic tick work dey inside di deep-dives.

How We Do Am

  • Di period na one trading session (1 session, wey we confam from di bars wey we see). We dey store timestamps for UTC, den convert am to New York time inside di queries; "close" mean di last bar for regular-session minute, and day changes dey compare July 2 wit July 1. We confam di July 3 closure from bars, no be say we just assume am.
  • Spreads na quoted (ask minus bid) for basis points of di mid-price, median across regular-hours NBBO updates, on a deterministic quantile. We dey cast decimals to floats before we do ratio arithmetic; we dey re-parse option expiries from di OCC ticker. We dey read every panel once, for authoring time, through di gated read-only path.

Chart, table, and SQL na one object. Paste any panel inside Strasmore terminal make e become your own. Di session wey pass: July 1. Di week: di four-session holiday week.