Market Recap: July 30, 2026, The Day in Numbers
July 30, 2026, measured from the tape: index scoreboard, breadth, sector spread, options flow, the quote tape, rates and calendar, every figure query-backed.
What actually happened, period by period: daily, weekly, monthly, and beyond, in the numbers.
July 30, 2026, measured from the tape: index scoreboard, breadth, sector spread, options flow, the quote tape, rates and calendar, every figure query-backed.
July 29, 2026, measured from the tape: index scoreboard, breadth, sector spread, options flow, the quote tape, rates and calendar, every figure query-backed.
The week after July's monthly options expiration, measured: the index scoreboard, sector dispersion, weekly breadth, and where the tape's dollars went.
Unusual options activity ranked from the full US options tape: which underlyings traded far above their own 20-session average, and how calls and puts split.
Short squeeze stocks screened on days to cover, shares short and a rising price, with every threshold stated in plain English and the measured odds beside it.
Monthly dividend stocks screened from real payment history: which US-listed names actually pay twelve times a year, and what each one yields today.
Dividend increases and cuts this week: which US companies just raised their regular payout, which just cut it, and the stock-split trap that fakes a cut.
The biggest stock movers this month, gainers and losers ranked from the exchange tape, with the dollars traded beside every move and every filter spelled out.
The best performing stocks of 2026 and the biggest losers, ranked from the exchange tape on real liquidity, with stock splits and leveraged funds excluded.
See which stocks closed at a 52-week high and which sit at 52-week lows, screened from the exchange tape, with the count of each as a breadth reading.
The highest IV rank stocks right now, scored against each name's own 52-week implied volatility range, with IV percentile beside it and the method shown.
TSLA implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
SPY implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
QQQ implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
NVDA implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
MSTR implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
MSFT implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
META implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
The US stocks whose options carry the highest implied volatility right now, ranked from real closing prices, with SPY as the calm benchmark for scale.
COIN implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
AMZN implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
AMD implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
AAPL implied volatility from real option prices: every session of the last 90 days, the monthly history since 2022 vs SPY and QQQ, and the term structure.
The Treasury yield curve is the answer to what your idle cash earns right now. See the live short-end rate a T-bill pays and how steady it has held.
A forward-looking calendar of announced US stock splits, forward and reverse, with each ratio and effective date. Refreshed weekly, plus the monthly count.
The calmest large-cap stocks ranked by realized volatility. See which single names swing least over the past year and why the index still sits at the floor.
Right now a 3-month Treasury bill out-yields many blue-chip dividend stocks. Compare 15 big payers' dividend yields against the risk-free T-bill rate.
Dividend cuts are the income investor's core risk. Here are notable cuts among major US companies over the past six years, from the 2020 wave to recent resets.
Concentration risk is the danger of your wealth in one stock. See a single name's annual volatility and drawdown measured against the calm S&P 500 index.
XOM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
WFC dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
The past week in the US market, measured: index and sector returns, the biggest movers, volume leaders, and breadth, every figure from a stored query.
VZ's latest ex-dividend date and the next once declared, plus Verizon's per-share payout, current dividend yield, and history by year, refreshed weekly.
SPGI dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
SO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
The most recent US stock splits, forward and reverse, with each ratio and date. Refreshed weekly, plus why reverse splits far outnumber forward ones.
PG ex-dividend date and dividend yield: next and most recent ex-dates, per-share payout, and Procter & Gamble's dividend history by year, refreshed weekly.
When PFE goes ex-dividend: the 2026 ex-dates, the next one Pfizer declares, the quarterly per-share payout and the dividend yield, updated weekly.
PEP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ORCL dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
O dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
NKE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
NEE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MSFT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MS dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MRK dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
MDT dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
LLY dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
KO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
JNJ dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
IBM dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
HON dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
HD dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GOOGL dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
GE dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
CSCO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
C dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
The biggest US stock gainers and losers this week among the most heavily traded names, measured from the exchange tape and refreshed weekly with each move.
AVGO dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ADP dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ACN dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
ABBV dividend guide: the current yield, per-share payout, full ex-dividend date history, and payout frequency, refreshed weekly from the exchange record.
Apple pays a quarterly dividend: AAPL's latest per-share amount, annual rate, current yield, ex-dividend date history, and payouts by year, refreshed weekly.
NVDA woke up and led the whole tape a day after sitting out. META doubled down, MU cooled, small caps slipped, and the index barely moved. Friday in numbers.
How many IPOs priced in the first half of 2026, what listed (operating companies, blank-check units, ADRs), and how the class trades against its offer prices.
A one-day chip bounce the index barely felt: most semis green, NVDA up a second day, MU the heaviest dollar name, and a broad tape more than two-to-one red.
A semiconductor break the index barely felt: chips down hard, NVDA green through it, a two-to-one red tape, and SPY quoting its tightest spread in a month.
June 2026 in numbers: SPY -1.2% while small caps rose, more decliners than advancers, and one chip maker out-trading every ETF on the tape.
Four sessions and a Friday holiday: SPY rose 2.2%, breadth ran positive, one chip maker out-traded every ETF, and the quarter turned with a filing-day gap.
H1 2026 in numbers: a down Q1, a 14.1% SPY recovery quarter, small caps' best first half on record, the full yield curve, and eleven sectors ranked.
Holiday-eve rotation: green breadth under a falling Nasdaq, tech last of the eleven sector funds, memory-rout day two, and the split that faked a crash.
The second half opened quiet at the index and violent underneath: the memory complex broke, META jumped, and most S&P sectors still closed green.
The quarter's last session in numbers: a technology-led index gain over a mostly red tape, the memory complex on top, and a same-day options tape at the close.