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The four major index ETFs this week, for context

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-25, from Biggest Stock Gainers and Losers This Week.

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The four major index ETFs this week, for context — 4 rows by 2 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
index_etfweek_return_pct
Dow (DIA)0.06
S&P 500 (SPY)-0.66
Russell 2000 (IWM)-1.5
Nasdaq 100 (QQQ)-1.94
Rows × columns
4 × 2
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for The four major index ETFs this week, for context, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
index_etf text 4 distinct values
week_return_pct number -1.94 to 0.06 percent

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number 
WITH sess AS (
    SELECT ticker, toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
        argMin(toFloat64(open), toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS o,
        argMax(toFloat64(close), toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS c
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 12 DAY
      AND ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'DIA', 'IWM')
      AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= 570
      AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) < 960
    GROUP BY ticker, d
),
wk AS (SELECT ticker, argMin(o, d) AS wo, argMax(c, d) AS wc FROM sess WHERE d >= (SELECT max(d) FROM sess) - 6 GROUP BY ticker)
SELECT multiIf(ticker = 'SPY', 'S&P 500 (SPY)', ticker = 'QQQ', 'Nasdaq 100 (QQQ)', ticker = 'DIA', 'Dow (DIA)', ticker = 'IWM', 'Russell 2000 (IWM)', ticker) AS index_etf,
    round((wc / wo - 1) * 100, 2) AS week_return_pct
FROM wk ORDER BY week_return_pct DESC

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