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Median move before and after European markets close, first half of 2026

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Median move before and after European markets close, first half of 2026 — 4 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tickermorning_move_pctafternoon_move_pct
SPY0.3060.283
VGK0.2880.289
EFA0.2620.277
EWJ0.2720.302
Rows × columns
4 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Median move before and after European markets close, first half of 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ticker text 4 distinct values (EFA, EWJ, SPY…)
morning_move_pct number 0.262 to 0.306 percent
afternoon_move_pct number 0.277 to 0.302 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 bars AS
(
    SELECT
        ticker,
        window_start,
        toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session_date,
        toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
            + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS et_minute,
        toFloat64(open)  AS px_o,
        toFloat64(close) AS px_c
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'VGK', 'EFA', 'EWJ')
      AND window_start >= '2026-01-02 00:00:00'
      AND window_start <  '2026-07-01 00:00:00'
),
legs AS
(
    SELECT
        ticker,
        session_date,
        argMinIf(px_o, window_start, et_minute >= 570) AS px_open,
        argMaxIf(px_c, window_start, et_minute <  690) AS px_midday,
        argMaxIf(px_c, window_start, et_minute <  960) AS px_close
    FROM bars
    WHERE et_minute >= 570 AND et_minute < 960
    GROUP BY ticker, session_date
    HAVING px_open > 0 AND px_midday > 0 AND px_close > 0
)
SELECT
    ticker,
    round(quantileExact(0.5)(abs(px_midday / px_open  - 1) * 100), 3) AS morning_move_pct,
    round(quantileExact(0.5)(abs(px_close  / px_midday - 1) * 100), 3) AS afternoon_move_pct
FROM legs
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY multiIf(ticker = 'SPY', 1, ticker = 'VGK', 2, ticker = 'EFA', 3, 4)

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