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How often a session reached a level set away from the open (SPY, 2016 to 2026)

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 2026-10-07, from Forex Pending Order Types: Limits & Stops.

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How often a session reached a level set away from the open (SPY, 2016 to 2026) — 5 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
distance_from_openbelow_touched_pctabove_touched_pct
0.1%8385.4
0.25%62.964.6
0.5%39.938.6
1%16.414.3
2%42.5
Rows × columns
5 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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What each column holds

Column definitions for How often a session reached a level set away from the open (SPY, 2016 to 2026), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
distance_from_open text 5 distinct values (0.1%, 0.25%, 0.5%…)
below_touched_pct number 4 to 83 percent
above_touched_pct number 2.5 to 85.4 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.

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WITH daily AS
(
    SELECT
        date,
        any(toFloat64(open)) AS session_open,
        any(toFloat64(low))  AS session_low,
        any(toFloat64(high)) AS session_high
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND date >= '2016-01-01'
      AND date <  '2026-10-01'
    GROUP BY date
)
SELECT
    concat(toString(d), '%')                                           AS distance_from_open,
    round(100 * avg(session_low  <= session_open * (1 - d / 100)), 1)  AS below_touched_pct,
    round(100 * avg(session_high >= session_open * (1 + d / 100)), 1)  AS above_touched_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT
        arrayJoin([0.10, 0.25, 0.50, 1.00, 2.00]) AS d,
        session_open,
        session_low,
        session_high
    FROM daily
)
GROUP BY d
ORDER BY d
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