AAPL by month: the stock's move against the same move capped at 5%
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 2026-08-05, from How to Calculate Covered Call Returns.
| month | stock_pct | called_away_pct |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-08 | 2.37 | 2.37 |
| 2024-09 | 1.76 | 1.76 |
| 2024-10 | -4.91 | -4.91 |
| 2024-11 | 7.12 | 5 |
| 2024-12 | 5.45 | 5 |
| 2025-01 | -6.19 | -6.19 |
| 2025-02 | 3.01 | 3.01 |
| 2025-03 | -8.6 | -8.6 |
| 2025-04 | -5.52 | -5.52 |
| 2025-05 | -4.17 | -4.17 |
| 2025-06 | 2.57 | 2.57 |
| 2025-07 | 3.48 | 3.48 |
| 2025-08 | 9.13 | 5 |
| 2025-09 | 9.27 | 5 |
| 2025-10 | 6.52 | 5 |
| 2025-11 | 3.07 | 3.07 |
| 2025-12 | -2.24 | -2.24 |
| 2026-01 | -4.79 | -4.79 |
| 2026-02 | 1.77 | 1.77 |
| 2026-03 | -3.28 | -3.28 |
| 2026-04 | 8.4 | 5 |
| 2026-05 | 12.64 | 5 |
| 2026-06 | -7.18 | -7.18 |
| 2026-07 | 6.35 | 5 |
- Rows × columns
- 24 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
text | 24 distinct values (2024-08, 2024-09, 2024-10…) | |
stock_pct |
number | -8.6 to 12.64 | percent |
called_away_pct |
number | -8.6 to 5 | 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 monthly AS
(
SELECT
toStartOfMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS m,
toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)) AS last_close
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND window_start >= '2024-07-01'
AND window_start < '2026-08-01'
GROUP BY m
)
SELECT
formatDateTime(m, '%Y-%m') AS month,
round(100 * (last_close / prev_close - 1), 2) AS stock_pct,
round(least(100 * (last_close / prev_close - 1), 5.0), 2) AS called_away_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
m,
last_close,
lagInFrame(last_close) OVER (ORDER BY m ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prev_close
FROM monthly
)
WHERE prev_close > 0
ORDER BY m