Beta and R-squared against SPY: daily returns versus weekly, twelve months to Aug 21 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 2026-08-28, from Implied Volatility vs Beta: What Each Tells You.
| symbol | beta_daily | beta_weekly | r_squared | return_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COIN | 2.83 | 2.5 | 0.28 | 250 |
| TSLA | 2.23 | 1.92 | 0.38 | 250 |
| NVDA | 1.88 | 1.66 | 0.43 | 250 |
| MSFT | 0.94 | 1.58 | 0.14 | 250 |
| AAPL | 0.71 | 0.83 | 0.13 | 250 |
| GLD | 0.7 | 0.76 | 0.1 | 250 |
| TLT | 0.17 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 250 |
| JNJ | -0.2 | -0.52 | 0.02 | 250 |
| KO | -0.27 | -0.04 | 0.03 | 250 |
| XOM | -0.51 | -0.93 | 0.07 | 250 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol |
text | 10 distinct values (AAPL, COIN, GLD…) | |
beta_daily |
number | -0.51 to 2.83 | |
beta_weekly |
number | -0.93 to 2.5 | |
r_squared |
number | 0.02 to 0.43 | |
return_count |
number | every row is 250 | count |
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
px AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
date,
toFloat64(close) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY','AAPL','MSFT','NVDA','TSLA','COIN','KO','JNJ','XOM','GLD','TLT')
AND date >= '2025-08-22'
AND date <= '2026-08-21'
),
daily_ret AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
date,
close_px / lagInFrame(close_px) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) - 1 AS ret
FROM px
),
weekly_px AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
toMonday(date) AS week_start,
argMax(close_px, date) AS week_close
FROM px
GROUP BY ticker, week_start
),
weekly_ret AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
week_start,
week_close / lagInFrame(week_close) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY week_start ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) - 1 AS ret
FROM weekly_px
),
daily_beta AS
(
SELECT
s.ticker AS symbol,
round(covarSamp(s.ret, i.ret) / varSamp(i.ret), 2) AS beta_daily,
round(pow(corr(s.ret, i.ret), 2), 2) AS r_squared,
count() AS return_count
FROM daily_ret AS s
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT date, ret FROM daily_ret WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND isFinite(ret)
) AS i ON i.date = s.date
WHERE s.ticker != 'SPY' AND isFinite(s.ret)
GROUP BY symbol
),
weekly_beta AS
(
SELECT
s.ticker AS symbol,
round(covarSamp(s.ret, i.ret) / varSamp(i.ret), 2) AS beta_weekly
FROM weekly_ret AS s
INNER JOIN
(
SELECT week_start, ret FROM weekly_ret WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND isFinite(ret)
) AS i ON i.week_start = s.week_start
WHERE s.ticker != 'SPY' AND isFinite(s.ret)
GROUP BY symbol
)
SELECT
d.symbol AS symbol,
d.beta_daily AS beta_daily,
w.beta_weekly AS beta_weekly,
d.r_squared AS r_squared,
d.return_count AS return_count
FROM daily_beta AS d
INNER JOIN weekly_beta AS w ON w.symbol = d.symbol
ORDER BY beta_daily DESC
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