FB daily closes and volume, Oct 22 – Nov 13, 2012: the run-in to the giant lockup expiry (as-traded prices)
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 2026-07-26, from IPO Lockup Expiration: Meaning & Release Date.
| session | close | shares_m | day_change_pct | vs_peak_close_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-10-22 | 19.32 | 31.1 | 0 | -16.8 |
| 2012-10-23 | 19.5 | 51.4 | 0.9 | -16 |
| 2012-10-24 | 23.21 | 193.1 | 19 | 0 |
| 2012-10-25 | 22.53 | 74.3 | -2.9 | -2.9 |
| 2012-10-26 | 21.94 | 70.7 | -2.6 | -5.5 |
| 2012-10-31 | 21.12 | 94.4 | -3.7 | -9 |
| 2012-11-01 | 21.22 | 36.3 | 0.5 | -8.6 |
| 2012-11-02 | 21.18 | 37.7 | -0.2 | -8.8 |
| 2012-11-05 | 21.25 | 31.3 | 0.3 | -8.5 |
| 2012-11-06 | 21.19 | 27.2 | -0.3 | -8.7 |
| 2012-11-07 | 20.48 | 32.7 | -3.4 | -11.8 |
| 2012-11-08 | 20 | 33.7 | -2.4 | -13.8 |
| 2012-11-09 | 19.19 | 41 | -4.1 | -17.3 |
| 2012-11-12 | 20.09 | 63 | 4.7 | -13.5 |
| 2012-11-13 | 19.88 | 70.2 | -1.1 | -14.4 |
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- Period covered
- to
- Computed
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- No missing values
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
session |
date | 2012-10-22 to 2012-11-13 | |
close |
number | 19.19 to 23.21 | US dollars |
shares_m |
number | 27.2 to 193.1 | count |
day_change_pct |
number | -4.1 to 19 | percent |
vs_peak_close_pct |
number | -17.3 to 0 | 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
SELECT session, close, shares_m,
round((close / lagInFrame(close, 1, close) OVER (ORDER BY session) - 1) * 100, 1) AS day_change_pct,
round((close / max(close) OVER () - 1) * 100, 1) AS vs_peak_close_pct
FROM (
SELECT toString(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS session,
round(argMax(close, window_start), 2) AS close,
round(sum(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS shares_m
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'FB'
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2012-10-22 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2012-11-14 00:00:00')
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY session
)
ORDER BY session
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