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Every first half on the tape: DIA and IWM, same arithmetic

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 Market Recap: H1 2026.

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Every first half on the tape: DIA and IWM, same arithmetic — 46 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
ytickersessionsh1_return_pct
2004DIA124-0.5
2004IWM1245.9
2005DIA125-5.1
2005IWM125-51.3
2006DIA1253.9
2006IWM1256.3
2007DIA1247
2007IWM1245.2
2008DIA125-14.5
2008IWM125-9.3
2009DIA124-3.9
2009IWM1242.5
2010DIA124-6.8
2010IWM124-3.4
2011DIA1256.4
2011IWM1254.9
2012DIA1253.7
2012IWM1255.3
2013DIA12411.7
2013IWM12412.3
2014DIA1241.9
2014IWM1243.2
2015DIA124-1.6
2015IWM1244
2016DIA1254.7
2016IWM1254
2017DIA1257.2
2017IWM1253.3
2018DIA125-2.3
2018IWM1256.8
2019DIA12415.9
2019IWM12417.7
2020DIA125-10
2020IWM125-14.2
2021DIA12412.5
2021IWM12416.1
2022DIA124-15.5
2022IWM124-24.2
2023DIA1243.4
2023IWM1246.4
2024DIA1244.4
2024IWM1241.8
2025DIA1222.9
2025IWM122-3.2
2026DIA1238.4
2026IWM12321.3
Rows × columns
46 × 4
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 Every first half on the tape: DIA and IWM, same arithmetic, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
y number 2,004 to 2,026
ticker text 2 distinct values (DIA, IWM)
sessions number 122 to 125
h1_return_pct number -51.3 to 21.3 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 toYear(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS y,
       ticker,
       uniqExact(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS sessions,
       round((argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) / argMin(toFloat64(open), window_start) - 1) * 100, 1) AS h1_return_pct
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('DIA', 'IWM')
  AND window_start >= toDateTime('2003-01-01 00:00:00')
  AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-07-01 00:00:00')
  AND toMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) <= 6
  AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY y, ticker
HAVING sessions >= 100
ORDER BY y ASC, ticker ASC

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