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Every second quarter on the tape: SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically by year (session counts shown)

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 2026-07-16, from Market Recap: Q2 2026.

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Every second quarter on the tape: SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically by year (session counts shown) — 40 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
ytickersessionsq2_return_pct
2004QQQ625.3
2004SPY621.2
2005SPY640.4
2006SPY63-2.4
2007SPY635.5
2008SPY64-4.3
2009SPY6317.2
2010SPY63-12.5
2011QQQ63-1.2
2011SPY63-1.1
2012QQQ63-4.9
2012SPY63-3.1
2013QQQ643.2
2013SPY642.3
2014QQQ636.6
2014SPY634.3
2015QQQ631.4
2015SPY63-0.2
2016QQQ64-0.9
2016SPY642.5
2017QQQ633.8
2017SPY632.5
2018QQQ647.8
2018SPY643.3
2019QQQ632.9
2019SPY632.9
2020QQQ6333.8
2020SPY6324.4
2021QQQ639.7
2021SPY637.4
2022QQQ62-22.8
2022SPY62-16.8
2023QQQ6215.9
2023SPY628.4
2024QQQ637.6
2024SPY633.9
2025QQQ6218
2025SPY6210.8
2026QQQ6226.5
2026SPY6214.1
Rows × columns
40 × 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 second quarter on the tape: SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically by year (session counts shown), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
y number 2,004 to 2,026
ticker text 2 distinct values (QQQ, SPY)
sessions number 62 to 64
q2_return_pct number -22.8 to 33.8 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 q2_return_pct
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ')
  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')) BETWEEN 4 AND 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 >= 50
ORDER BY y ASC, ticker ASC

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