SPY sessions up vs down across the quarter, one cheap receipt
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.
up sessions
36
down sessions
26
flat sessions
0
sessions total
62
- Rows × columns
- 1 × 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
up_sessions |
number | every row is 36 | |
down_sessions |
number | every row is 26 | |
flat_sessions |
number | every row is 0 | |
sessions_total |
number | every row is 62 |
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 countIf(day_ret > 0) AS up_sessions,
countIf(day_ret < 0) AS down_sessions,
countIf(day_ret = 0) AS flat_sessions,
count() AS sessions_total
FROM (
SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
round((argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) / argMin(toFloat64(open), window_start) - 1) * 100, 2) AS day_ret
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2026-04-01 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-07-01 00:00:00')
AND (toHour(window_start) * 60 + toMinute(window_start)) BETWEEN 810 AND 1199
GROUP BY d
)
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