Symbols closing the month below $5 and below $1, past two years
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 2026-08-22, from Non-Marginable Securities: Reg T vs House.
| month | under_5_count | under_1_count |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-08 | 1869 | 714 |
| 2024-09 | 1862 | 712 |
| 2024-10 | 1832 | 682 |
| 2024-11 | 1778 | 650 |
| 2024-12 | 1795 | 626 |
| 2025-01 | 1772 | 607 |
| 2025-02 | 1845 | 623 |
| 2025-03 | 1956 | 672 |
| 2025-04 | 1955 | 652 |
| 2025-05 | 1903 | 615 |
| 2025-06 | 1869 | 597 |
| 2025-07 | 1867 | 568 |
| 2025-08 | 1833 | 569 |
| 2025-09 | 1791 | 537 |
| 2025-10 | 1822 | 542 |
| 2025-11 | 1908 | 606 |
| 2025-12 | 1955 | 693 |
| 2026-01 | 1931 | 674 |
| 2026-02 | 2001 | 741 |
| 2026-03 | 2128 | 808 |
| 2026-04 | 2036 | 797 |
| 2026-05 | 2056 | 800 |
| 2026-06 | 2149 | 866 |
| 2026-07 | 2281 | 968 |
- Rows × columns
- 24 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
date | 2024-08 to 2026-07 | |
under_5_count |
number | 1,772 to 2,281 | count |
under_1_count |
number | 537 to 968 | 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
SELECT
formatDateTime(m, '%Y-%m') AS month,
countIf(month_close < 5) AS under_5_count,
countIf(month_close < 1) AS under_1_count
FROM
(
SELECT
toStartOfMonth(date) AS m,
ticker,
argMax(close, date) AS month_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE date >= toStartOfMonth(today() - 730)
AND date < toStartOfMonth(today())
AND volume > 0
AND close > 0
GROUP BY m, ticker
)
GROUP BY m
ORDER BY m
Run your own version of this
The same 22 years of US equities and 12 years of options data are queryable in SQL or plain English. A free account runs 100 queries a day and takes no card.
More from this analysisNon-Marginable Securities: Reg T vs House
Symbol count and average daily range, by price bucket
ranking 6×3
→
Average daily range of recent listings, by age since listing
ranking 5×3
→
One margin account through four events: equity, requirement, and SMA
table 5×8
→
SPY typical and largest daily move, month by month since 2019
series 91×4
→
Short term Treasury yields, the reference a stock margin loan is priced off
series 91×4
→
One fixed short AAPL call strike: requirement as a percent of the share price, April to June 2026
series 62×4
→
See all 2,170 queries →