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SPY: touched versus finished above, 21-session forward windows since 2011

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 2026-08-07, from Probability of Touch vs Probability ITM.

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SPY: touched versus finished above, 21-session forward windows since 2011 — 4 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
strike_distancetouch_pctfinish_above_pcttouch_to_finish_ratiowindows
1% above spot83.856.71.483874
2% above spot66.6441.523874
3% above spot48.531.11.563874
5% above spot19.612.31.63874
Rows × columns
4 × 5
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for SPY: touched versus finished above, 21-session forward windows since 2011, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
strike_distance text 4 distinct values
touch_pct number 19.6 to 83.8 percent
finish_above_pct number 12.3 to 56.7 percent
touch_to_finish_ratio number 1.48 to 1.6 ratio or rate
windows number every row is 3,874

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
WITH
    bars AS (
        SELECT
            date,
            any(toFloat64(close)) AS c,
            max(toFloat64(high))  AS h
        FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
          AND date >= '2011-01-01'
          AND date <  '2026-07-01'
        GROUP BY date
    ),
    fwd AS (
        SELECT
            c AS spot,
            max(h) OVER (ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 1 FOLLOWING AND 21 FOLLOWING)      AS fwd_max_high,
            leadInFrame(c, 21) OVER (ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN CURRENT ROW AND 21 FOLLOWING) AS close_fwd_21
        FROM bars
    ),
    trials AS (
        SELECT
            arrayJoin([1, 2, 3, 5])     AS pct_away,
            spot * (1 + pct_away / 100) AS level,
            fwd_max_high >= level       AS touched,
            close_fwd_21 >= level       AS finished_above
        FROM fwd
        WHERE close_fwd_21 > 0
    )
SELECT
    concat(toString(pct_away), '% above spot')   AS strike_distance,
    round(100 * avg(touched), 1)                 AS touch_pct,
    round(100 * avg(finished_above), 1)          AS finish_above_pct,
    round(avg(touched) / avg(finished_above), 2) AS touch_to_finish_ratio,
    count()                                      AS windows
FROM trials
GROUP BY pct_away
ORDER BY pct_away

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