Worst one-session and five-session declines since January 2015
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 2026-08-09, from Reg T Margin vs Portfolio Margin Explained.
| ticker | worst_1d_pct | worst_5d_pct |
|---|---|---|
| AMD | -24.2 | -32.7 |
| XOM | -12.2 | -25.8 |
| BAC | -15.4 | -25.3 |
| KO | -9.7 | -21 |
| SPY | -10.9 | -18 |
| MSFT | -14.7 | -16.4 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 6 distinct values (AMD, BAC, KO…) | |
worst_1d_pct |
number | -24.2 to -9.7 | percent |
worst_5d_pct |
number | -32.7 to -16.4 | 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
WITH moves AS
(
SELECT
ticker,
toFloat64(close) AS c,
lagInFrame(toFloat64(close), 1) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prev_close,
lagInFrame(toFloat64(close), 5) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 5 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS close_5d_ago
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'MSFT', 'AMD', 'BAC', 'KO', 'XOM')
AND date >= '2015-01-01'
AND date < '2026-07-01'
)
SELECT
ticker,
round(min((c / prev_close - 1) * 100), 1) AS worst_1d_pct,
round(min((c / close_5d_ago - 1) * 100), 1) AS worst_5d_pct
FROM moves
WHERE prev_close > 0
AND close_5d_ago > 0
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY worst_5d_pct
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