Every input behind this screen, and how many days old it is
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 2026-08-24, from Short Squeeze Candidates This Week.
| as_of_date | leg | age_days |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2026 | Short interest, previous settlement | 40 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | Short interest, latest settlement | 24 |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Price tape, last fully loaded session | 5 |
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- 3 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
as_of_date |
date | Aug 19, 20 to Jul 31, 20 | |
leg |
text | 3 distinct values | |
age_days |
number | 5 to 40 |
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 prints AS (
SELECT DISTINCT settlement_date AS d
FROM global_markets.stocks_short_interest
ORDER BY d DESC
LIMIT 2
),
loaded AS (
SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 20 DAY
AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= 570
AND toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) < 960
GROUP BY session
HAVING count() >= 380
),
legs AS (
SELECT arrayJoin([
('Short interest, previous settlement', (SELECT min(d) FROM prints)),
('Short interest, latest settlement', (SELECT max(d) FROM prints)),
('Price tape, last fully loaded session', (SELECT max(session) FROM loaded))]) AS row
)
SELECT formatDateTime(row.2, '%b %e, %Y') AS as_of_date,
row.1 AS leg,
dateDiff('day', row.2, today()) AS age_days
FROM legs
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