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stubborn

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 2026-09-18, from stock-split-candidates.

as of table 12×5read in context →
stubborn — 12 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
tickercloses_above_500first_above_500_in_windowlatest_closehighest_close
MKL1255September 20, 2021$1784.36$2191.9
AZO1255September 20, 2021$2853.1$4354.54
EQIX1255September 20, 2021$1028.31$1115.94
MTD1255September 20, 2021$1410.44$1702.53
TDG1255September 20, 2021$1077.73$1620.83
BLK1255September 20, 2021$1052.02$1202.59
MELI1255September 20, 2021$1824.4$2613.63
FCNCA1255September 20, 2021$2120.74$2353.08
BRK.A1254September 20, 2021$763935.95$809350
REGN1249September 20, 2021$788.02$1201.76
GWW1087December 7, 2021$1262.46$1402.03
COST1041November 3, 2021$894.15$1094.32
Rows × columns
12 × 5
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for stubborn, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
ticker text 12 distinct values (AZO, BLK, BRK.A…)
closes_above_500 number 1,041 to 1,255
first_above_500_in_window text 3 distinct values
latest_close text 12 distinct values ($1028.31, $1052.02, $1077.73…)
highest_close text 12 distinct values ($1094.32, $1115.94, $1201.76…)

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
big_caps AS
(
    SELECT
        ticker,
        argMax(market_cap, date) AS market_cap
    FROM global_markets.stocks_ratios
    WHERE date >= today() - 45
    GROUP BY ticker
    HAVING toFloat64(market_cap) >= 20e9
),
ever_split AS
(
    SELECT DISTINCT ticker
    FROM global_markets.stocks_splits
    WHERE split_to > split_from
)
SELECT
    d.ticker                                                            AS ticker,
    uniqExactIf(d.date, d.close >= 500)                                 AS closes_above_500,
    concat(monthName(minIf(d.date, d.close >= 500)), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(minIf(d.date, d.close >= 500))), ', ', toString(toYear(minIf(d.date, d.close >= 500)))) AS first_above_500_in_window,
    concat('$', toString(round(toFloat64(argMax(d.close, d.date)), 2))) AS latest_close,
    concat('$', toString(round(toFloat64(max(d.close)), 2)))            AS highest_close
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs AS d
WHERE d.date >= today() - 1826
  AND d.ticker IN (SELECT ticker FROM big_caps)
  AND d.ticker NOT IN (SELECT ticker FROM ever_split)
  AND d.ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY d.ticker
HAVING argMax(d.close, d.date) >= 500
   AND closes_above_500 >= 250
ORDER BY closes_above_500 DESC
LIMIT 12

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