The largest single session against a typical one, by name
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 The Rule of 16 in Options, and When It Breaks.
| symbol | typical_abs_move_pct | largest_abs_move_pct | largest_to_typical_ratio | largest_move_on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSFT | 0.94 | 15.51 | 16.5 | Jul 30, 2026 |
| AMZN | 1.17 | 15.32 | 13 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| AAPL | 0.76 | 7.35 | 9.7 | Jul 31, 2026 |
| KO | 0.67 | 5 | 7.5 | Jul 28, 2026 |
| SPY | 0.47 | 2.91 | 6.1 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| NVDA | 1.45 | 7.87 | 5.4 | Feb 6, 2026 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol |
text | 6 distinct values (AAPL, AMZN, KO…) | |
typical_abs_move_pct |
number | 0.47 to 1.45 | percent |
largest_abs_move_pct |
number | 2.91 to 15.51 | percent |
largest_to_typical_ratio |
number | 5.4 to 16.5 | ratio or rate |
largest_move_on |
text | 5 distinct values (Feb 6, 2026, Jul 28, 2026, Jul 30, 2026…) |
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
symbol,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(abs_move_pct, toUInt32(session_date)), 2) AS typical_abs_move_pct,
round(max(abs_move_pct), 2) AS largest_abs_move_pct,
round(max(abs_move_pct) / quantileDeterministic(0.5)(abs_move_pct, toUInt32(session_date)), 1) AS largest_to_typical_ratio,
formatDateTime(argMax(session_date, abs_move_pct), '%b %e, %Y') AS largest_move_on
FROM
(
SELECT
symbol,
session_date,
abs(close_px / lagInFrame(close_px) OVER (PARTITION BY symbol ORDER BY session_date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) - 1) * 100 AS abs_move_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
ticker AS symbol,
date AS session_date,
toFloat64(max(close)) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'AMZN', 'KO')
AND date >= today() - 400
AND date < today() - 1
GROUP BY symbol, session_date
)
)
WHERE isFinite(abs_move_pct)
AND abs_move_pct > 0
GROUP BY symbol
ORDER BY largest_to_typical_ratio DESC
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