Does a Monday move like three calendar days? SPY by weekday
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.
| label | sigma_pct | vs_all_days_ratio | sessions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon | 0.806 | 0.85 | 143 |
| Tue | 0.785 | 0.82 | 157 |
| Wed | 1.18 | 1.24 | 154 |
| Thu | 0.988 | 1.04 | 149 |
| Fri | 1.001 | 1.05 | 150 |
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- 5 × 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
label |
text | 5 distinct values (Fri, Mon, Thu…) | |
sigma_pct |
number | 0.785 to 1.18 | percent |
vs_all_days_ratio |
number | 0.82 to 1.24 | ratio or rate |
sessions |
number | 143 to 157 |
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
label,
round(sigma * 100, 3) AS sigma_pct,
round(sigma / avg(sigma) OVER (), 2) AS vs_all_days_ratio,
sessions
FROM
(
SELECT
formatDateTime(session_date, '%a') AS label,
min(toDayOfWeek(session_date)) AS dow,
stddevPop(daily_return) AS sigma,
count() AS sessions
FROM
(
SELECT
session_date,
close_px / lagInFrame(close_px) OVER (ORDER BY session_date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) - 1 AS daily_return
FROM
(
SELECT
date AS session_date,
toFloat64(max(close)) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= today() - 1100
AND date < today() - 1
GROUP BY session_date
)
)
WHERE isFinite(daily_return)
GROUP BY label
)
ORDER BY dow
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