How the whole qualifying universe traded this week, bucketed by relative volume
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 2026-08-25, from Unusual Volume Stocks This Week, Measured.
| rvol_bucket | names | pct_of_universe | universe_names |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10x or more | 0 | 0 | 508 |
| 5x to 10x | 2 | 0.4 | 508 |
| 3x to 5x | 3 | 0.6 | 508 |
| 2x to 3x | 6 | 1.2 | 508 |
| 1.5x to 2x | 2 | 0.4 | 508 |
| 1x to 1.5x | 10 | 2 | 508 |
| below 1x | 485 | 95.5 | 508 |
- Rows × columns
- 7 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
rvol_bucket |
text | 7 distinct values (1.5x to 2x, 10x or more, 1x to 1.5x…) | |
names |
number | 0 to 485 | |
pct_of_universe |
number | 0 to 95.5 | percent |
universe_names |
number | every row is 508 |
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 sess AS (
SELECT ticker,
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
sum(toFloat64(volume)) AS vol,
sum(toFloat64(close) * toFloat64(volume)) AS dollars
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= now() - INTERVAL 70 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
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY ticker, d
),
cal AS (
SELECT d, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY d DESC) AS rn
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT d FROM sess)
),
per_name AS (
SELECT s.ticker AS ticker,
avgIf(s.vol, c.rn <= 5) AS adv_recent,
avgIf(s.vol, c.rn BETWEEN 6 AND 45) AS adv_base,
sumIf(s.dollars, c.rn <= 5) AS dollar_recent,
countIf(c.rn <= 5) AS recent_sessions,
countIf(c.rn BETWEEN 6 AND 45) AS base_sessions
FROM sess s INNER JOIN cal c ON s.d = c.d
GROUP BY s.ticker
HAVING adv_base > 100000 AND dollar_recent >= 500000000 AND recent_sessions = 5 AND base_sessions >= 35
),
scored AS (
SELECT ticker,
multiIf(adv_recent / adv_base >= 10, 1,
adv_recent / adv_base >= 5, 2,
adv_recent / adv_base >= 3, 3,
adv_recent / adv_base >= 2, 4,
adv_recent / adv_base >= 1.5, 5,
adv_recent / adv_base >= 1, 6, 7) AS bucket_key
FROM per_name
),
buckets AS (
SELECT arrayJoin([(1, '10x or more'), (2, '5x to 10x'), (3, '3x to 5x'), (4, '2x to 3x'),
(5, '1.5x to 2x'), (6, '1x to 1.5x'), (7, 'below 1x')]) AS bk
)
SELECT bk.2 AS rvol_bucket,
countIf(scored.bucket_key = bk.1) AS names,
round(100.0 * countIf(scored.bucket_key = bk.1) / count(), 1) AS pct_of_universe,
count() AS universe_names
FROM scored CROSS JOIN buckets
GROUP BY bk
ORDER BY bk.1 ASC
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