August 8, 2011 across the tape: banks, staples, gold, and the fear gauge
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 2026-07-26, from The 2011 US Downgrade: Black Monday's Tape.
| ticker | fri_close_usd | mon_close_usd | change_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAC | 8.15 | 6.52 | -20 |
| C | 33.46 | 28.16 | -15.8 |
| XLF | 13.44 | 12.14 | -9.6 |
| SPY | 120.03 | 112.28 | -6.5 |
| GS | 125.23 | 117.97 | -5.8 |
| XLU | 31.91 | 30.23 | -5.3 |
| KO | 66.77 | 65.24 | -2.3 |
| GLD | 161.8 | 167.12 | 3.3 |
| VXX | 30.36 | 34.79 | 14.6 |
- Rows × columns
- 9 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 9 distinct values (BAC, C, GLD…) | |
fri_close_usd |
number | 8.15 to 161.8 | US dollars |
mon_close_usd |
number | 6.52 to 167.12 | US dollars |
change_pct |
number | -20 to 14.6 | percent |
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.
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SELECT
ticker,
round(fri_close, 2) AS fri_close_usd,
round(mon_close, 2) AS mon_close_usd,
round((mon_close / fri_close - 1) * 100, 1) AS change_pct
FROM (
SELECT
ticker,
argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), window_start, toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = toDate('2011-08-05') AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS fri_close,
argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), window_start, toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = toDate('2011-08-08') AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS mon_close
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('VXX', 'BAC', 'C', 'GS', 'XLF', 'SPY', 'KO', 'XLU', 'GLD')
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2011-08-05 00:00:00') AND window_start < toDateTime('2011-08-09 04:00:00')
GROUP BY ticker
)
ORDER BY mon_close / fri_close ASC, ticker ASC
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