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Price-Time Priority vs Pro-Rata Fills
Quote updates per second and average quoted spread, ten minutes on 17 June 2026ranking · 2026-08-08 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Average shares per trade print, June 2026ranking · 2026-08-08 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. AAPL option prints by contract count, 17 June 2026ranking · 2026-08-08 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. AAPL trade prints by share count, 17 June 2026ranking · 2026-08-08 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
How to Read a Form 4 Insider Trading Filing
Calendar days from transaction date to Form 4 filing dateranking · 2026-08-08 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Form 4 filings containing a sale: with an exercise on the same document, or withoutseries · 2026-08-08 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Share of Form 4 lines booked as indirect ownership, by transaction coderanking · 2026-08-08 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Share of reported Form 4 lines by transaction code, Aug 2025 to Jul 2026ranking · 2026-08-08 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. Original Form 4 documents and Form 4/A amendments, by filing monthseries · 2026-08-08 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher.
How OHLCV Bars Are Built From Ticks
Odd lot share of prints and of volume, minute by minuteseries · 2026-08-08 · 15×4Preview: a 15-point series, ending lower. How many of the 390 session minutes each US symbol traded inranking · 2026-08-08 · 10×2Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. Trade condition codes that restrict high, low, and lastranking · 2026-08-08 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. SPY volume by minute into the close, June 10 2026series · 2026-08-08 · 25×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. One-minute AAPL bars rebuilt from individual trades, June 10 2026series · 2026-08-08 · 15×6Preview: a 15-point series, ending lower.
Dividends vs Buybacks: Shareholder Yield
Dividend yield, buyback yield and total shareholder yieldranking · 2026-08-08 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. AAPL diluted share count, every reported quarter since 2021series · 2026-08-08 · 20×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. The exact quarters behind each buyback yieldtable · 2026-08-08 · 4×5 Share of net income already committed to the dividendranking · 2026-08-08 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
Why Your Options Order Isn't Getting Filled
Apple option trades on June 17 2026: share of prints vs share of contracts, by trade sizeranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Apple option activity by strike distance, 20 to 45 days to expiry, May and June 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Median quoted spread on Apple options by contract price, 30 second window on June 17 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Apple options quote updates, second by second, 2:00 p.m. ET on June 17 2026series · 2026-08-07 · 30×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
What Is Option Rho? The Interest Rate Greek
Weekly average rho: SPY January 2027 calls against a rolling front-month seriesseries · 2026-08-07 · 52×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Average SPY option rho by time to expiration, indexed to the front monthranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Average rho on long-dated SPY options, by strike against the share priceranking · 2026-08-07 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Start-to-end change in Treasury yields by calendar year, in basis pointsranking · 2026-08-07 · 13×3Preview: 13 ranked values, smallest first.
Trade Condition Codes Explained
Share of a session's prints carrying price-ineligible conditionsranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Two versions of the same AAPL session high, fifteen minutes at a timeseries · 2026-08-07 · 26×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Condition code families defined for US stocksranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. One AAPL session, every print grouped by its sale conditionranking · 2026-08-07 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first.
The Sub-Penny Rule and Price Improvement
What one cent is worth, by share price bandranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, smallest first. The penny tick and the quoted gap, in basis pointstable · 2026-08-07 · 7×5 Share of prints that landed on a sub-penny priceranking · 2026-08-07 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. AAPL sub-penny print rate by trade size, 17 June 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Rule 605 vs 606: Execution Quality Reports
Where AAPL prints fall by trade size, June 17, 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Share of June 2026 volume reported to FINRA facilitiesranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. AAPL quoted spread across the trading clock, June 17, 2026series · 2026-08-07 · 22×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Effective spread against quoted spread by trade size, AAPLranking · 2026-08-07 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first.
Probability of Touch vs Probability ITM
SPY through July 2024 against a level 2% above the July 1 closeseries · 2026-08-07 · 28×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. SPY: touched versus finished above, 21-session forward windows since 2011table · 2026-08-07 · 4×5 SPY option delta buckets, with the doubling rule applied (Jan to Jun 2026)ranking · 2026-08-07 · 9×4Preview: 9 ranked values, smallest first.
Time in Force Explained: Day, GTC, IOC, FOK
SPY share volume by ET clock hour, June 2026series · 2026-08-07 · 16×2Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Print sizes across five names, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. ET on 2026-06-10ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. US stock splits per month, forward and reverseseries · 2026-08-07 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. SPY volume per minute into the close, June 2026 session averageseries · 2026-08-07 · 16×2Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat.
Level 1 vs Level 2 vs Level 3 Market Data
Executed volume by price level: the traded ladder (KO, 30 minutes)table · 2026-08-07 · 63×3 Level 1 top of book: quoted spread across a full session (AAPL, June 17 2026)series · 2026-08-07 · 32×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Top-of-book message rate, minute by minute (NVDA, one hour)series · 2026-08-07 · 60×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Top-of-book spread and quote message count by name (10:00 to 11:00 a.m. ET)ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
Japanese IPO Lockups: The 1.5x Release Rule
One US listing traced against a flat line at 1.5x its offer priceseries · 2026-08-07 · 82×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Share of US listings trading at 1.5x their offer price, by day since listingranking · 2026-08-07 · 19×2Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. US listings clearing 1.5x the offer price on the first close, by listing yearranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, smallest first.
Iron Condor vs Iron Butterfly: Break-Evens
Vega across the SPY ladder, indexed to the at-the-money strike, May 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 13×3Preview: 13 ranked values, largest first. What a 30-day SPY option cost at each distance from spot, May 2026 averagesranking · 2026-08-07 · 13×3Preview: 13 ranked values, largest first. At-the-money implied volatility and the 30-day expected move it prices, May 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Strikes that actually traded per session, 20 to 45 days out, May 2026series · 2026-08-07 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower.
How to Roll an Option Position: Up and Out
Moving the strike up costs premium: AAPL calls 30 to 45 days outranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. What extra time is worth: at-the-money AAPL call premium by days to expiryranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Time value left in an in-the-money KO call as expiry approachesranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. 2026 cash dividends per share at eight widely held payersranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
How ETF Creation and Redemption Works
Quoted spread against average share volume, US listed ETFsranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. One session of SPY prints, sorted into trade size bucketsranking · 2026-08-07 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Quoted spread through the session: large cap fund vs micro cap fundseries · 2026-08-07 · 79×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Daily range and volume in a high yield bond ETF, month by monthranking · 2026-08-07 · 9×3Preview: 9 ranked values, smallest first.
Is a Dividend Safe? Free Cash Flow Test
Same year, two payout ratios: earnings basis against cash basis (illustrative, percent)ranking · 2026-08-07 · 2×2Preview: 2 ranked values, smallest first. Illustrative year: the reconciliation behind the coverage test (hypothetical manufacturer, $ millions)ranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Credit Spread vs Debit Spread: Same Trade?
Every $5-wide vertical on one AAPL chain: debit paid against credit takenranking · 2026-08-07 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Profit and loss at expiration: the debit structure against the credit structureranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, smallest first. Put-call parity on one AAPL chain: call minus put against stock minus striketable · 2026-08-07 · 5×8 Where the volume sat on that AAPL chain: call contracts against put contracts, by strikeranking · 2026-08-07 · 14×4Preview: 14 ranked values, smallest first.
Anchored VWAP Explained: Formula and Uses
How much the newest session can move an anchored VWAP (AAPL)ranking · 2026-08-07 · 13×2Preview: 13 ranked values, smallest first. Anchored at each name's own lowest close of the past twelve monthstable · 2026-08-07 · 5×5 Daily session VWAP against a VWAP anchored on one date (AAPL)series · 2026-08-07 · 62×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. The same stock and the same last price, twelve different anchors (AAPL)ranking · 2026-08-07 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first.
Why Stock Quotes Are Delayed 15 Minutes
How often the last price changes, minute by minute (June 2026)ranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. The 15 minute gap across six household tickers (June 2026)ranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. How far SPY travels in 15 minutes, by hour of the session (June 2026)series · 2026-08-06 · 7×4Preview: a 7-point series, ending higher. Live price against a 15 minute delayed view, one SPY sessionseries · 2026-08-06 · 37×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
When Are 13F Filings Due? 2026 Deadlines
Share of reported volume marked short, Q1 2026 disclosure windowranking · 2026-08-06 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. The four 13F deadlines for the 2026 quartersseries · 2026-08-06 · 4×7Preview: a 4-point series, ending higher. AAPL: quarter-end snapshot price vs the price on the 13F deadlineseries · 2026-08-06 · 8×7Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher. Trading during the Q1 2026 disclosure window, five household namesranking · 2026-08-06 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
What Is the Sharpe Ratio? Formula and Math
Sharpe against Sortino, six names, calendar 2025ranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. SPY annualized Sharpe ratio, year by year, fixed 4.25% assumed rateranking · 2026-08-06 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. Annualized Sharpe ratio by name, calendar 2025, assumed 4.25% risk-free rateranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. One year of SPY, three sampling frequencies, one annualized Sharpe ratioranking · 2026-08-06 · 3×3Preview: 3 ranked values, smallest first. Same SPY 2025 returns, six assumed risk-free ratesranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
What H1 and H2 Mean in Company Reporting
Where nine familiar issuers close their reported periodstable · 2026-08-06 · 9×5 The most recent 10-K on file for the same nine issuersranking · 2026-08-06 · 9×4Preview: 9 ranked values, smallest first. Annual and interim filing forms counted over calendar H1 2026ranking · 2026-08-06 · 3×3Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. Companies filing a 10-K annual report in each month of calendar H1 2026series · 2026-08-06 · 6×3Preview: a 6-point series, roughly flat.
Reproducible Backtest in Python, No API Key
A 20/50 moving-average crossover on SPY, year by year, against holdingranking · 2026-08-06 · 9×4Preview: 9 ranked values, smallest first. The same 20/50 rule on five liquid names, 2021 through 2025ranking · 2026-08-06 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Same rule, prior-session signal against same-session signal, SPY by yearranking · 2026-08-06 · 9×4Preview: 9 ranked values, smallest first.
Portfolio Delta and Beta Weighting Explained
AAPL call and put delta across the strike ladder, 20 to 45 days to expiryranking · 2026-08-06 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. A three-leg book, raw delta against beta weighted deltatable · 2026-08-06 · 3×6 The same two betas, measured over six different lookback windowsranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Beta, price ratio, and SPY-share equivalent per share heldranking · 2026-08-06 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first.
Iceberg Orders Explained: Hidden Liquidity
Most repeated price and size pairings, AAPL, June 17, 2026table · 2026-08-06 · 12×5 Every AAPL print on June 17, 2026, grouped by trade sizeranking · 2026-08-06 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
spy_open_ramp

spy_open_ramp

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spy_open_ramp — 46 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
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the exact SQL behind every number
WITH tape AS
(
    SELECT
        toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
      + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))              AS minute_of_day,
        countDistinct(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS days_traded,
        sum(volume)                                                         AS contracts
    FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
    WHERE startsWith(ticker, 'O:SPY')
      AND length(ticker) = 20
      AND window_start >= today() - 12
      AND window_start <  today() - 2
    GROUP BY minute_of_day
)
SELECT
    formatDateTime(toDateTime('2026-01-01 00:00:00') + grid.minute_of_day * 60, '%H:%i')         AS et_time,
    toUInt64(round(ifNull(t.contracts, 0) / greatest((SELECT max(days_traded) FROM tape), 1)))   AS contract_volume,
    round(100 * ifNull(t.days_traded, 0) / greatest((SELECT max(days_traded) FROM tape), 1), 1)  AS active_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT 555 + arrayJoin(range(46)) AS minute_of_day
) AS grid
LEFT JOIN tape AS t ON t.minute_of_day = grid.minute_of_day
ORDER BY grid.minute_of_day
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