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Apple Stock Split History and Ratios
Apple's daily closes around the most recent split, split-adjustedseries · 2026-08-24 · 10×4Preview: a 10-point series, roughly flat. Every Apple stock split and what one old share becomesseries · 2026-08-24 · 3×4Preview: a 3-point series, ending lower. The twelve months before each Apple splitranking · 2026-08-24 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, smallest first.
XOM Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
XOM dividend snapshot: latest payout, annual rate, yield, and next ex-datescalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×71.03 XOM recent dividend payments: ex-dividend date and per-share amountseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×2Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. XOM total dividends paid per year (regular dividends)ranking · 2026-08-22 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first.
WMT Dividend: Yield, History & Ex-Dates
WMT dividend snapshot: latest payout, annual rate, yield, and next ex-datescalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×70.248 WMT recent dividend payments: ex-dividend date and per-share amountseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×2Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. WMT total dividends paid per year (regular dividends)ranking · 2026-08-22 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first.
Why VIX Options Don't Track the VIX
SPY near-the-money implied volatility by distance to expirationranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. How far the long tenor travels on days the front end jumpsranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Near-dated versus long-dated SPY implied volatility, session by sessionseries · 2026-08-22 · 81×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. The near-to-far implied volatility gap across liquid namesranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Why Ticker Symbols Break Your Dataset
When each symbol last printed a daily barranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. New listings landing on a symbol that already had historyranking · 2026-08-22 · 11×3Preview: 11 ranked values, smallest first. Which share-class spellings actually carry historyranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first. Trading sessions per year under FB and METAranking · 2026-08-22 · 15×3Preview: 15 ranked values, smallest first.
Why Stocks Halt: Limit Up-Limit Down Bands
Where listed symbols sit by price, and which band rule governs each zoneranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Average minute range through the session, five liquid namesseries · 2026-08-22 · 26×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. How far eight stocks move in a five minute window, trailing yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. What a 5 percent band is worth in dollars, by price levelranking · 2026-08-22 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
Why Short Interest Data Is Always Two Weeks Old
The pipeline lag in one row: plus the bulk backfill these figures deliberately excludescalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×610 Every incrementally-delivered settlement: measured on one date, on file days laterseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×3Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. GME, winter 2020-21: each short interest print and the price move before it went public (as-traded prices)table · 2026-08-22 · 6×5 GME days to cover: as reported in the file, and recomputed on the volume that traded while the print was pendingscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×853.7 The current state of the cycle: the newest print on file, and the one still in the pipelinescalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×622,339 The blind window: what five stocks did between the settlement date and the day its short interest was publishedtable · 2026-08-22 · 5×6
Why Odd Lots Don't Set the NBBO
Round lot size for a basket of familiar tickers, from the latest closeranking · 2026-08-22 · 9×3Preview: 9 ranked values, largest first. Listed names averaging above $250 a share, by monthseries · 2026-08-22 · 24×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. How many listed names sit in each round lot tierranking · 2026-08-22 · 3×3Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. AAPL trade sizes on the 27 April 2026 sessionranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first.
Why Index Options Are Taxed 60/40: Section 1256
Average daily options volume: Section 1256 names against equity optionsranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Share of contract volume by days to expiry, SPX and SPYranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Who Sets the Ex-Dividend Date? Not the Board
One-time distributions by size: where the ex-date landsranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Regular dividends: ex-date before the record date, or on itseries · 2026-08-22 · 43×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Board declaration to ex-date to payment, eight household payersranking · 2026-08-22 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Ex-date alignment by payout cadence, since T+1 took effectranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Which Stocks Have Daily Options?
Monday, Wednesday, Friday expirations: distinct option roots carrying an expiry on each weekdayseries · 2026-08-22 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. Daily options vs weekly options: upcoming expiration dates for six household tickersranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. SPY's expiration on every trading day: each near-term SPY expiry date, its weekday and volumeseries · 2026-08-22 · 11×4Preview: a 11-point series, ending lower. Which tickers carry the most upcoming expirations: option roots by distinct expiration dates in the next six weeksranking · 2026-08-22 · 20×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first.
Where to Park Idle Cash
The pickup for extending: extra yield over the 1-month bill, in basis pointsseries · 2026-08-22 · 126×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. The short end over the last 180 days: 1-month, 3-month and 1-year bill yieldsseries · 2026-08-22 · 126×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. The current Treasury yield curve: what every maturity pays right nowranking · 2026-08-22 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first.
When Special Dividends Adjust Options
Time value left in KO calls as they move deeper in the moneyranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. One time distributions by size, measured against the ex date closing priceranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. How big each kind of cash distribution is, as a share of the stock priceranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. One time cash distributions per calendar year, and their share of all payoutsranking · 2026-08-22 · 9×3Preview: 9 ranked values, largest first.
When Is Short Interest Released?
The short interest release schedule: recent FINRA settlement dates and names reportedseries · 2026-08-22 · 16×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Measured publication lag: settlement date vs the day the file first arrived hereseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×3Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. The publication lag in one row: fastest, median and slowest across incrementally-delivered settlementsscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×410 Day-of-month and the gap between consecutive settlement dates: the twice-monthly cadenceseries · 2026-08-22 · 16×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. The current state of the release cycle: the newest print on file and the settlement still pendingscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×631
When Short Options Get Assigned Early
Time value left in AAPL contracts by depth in the moneytable · 2026-08-22 · 5×5 AAPL calls 1 to 5 percent in the money, by days left to expiryranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Latest cash dividend per share, and what it is worth against the stockseries · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. Put versus call implied volatility, near the money, 20 to 45 days outranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
What Real-Time Market Data Actually Costs
Where AAPL shares printed across venues, June 16 2026ranking · 2026-08-22 · 12×2Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. US symbols that traded each month over the past yearseries · 2026-08-22 · 12×3Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. AAPL quote updates by ET clock hour, June 16 2026ranking · 2026-08-22 · 16×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first. One ETF's daily record, year by yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 15×3Preview: 15 ranked values, largest first.
What It Costs to Trade a Stock, Measured
The one-cent floor: share price, percent of quotes exactly one cent wide, and what a penny costs in bpstable · 2026-08-22 · 5×6 NVDA vs SOXS: median quoted spread over the window, with the smallest single-session gapscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×50.89 NVDA vs SOXS: median quoted spread by session (bps of the midpoint)series · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: a 5-point series, ending lower. The cost-to-trade ladder: median quoted spread in bps of the midpoint, regular hours, recent completed sessionstable · 2026-08-22 · 12×5
What Is VIX1D? The 1-Day Volatility Index
Implied daily move (IV / 16) against realized daily movement, SPY by monthseries · 2026-08-22 · 14×5Preview: a 14-point series, ending higher. SPY option volume by expiration through one session, June 17 2026series · 2026-08-22 · 14×4Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. SPY near-the-money implied volatility by days to expiryranking · 2026-08-22 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. SPY absolute daily move, median and 90th percentile by yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, smallest first.
What Is the NBBO? National Best Bid and Offer
NBBO updates per session: four heavily traded names vs. two thin small capsseries · 2026-08-22 · 6×5Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. Exchange stamp to SIP stamp: the consolidation step, in microsecondsranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first. The smallest size the NBBO will show: six names across the price tiersranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. KO: ten consecutive NBBO updates from 1:30 p.m. ET on a recent sessionseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×7Preview: a 10-point series, roughly flat. GME, 2024-05-14: NBBO updates and trades per minute across a five-minute LULD pauseseries · 2026-08-22 · 15×3Preview: a 15-point series, roughly flat. AAPL: average NBBO updates per minute by half-hour bucket (ET, 4 a.m. to 8 p.m.)series · 2026-08-22 · 32×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat.
What Is the 2s10s Spread? Yield Curve Data
The 2s10s spread as of the latest close (10-year minus 2-year)scalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×54.19 2s10s spread, monthly average: last 20 yearsseries · 2026-08-22 · 240×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. 2s10s inversion episodes: first close, last close, length, and depthranking · 2026-08-22 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, smallest first. US Treasury yield curve: latest available yield per maturityranking · 2026-08-22 · 7×2Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first.
What Is FINRA Short Interest? Days to Cover
TSLA short interest vs. average daily volume, bi-monthly (last 2 years)series · 2026-08-22 · 47×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Short interest reporting dates: recent settlements, weekday, coverage and publication lagseries · 2026-08-22 · 9×5Preview: a 9-point series, roughly flat. How liquid US stocks distribute by short interest as a percent of shares outstandingranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. The latest FINRA short interest file: one snapshot of the whole marketscalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×422,339 GameStop, Nov 2020 – Mar 2021: short interest, days to cover and the closing price at each settlementseries · 2026-08-22 · 10×4Preview: a 10-point series, ending higher. Days to cover across all liquid US tickers, latest settlement (min 1M shares/day)scalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×62,632 Six household names at the latest settlement: shares short, percent of shares outstanding, days to covertable · 2026-08-22 · 6×6
What Is RVOL (Relative Volume)? How to Read It
SPY: median shares traded per minute, by 30-minute clock bucket (ET, last 30 days, extended hours)series · 2026-08-22 · 32×2Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. SPY: average share of full-day volume completed by each clock time (last 20 sessions)ranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×2Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Top 10 by full-day RVOL: latest completed session (20-day ADV above 5M shares, full history required)series · 2026-08-22 · 10×5Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. Full-day RVOL percentiles across high-volume US stocks and ETFs (20-day ADV above 5M shares), latest completed sessionranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. MU, the biggest-volume session of June 2026: time-adjusted vs. naive RVOL, plus the full-day figurescalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×832.8
What Is Form N-PORT? Fund Holdings Filing
Most-filed EDGAR form types over the trailing yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. When Q1 2026 13F reports landed, by week after quarter endranking · 2026-08-22 · 13×2Preview: 13 ranked values, largest first. How long institutional managers take to file a 13F after quarter endseries · 2026-08-22 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, roughly flat.
What Is a Short Squeeze? GameStop, Measured
Four January 2021 squeezes: price multiple and short interest before and after (as-traded prices)table · 2026-08-22 · 4×6 GME weekly price range and shares traded, January through mid-February 2021 (as-traded prices)table · 2026-08-22 · 7×5 GME 2021, one row: January low, late-January peak, February trough, March rebound (as-traded prices)scalar · 2026-08-22 · 1×717.05 GME short interest by settlement date, November 2020 through March 2021ranking · 2026-08-22 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. GME options volume by week: calls vs. puts and total premium, January 2021table · 2026-08-22 · 5×5 Highest days to cover among liquid names: latest settlement on filetable · 2026-08-22 · 10×5
Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing them

Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing them

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Third Friday expirations over the next fourteen months, by underlyings listing them — 14 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
expiry_month_startmonth_labelunderlyings_listing
2026-08-01Aug 20263735
2026-09-01Sep 20263689
2026-10-01Oct 20261564
2026-11-01Nov 20261392
2026-12-01Dec 20261960
2027-01-01Jan 20272245
2027-02-01Feb 2027913
2027-03-01Mar 20271462
2027-04-01Apr 202750
2027-05-01May 202772
2027-07-01Jul 202726
2027-08-01Aug 202742
2027-09-01Sep 2027318
2027-10-01Oct 202711
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
(
    SELECT max(date)
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE date >= today() - 10
) AS chain_date
SELECT
    toString(toStartOfMonth(expiration_date))                AS expiry_month_start,
    formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(expiration_date), '%b %Y') AS month_label,
    countDistinct(underlying_symbol)                         AS underlyings_listing
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date = chain_date
  AND expiration_date >= chain_date
  AND days_to_expiry <= 430
  AND toDayOfWeek(expiration_date) = 5
  AND toDayOfMonth(expiration_date) BETWEEN 15 AND 21
  AND underlying_symbol NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY toStartOfMonth(expiration_date)
ORDER BY toStartOfMonth(expiration_date)
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