Market Recap: Q2 2026
Listings, splits, and ex-dividend events by month through the quarterranking ·
2026-07-16 · 3×4
Q2's corporate calendar (the June 30 filing-index gap disclosed)scalar ·
2026-07-16 · 1×615,402
Q2 2026 returns for the four index ETFs, with Q1 recomputed live for contrastranking ·
2026-07-16 · 4×4
The rank receipts: this quarter against every prior second quarter (rank 1 = best; self-excluded)table ·
2026-07-16 · 2×6
Every second quarter on the tape: SPY and QQQ, recomputed identically by year (session counts shown)table ·
2026-07-16 · 40×4
How Option Greeks Change Over Time
The stock both options tracked: SPY, May 1 to Jun 15 2026series ·
2026-07-16 · 31×3
The $740 put's greeks, day by day (delta, gamma, theta, vega, IV%)series ·
2026-07-16 · 31×7
Call vs put on the same $740 strike: mirror-image pricesseries ·
2026-07-16 · 31×4
The $740 call's greeks, day by day (delta, gamma, theta, vega, IV%)series ·
2026-07-16 · 31×7
How Markets Recover From Crashes
The S&P 500's underwater curve: worst drawdown from a prior high, by monthseries ·
2026-07-16 · 127×2
The S&P 500's underwater record since 2016 (SPY, one scorecard)scalar ·
2026-07-16 · 1×634.2
S&P 500 worst intra-year drawdown vs the year's price return, since 2016ranking ·
2026-07-16 · 11×3
How far below its high the S&P 500 sits: share of trading days since 2016ranking ·
2026-07-16 · 5×2
Does Dollar-Cost Averaging Work?
$500 a month into SPY vs one lump sum, 2016 to 2026 (portfolio value, $ thousands)series ·
2026-07-16 · 126×4
Five-year, $30,000 plans by start year: dollar-cost averaging vs lump sum ($ thousands)ranking ·
2026-07-16 · 6×3
Same $500-a-month plan vs a lump sum across five stocks, 2016 to 2026 ($ thousands)ranking ·
2026-07-16 · 5×3
Deep ITM LEAPS: Stock Replacement
One deep-ITM LEAPS vs 100 shares: cost, leverage, and deltaseries ·
2026-07-16 · 3×7
SPY vs the LEAPS call, both indexed to 100 in early June 2025series ·
2026-07-16 · 33×3
The LEAPS call's delta climbing toward 1 as it goes deep in the moneyseries ·
2026-07-16 · 33×2
Time value as a share of premium, and daily theta, month by monthseries ·
2026-07-16 · 8×3
Covered Calls: Income on Your Shares
The same covered call at entry, the SPY peak, the dip, and the final sessiontable ·
2026-07-16 · 4×5
Buy-and-hold SPY vs the covered call, per-share value over 7 weeksseries ·
2026-07-16 · 31×3
The $740 call you sold, daily value over its 7-week lifeseries ·
2026-07-16 · 31×2
The Options Collar: A Cheap Hedge
SPY through the June 2026 selloff, boxed by the collar's $740 floor and $760 capseries ·
2026-07-16 · 8×4
The $740 put's delta deepening as it took over the downsideseries ·
2026-07-16 · 8×2
The two collar legs: the $740 put (floor) and the $760 call (cap)series ·
2026-07-16 · 8×3
Buying and Selling Put Options
One SPY $740 put's price over its life (expired Jun 18 2026)series ·
2026-07-16 · 31×3
SPY's closing price over the same windowseries ·
2026-07-16 · 31×3
Buying and Selling Call Options
One SPY $740 call, daily close over its 7-week lifeseries ·
2026-07-16 · 31×2
The same call at four exits: price, multiple of premium, and P&L per contracttable ·
2026-07-16 · 4×5
SPY vs the call, both indexed to 100 on May 1series ·
2026-07-16 · 31×3
Buy When Others Are Fearful: The Data
Average S&P 500 forward return after fearful, greedy, and ordinary days (2024-2026)table ·
2026-07-16 · 3×5
News sentiment coverage by year: how many tagged insights, and the share downbeatranking ·
2026-07-16 · 3×3
What Is Option Theta? Time Decay Explained
The SPY $740 call's daily time decay deepens into expiry (May–Jun 2026)series ·
2026-07-15 · 31×2
At-the-money SPY time decay accelerates near expiry (2026-07-13)series ·
2026-07-15 · 4×2
What Is Option Gamma? Delta's Accelerator
The $740 call's gamma climbs as expiry nearsseries ·
2026-07-15 · 31×2
SPY call gamma peaks at the money (~30 days out, 2026-07-13)ranking ·
2026-07-15 · 5×2
At-the-money SPY gamma by time to expiry (2026-07-13)ranking ·
2026-07-15 · 4×2
What Is Option Delta? A Plain-English Guide
The $740 call's delta follows SPY across the strikeseries ·
2026-07-15 · 31×3
Call delta by moneyness: the S-curve (SPY, ~30 days out, 2026-07-13)ranking ·
2026-07-15 · 5×2
What Is a Special Dividend? (With Examples)
How US dividends were scheduled in 2026, by payment cadence (Jan 1 - Jul 13)ranking ·
2026-07-15 · 5×2
National Beverage (FIZZ): every special dividend since 2016, and no regular oneseries ·
2026-07-15 · 7×2
Large special dividends from well-known payers since 2012ranking ·
2026-07-15 · 12×3
How Leveraged ETFs Work (and Why They Decay)
Every SOXS reverse split since 2020, and the running consolidation factorseries ·
2026-07-15 · 5×3
One semiconductor selloff, four funds: SOXX, USD, SOXL, SOXS on July 13, 2026ranking ·
2026-07-15 · 4×2
Growth of $100 in the 1x SOXX vs the 3x SOXL, Jan 2 to Jul 13 2026series ·
2026-07-15 · 131×3
Does a Stock Go Up After a Split?
The best-known recent stock splits: the six months before vs the three months afterseries ·
2026-07-15 · 7×6
Every liquid forward split, 2016-2025: median 3-month return after the split vs the S&P 500, by periodtable ·
2026-07-15 · 3×7
MU: The Biggest Tape of June 2026
The whole MU tape in one row: prints, print sizes, and the quote censusscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×935.17
Where the contracts landed: call and put volume by strike bucketranking ·
2026-07-13 · 16×4
The spread by session: regular-hours median in cents and basis pointsseries ·
2026-07-13 · 21×5
FINRA off-exchange short volume: MU's June coverage and marked-short shareranking ·
2026-07-13 · 16×3
The June settlement pair: mid-month and month-end short interestscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×641.59
The 21 sessions: close, close-over-close change, full-day volumeseries ·
2026-07-13 · 21×4
The rank receipt: MU's place, its lead over the next name, and the basisscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×31
June side by side: the memory/storage basket, NVDA, and SPYtable ·
2026-07-13 · 6×5
Month-end price of movement: the last at-the-money straddle of Junescalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×72
MU's options market in one row: totals, expiries, the put/call splitscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×74.69
What June's MU coverage was about: the vendor's own article tags, countedranking ·
2026-07-13 · 10×3
June's MU-tagged articles: volume, the top publisher's share, co-tagsscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×7195
MU's June on one row: open, close, extremes, turnover, and their receiptsscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×121,009.72
MU's last six reported quarters on file: revenue, net income, diluted EPStable ·
2026-07-13 · 6×5
MU's June SEC filings and the session that followed the quarterly 8-Kscalar ·
2026-07-13 · 1×111
The whole US tape ranked by June 2026 regular-hours dollar volume (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)ranking ·
2026-07-13 · 10×3
MU by month: annualized realized volatility, average session range, biggest single-day movetable ·
2026-07-13 · 6×6
MU month by month, recomputed live: return, close, and regular-hours turnoverranking ·
2026-07-13 · 6×4
SpaceX Joins the Nasdaq-100: The Index-Add Trade
July 6's matched volume by where it printed: the cross, continuous on-exchange, off-exchange (TRF)ranking ·
2026-07-09 · 3×4
The morning after: July 7, 2026 through 12:59 p.m. ET (window pinned by design; see data notes)scalar ·
2026-07-09 · 1×10210
The add-eve receipts row: checkpoints, the last continuous trade, and the auction print itselfscalar ·
2026-07-09 · 1×23165.95
July 6, 2026 in five-minute buckets: the slide, the late climb, and the volume underneathseries ·
2026-07-09 · 78×3
Levine's three sessions on our tape: day volume, the closing cross, and the cross's share of the dayseries ·
2026-07-09 · 3×7
Entity receipt: the old SPCX tape ends in April 2026, May is silent, SpaceX lists June 12series ·
2026-07-09 · 5×6
Every SPCX closing cross since the June 12 listing: size, share of the day, and the official close it setseries ·
2026-07-09 · 15×6
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SPY option volume, minute by minute into the 9:30 open
SPY option volume, minute by minute into the 9:30 open
| et_time | contract_volume | active_pct |
|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:16 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:17 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:18 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:19 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:20 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:21 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:22 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:23 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:24 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:25 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:26 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:27 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:28 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:29 | 0 | 0 |
| 09:30 | 79450 | 100 |
| 09:31 | 7850 | 100 |
| 09:32 | 26796 | 100 |
| 09:33 | 45414 | 100 |
| 09:34 | 15329 | 100 |
| 09:35 | 49108 | 100 |
| 09:36 | 18352 | 100 |
| 09:37 | 31470 | 100 |
| 09:38 | 20996 | 100 |
| 09:39 | 36490 | 100 |
| 09:40 | 42035 | 100 |
| 09:41 | 21718 | 100 |
| 09:42 | 28877 | 100 |
| 09:43 | 39642 | 100 |
| 09:44 | 35376 | 100 |
| 09:45 | 41167 | 100 |
| 09:46 | 40783 | 100 |
| 09:47 | 54856 | 100 |
| 09:48 | 29440 | 100 |
| 09:49 | 51570 | 100 |
| 09:50 | 28752 | 100 |
| 09:51 | 29558 | 100 |
| 09:52 | 31180 | 100 |
| 09:53 | 21258 | 100 |
| 09:54 | 20868 | 100 |
| 09:55 | 22009 | 100 |
| 09:56 | 34339 | 100 |
| 09:57 | 18496 | 100 |
| 09:58 | 25615 | 100 |
| 09:59 | 27794 | 100 |
| 10:00 | 35862 | 100 |
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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