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Market Recap: July 7, 2026, The Day in Numbers
Advancers vs decliners among tickers with at least $1M traded on July 7scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×72,091
Market Recap: July 6, 2026, The Day in Numbers
Shares traded per 30-minute bucket, regular hours (billions)series · 2026-07-26 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. Volume leaders two ways: top 6 by dollars traded, top 4 by shares traded (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)table · 2026-07-26 · 10×5 Session check: SPY's observed minute-bar span, the July 3 closure, and the next one on the calendarscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×8917 The eleven sector ETFs: July 6 vs the July 2 close, split into gap and intradaytable · 2026-07-26 · 11×6 The touch at the gap open: median quoted spread and quote rate, 9:30–9:42 ET vs a midday control (12 minutes each)table · 2026-07-26 · 10×9 One row for the whole options day: volume, call share, and the Monday same-day expiryscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×1610.53 Every split executed July 6, with its unadjusted close before and after (splits with no regular-session tape on both sides are dropped)table · 2026-07-26 · 12×7 The treasury curve: July 6 vs the July 2 print (populated maturities only)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. SPY's open-to-close move ranked against the trailing month of sessions (rank 1 = biggest absolute move)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×40.34 SPY's update-weighted average quoted spread: July 6 ranked against the trailing month (rank 1 = tightest)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×71.815 SPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM: July 6 vs the July 2 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 4×10 The whole equity NBBO stream: July 6 vs the July 2 session, and where Monday's quotes clusteredscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×6391.96 The memory and storage names: change vs Thursday's close, range timing, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×10 Megacap rotation: change vs Thursday's close, range timing, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×10 July 6's corporate calendar and information flow, in one row (including the reverse-split wall behind a screener trap)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×12119 Advancers vs decliners among tickers with at least $1M traded on July 6scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×73,861
Market Recap: July 2, 2026, The Day in Numbers
Shares traded per 30-minute bucket, regular hours (billions)series · 2026-07-26 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. Volume leaders two ways: top 6 by dollars traded, top 4 by shares traded (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)table · 2026-07-26 · 10×6 Session check: SPY's observed minute-bar span, and the July 3 closure on the tapescalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×6886 Median quoted spread in basis points, regular hours: index ETFs, megacaps, and the memory namestable · 2026-07-26 · 8×6 One row for the whole options day: volume, same-day expiry, the holiday-shifted week, and the July monthlyscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×1913.15 After the holiday: the next session, its ex-dividends and splits, the next scheduled closure, and the short-interest lagscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×9390 The session's curve print: July 2 vs July 1 (populated maturities only)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. The receipt: the July 2 treasury print is on filescalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×21 SPY and QQQ ranked against the trailing month of sessions (rank 1 = biggest absolute move)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×7-0.35 Was liquidity unusual? SPY's regular-hours median spread vs the trailing month of sessionsscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×60.27 The eleven SPDR sector ETFs: July 2 close vs July 1 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 11×6 SPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM: July 2 vs the July 1 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 4×8 Stocks NBBO update count: July 2 vs July 1, with named-ticker updates (millions)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×6597.22 The memory and storage names: change vs Wednesday's close, range timing, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×10 Megacap rotation: change vs Wednesday's close, range timing, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×10 July 2's corporate calendar and information flow, in one row (including the eight splits behind one fake screener move)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×20322 Advancers vs decliners among tickers with at least $1M traded on July 2scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×113,398
Market Recap: July 1, 2026, The Day in Numbers
Volume leaders two ways: top 6 by dollars traded, top 4 by shares traded (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)table · 2026-07-26 · 10×6 Session check: SPY's observed minute-bar spanscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×6893 One row for the whole options day: volume, same-day expiry, put/call skew, and the busiest contractscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×2111.22 The day's last twelve news articles tagging MU, SNDK, STX, WDC or META (one licensed feed)table · 2026-07-26 · 12×4 The biggest names going ex-dividend on July 1, ranked by the day's dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 8×7 July 1's corporate calendar and information flow, in one rowscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×14746 The volatility complex on July 1: VIX-futures ETFs vs Tuesday's close, with SPY as the anchortable · 2026-07-26 · 5×5 The Treasury curve, July 1 close vs June 30 (populated maturities only)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. SPY's open-to-close move ranked against the trailing month of sessions (rank 1 = biggest absolute move)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×40.09 The memory complex and the megacaps: change vs Tuesday's close, range timing, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 8×9 The eleven S&P sector ETFs on July 1, best to worst vs Tuesday's closetable · 2026-07-26 · 11×7 SPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM: July 1 vs the June 30 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 4×8 Every quarter-opening session since 2004: SPY's open-to-close move, with July 1 ranked inside itscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×991 Advancers, decliners, and new quarterly highs vs lows among tickers with at least $1M traded on July 1scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×122,928
Market Recap: June 30, 2026, The Day in Numbers
Shares traded per 30-minute bucket, regular hours (billions)series · 2026-07-26 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher. Volume leaders two ways: top 6 by dollars traded, top 4 by shares traded (one reused-symbol listing excluded pending entity verification)table · 2026-07-26 · 10×6 Session check: SPY's observed minute-bar spanscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×5860 The six busiest option contracts of June 30, by contracts tradedseries · 2026-07-26 · 6×7Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. One row for the whole options day: volume, same-day expiry, SPY's put/call skew by moneyness, the holiday-shifted weekscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×2010.06 The news feed on June 30: article count and the day's last headline for each name in this recapseries · 2026-07-26 · 7×5Preview: a 7-point series, ending lower. The Treasury curve, June 30 close vs June 29 (populated maturities only)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. SPY's open-to-close move ranked against the trailing month of sessions (rank 1 = biggest absolute move)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×40.68 The semiconductor and storage names: change vs Monday's close, range, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 6×10 The ten S&P sector funds on June 30: change vs Monday's close, and how far each sat behind the leadertable · 2026-07-26 · 10×7 SPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM: June 30 vs the June 29 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 4×8 Q2 2026 end to end: each index ETF from the April 1 open to the June 30 close, regular hoursseries · 2026-07-26 · 4×7Preview: a 4-point series, ending lower. Top 5 gainers and top 5 decliners among names with $10M+ traded on June 30 (one reused-symbol listing excluded)table · 2026-07-26 · 10×8 Crypto-adjacent financials: change vs Monday's close, range, and dollar volumetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×10 June 30's corporate calendar and information flow, in one row (the filing-index gap on display)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×12704 Advancers vs decliners among tickers with at least $1M traded on June 30scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×93,349
Market Recap: June 29, 2026, The Day in Numbers
Shares traded per 30-minute bucket, regular hours (billions)series · 2026-07-26 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. Volume leaders two ways: top 6 by dollars traded, top 4 by shares tradedtable · 2026-07-26 · 10×6 The Treasury curve, June 29 close vs June 26 (populated maturities only)ranking · 2026-07-26 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. QQQ and SPY: June 29 ranked against the trailing month of sessions (rank 1 = biggest absolute move)scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×102.57 Session check: SPY's observed minute-bar span, and the Friday closure on the tapescalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×80 The eleven sector baskets: June 29 vs the June 26 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 11×6 SPY / QQQ / DIA / IWM: June 29 vs the June 26 close, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 4×9 What it cost to cross the spread: NBBO updates and median quoted width, regular hourstable · 2026-07-26 · 4×7 One row for the whole options day: volume, 0DTE, the holiday-shifted weekscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×2011.04 The memory/storage names: change vs Friday's close and intraday rangetable · 2026-07-26 · 4×9 June 29's corporate calendar and information flow, in one rowscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×22449 Advancers vs decliners among tickers with at least $1M traded on June 29scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×93,968
Market Order vs Limit Order, Measured
AAPL options vs. AAPL stock: median quoted spread, same regular session, July 8, 2026scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×5606 How far SPY moved inside a single minute: average one-minute high-to-low range by time of day, July 8, 2026scalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×470.3 What a 100-share market order pays crossing the spread: July 8, 2026, regular sessionranking · 2026-07-26 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first. Median quoted spread by session window: pre-market vs. regular vs. after-hours, July 8, 2026ranking · 2026-07-26 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. Displayed shares at the best ask: median size and how often it covered a 1,000-share order, July 8, 2026ranking · 2026-07-26 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. SPY on a calm day vs. a fast day: session range, per-minute movement, and quoted spreadseries · 2026-07-26 · 2×5Preview: a 2-point series, ending higher.
IPO Lockup Expiration: Meaning & Release Date
UBER options tape into the Nov 6, 2019 lockup expiry: put and call contract volume by sessionseries · 2026-07-26 · 13×5Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. Five famous lockup expirations: expiry-day price change and volume multiple vs. the prior sessionseries · 2026-07-26 · 5×7Preview: a 5-point series, roughly flat. FB daily closes and volume, Oct 22 – Nov 13, 2012: the run-in to the giant lockup expiry (as-traded prices)series · 2026-07-26 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, roughly flat. FB from the eve of the Nov 14, 2012 unlock through month-end: did the expiry-day pop hold?series · 2026-07-26 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher.
The 2010 Flash Crash, Minute by Minute
Crash-window damage by name: low vs the 2:30 pm ET referencetable · 2026-07-26 · 6×6 SPY on May 6, 2010: the flash crash day, receiptedscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×10116.83 SPY at one-minute resolution, 2:00–3:30 pm ET on May 6, 2010table · 2026-07-26 · 90×4 The steepest single minutes: biggest open-to-low drops, 2:00–3:30 pm ETtable · 2026-07-26 · 5×5 Five famous crash sessions: depth of the low and the bounce off it (SPY)series · 2026-07-26 · 5×4Preview: a 5-point series, roughly flat. The aftermath: when the May 5 close was reclaimed, and when the panic low broke for realscalar · 2026-07-26 · 1×7105 The famous casualties on the raw trade tape, 2:30–3:30 pm ETtable · 2026-07-26 · 4×6
How Leveraged ETFs Work (and Why They Decay)
Every SOXS reverse split since 2020, and the running consolidation factorseries · 2026-07-15 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, ending higher. One semiconductor selloff, four funds: SOXX, USD, SOXL, SOXS on July 13, 2026ranking · 2026-07-15 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Growth of $100 in the 1x SOXX vs the 3x SOXL, Jan 2 to Jul 13 2026series · 2026-07-15 · 131×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
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 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. 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 · 78×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower.
Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelled

Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelled

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Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelled — 25 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
sessioncontracts_msession_typemonthly_expiry_msession_id
Jul 1670.7ordinary76.820260716
Jul 1776.8monthly expiration76.820260717
Jul 2063.5ordinary76.820260720
Jul 2156.8ordinary76.820260721
Jul 2255.4ordinary76.820260722
Jul 2365.4ordinary76.820260723
Jul 2470.7ordinary76.820260724
Jul 2764.3ordinary76.820260727
Jul 2858.7ordinary76.820260728
Jul 2966.3ordinary76.820260729
Jul 3066.3ordinary76.820260730
Jul 3175.5ordinary76.820260731
Aug 372.7ordinary76.820260803
Aug 478.9ordinary76.820260804
Aug 569.5ordinary76.820260805
Aug 663.2ordinary76.820260806
Aug 773.2ordinary76.820260807
Aug 1061.4ordinary76.820260810
Aug 1154.6ordinary76.820260811
Aug 1255.4ordinary76.820260812
Aug 1366.6ordinary76.820260813
Aug 1466ordinary76.820260814
Aug 1760.9ordinary76.820260817
Aug 1856.9ordinary76.820260818
Aug 1967.2ordinary76.820260819
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH tape AS (
    SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
           sum(toFloat64(volume)) AS vol
    FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
    WHERE window_start >= toDateTime(today() - 45, 'America/New_York')
    GROUP BY d
),
ranked AS (
    SELECT d, vol, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY d DESC) AS raw_rn
    FROM tape
),
cal AS (
    SELECT d, vol, rn, sum(if(rn BETWEEN 2 AND 21, 1, 0)) OVER () AS baseline_sessions
    FROM (
        SELECT d, vol, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY d DESC) AS rn
        FROM ranked
        WHERE vol >= 0.75 * (SELECT quantileExact(0.5)(vol) FROM ranked WHERE raw_rn > 1)
    )
),
w AS (
    SELECT d, vol,
           toStartOfMonth(d) + toIntervalDay(((5 - toDayOfWeek(toStartOfMonth(d)) + 7) % 7) + 14) AS third_friday
    FROM cal
    WHERE rn <= 25
),
marked AS (
    SELECT d, vol,
           (d = max(if(d <= third_friday, d, toDate('1970-01-01'))) OVER (PARTITION BY toStartOfMonth(d)))
             AND (third_friday <= max(d) OVER ()) AS is_expiry
    FROM w
),
latest AS (
    SELECT d, vol, is_expiry,
           max(if(is_expiry, d, toDate('1970-01-01'))) OVER () AS last_expiry_d
    FROM marked
)
SELECT formatDateTime(d, '%b %e') AS session,
       round(vol / 1e6, 1) AS contracts_m,
       multiIf(is_expiry, 'monthly expiration', 'ordinary') AS session_type,
       round(max(if(d = last_expiry_d, vol, 0)) OVER () / 1e6, 1) AS monthly_expiry_m,
       toYYYYMMDD(d) AS session_id
FROM latest
ORDER BY d ASC
$