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what-is-the-3m10y-spread
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2026-09-17 · 60×6
monthlyseries ·
2026-09-17 · 241×4
inversionsseries ·
2026-09-17 · 9×6
front_endseries ·
2026-09-17 · 42×5
episodes_comparedtable ·
2026-09-17 · 3×9
what-does-cross-mean-in-trading
quote_statesranking ·
2026-09-17 · 3×4
cross_minutesseries ·
2026-09-17 · 7×4
cross_codestable ·
2026-09-17 · 13×5
Weekly Market Recap: The Week in Numbers
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2026-09-17 · 8×2
The eleven S&P 500 sectors over the past weekranking ·
2026-09-17 · 11×2
Biggest stock losers over the past weekranking ·
2026-09-17 · 7×3
The major index ETFs over the past weekranking ·
2026-09-17 · 4×4
Biggest stock gainers over the past weekranking ·
2026-09-17 · 7×3
Daily market breadth: advancers vs decliners each session (names trading $500M+)series ·
2026-09-17 · 5×3
Upcoming Stock Splits Calendar
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2026-09-17 · 30×5
Announced upcoming splits by directionranking ·
2026-09-17 · 2×2
Announced stock splits by effective month: forward vs reverseseries ·
2026-09-17 · 4×4
Unusual Volume Stocks This Week, Measured
How the whole qualifying universe traded this week, bucketed by relative volumeranking ·
2026-09-17 · 7×4
Persistence check: the eight leaders' daily relative volume across the five sessionstable ·
2026-09-17 · 8×5
Highest relative volume this week: trailing 5 sessions vs. the prior 40, for names trading $500M+ in the weekseries ·
2026-09-17 · 8×6
The board leader, day by day: daily relative volume and open-to-close change (last 15 sessions)series ·
2026-09-17 · 15×5
Wild multiples the dollar floor removes: highest relative volume among names trading under $500M this weekseries ·
2026-09-17 · 6×5
Unusual Options Activity: Last Session
Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelledseries ·
2026-09-17 · 25×5
Calls or puts: the board's call and put contract volume on the same sessiontable ·
2026-09-17 · 10×5
What follows a heavy options session: next-session absolute move vs. the same names on an ordinary daytable ·
2026-09-17 · 5×6
What the session's contracts were made of: options volume by days to expiryranking ·
2026-09-17 · 6×4
Unusual options activity: last completed session vs. each underlying's own 20-session averagetable ·
2026-09-17 · 10×8
twap-vs-vwap-vs-pov-orders
volume_curveseries ·
2026-09-17 · 13×4
open_vs_lunchtable ·
2026-09-17 · 5×6
lunch_povseries ·
2026-09-17 · 13×4
curve_dispersionseries ·
2026-09-17 · 13×4
the-7-5-3-1-rule-mutual-funds
worst_windowstable ·
2026-09-17 · 8×6
step_uptable ·
2026-09-17 · 10×5
rolling_7yseries ·
2026-09-17 · 193×5
return_bucketsranking ·
2026-09-17 · 5×3
the-390-rule-in-options-trading
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2026-09-17 · 5×3
spy_option_paceseries ·
2026-09-17 · 14×3
session_shapeseries ·
2026-09-17 · 16×3
one_lot_shareranking ·
2026-09-17 · 6×4
Short Squeeze Candidates This Week
Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising priceranking ·
2026-09-17 · 12×4
The screened names ranked by short interest against shares outstanding (not float)table ·
2026-09-17 · 10×5
Every past screened name, by what it did over the next 30 daysranking ·
2026-09-17 · 6×3
From the whole settlement file down to the screened list, one rule at a timeranking ·
2026-09-17 · 4×2
Every input behind this screen, and how many days old it isseries ·
2026-09-17 · 3×3
Liquid names at 5+ and 10+ days to cover, settlement by settlementseries ·
2026-09-17 · 12×4
santa-claus-rally
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2026-09-17 · 5×5
window_vs_decembertable ·
2026-09-17 · 3×8
window_volumeranking ·
2026-09-17 · 7×4
santa_windowstable ·
2026-09-17 · 23×5
folklore_testtable ·
2026-09-17 · 2×6
Recent Stock Splits (Forward and Reverse)
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2026-09-17 · 2×2
Recent reverse stock splits (shares consolidated), last 30 daysranking ·
2026-09-17 · 15×4
Recent forward stock splits (shares multiplied), last 60 days, ETFs excludedranking ·
2026-09-17 · 15×4
nasdaq-closing-cross-explained
hourly_profileranking ·
2026-09-17 · 16×4
cross_shareseries ·
2026-09-17 · 8×4
cross_printtable ·
2026-09-17 · 6×6
close_secondsseries ·
2026-09-17 · 20×4
close_codesranking ·
2026-09-17 · 4×3
Most Shorted Stocks Right Now, Measured
The receipts: universe size, filter bite, median crowding, and list churn at the latest printscalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×522,567
Largest short positions by shares: latest settlement, liquid namesranking ·
2026-09-17 · 10×4
Crowding leaders vs. their own price: about one month of sessionsseries ·
2026-09-17 · 4×5
GME through the January 2021 squeeze: the same three columns, settlement by settlementseries ·
2026-09-17 · 10×4
Today's top-3 crowding leaders, traced back eight settlementsseries ·
2026-09-17 · 8×4
Biggest days-to-cover increases, latest settlement vs. the prior printranking ·
2026-09-17 · 8×4
Highest days to cover among liquid names: latest settlement on filetable ·
2026-09-17 · 10×5
Stock Market Holidays 2026–2027: NYSE & Nasdaq
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2026-09-17 · 12×6
Recently-passed weekday closures, recovered from the SPY tapeseries ·
2026-09-17 · 4×3
Regular trading sessions over the trailing yearscalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×3251
The closure calendar ahead, at a glancescalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×610
Is the Stock Market Open Today?
This calendar year's closures: already passed (counted from the tape) plus still ahead (from the calendar)table ·
2026-09-17 · 2×5
SPY across recent weekends and holiday weekends: Friday's close vs. the reopening printseries ·
2026-09-17 · 10×6
Every upcoming NYSE closure and early close on the calendar feed, with a countdownseries ·
2026-09-17 · 12×6
Unscheduled closures on the tape: zero regular-session bars on an ordinary weekdayseries ·
2026-09-17 · 5×4
Market status computed at this page's refresh: weekday check, holiday check, and the ET clockscalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×70
The most recent session on the tape: bar count, same-day SPY options prints, and the last half-day observedscalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×6211
Weekdays in the trailing year when stocks traded but no Treasury yield printedtable ·
2026-09-17 · 2×2
how-to-store-market-data-pcaps
retention_arithmeticseries ·
2026-09-17 · 3×4
how-to-get-approved-for-options-trading
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2026-09-17 · 9×9
cash_account_laddertable ·
2026-09-17 · 9×5
Highest Implied Volatility Stocks Right Now
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2026-09-17 · 1×313.2
ATM implied volatility across every actively traded underlying, latest sessionscalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×5969
Highest ATM implied volatility: liquid single names and funds, latest sessiontable ·
2026-09-17 · 12×5
do-you-get-the-dividend-if-you-buy-on-the-ex-date
gap_by_monthseries ·
2026-09-17 · 40×5
ex_open_basketranking ·
2026-09-17 · 21×4
aapl_dividendsseries ·
2026-09-17 · 8×12
Dividend Increases & Cuts This Week
Increases against cuts, by week of declaration (complete weeks only)series ·
2026-09-17 · 26×4
Payers across their own share split: the raw change against the split-adjusted changeseries ·
2026-09-17 · 9×7
Increases, cuts and the typical raise this calendar year, by company size (bands use today's market value)table ·
2026-09-17 · 4×6
Dividend increases declared in the last 7 days, largest companies first (capped at 12 rows)series ·
2026-09-17 · 6×8
Dividend cuts declared in the last 90 days, the deepest 14 first (one week is too thin for a table)series ·
2026-09-17 · 14×6
Biggest Stock Gainers and Losers This Week
Biggest stock losers this week (names trading $1B+, leveraged/inverse ETFs excluded)ranking ·
2026-09-17 · 10×4
The four major index ETFs this week, for contextranking ·
2026-09-17 · 4×2
Biggest stock gainers this week (names trading $1B+, leveraged/inverse ETFs excluded)ranking ·
2026-09-17 · 10×4
Biggest Stock Movers This Month
The window and the screened universe behind every board on this pagescalar ·
2026-09-17 · 1×520
Where every screened company landed: monthly returns by bucketranking ·
2026-09-17 · 6×2
Eight household mega-cap names over the same windowranking ·
2026-09-17 · 8×2
Biggest stock losers this month (companies trading $1B+ over the window)ranking ·
2026-09-17 · 10×3
The four major index trackers across the same window, rebased to the first openseries ·
2026-09-17 · 20×5
Biggest stock gainers this month (companies trading $1B+ over the window)ranking ·
2026-09-17 · 10×3
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The twelve best trials in training, re-scored on five untouched years (Jul 2021 to Jun 2026)
The twelve best trials in training, re-scored on five untouched years (Jul 2021 to Jun 2026)
| factor_label | in_sample_sharpe | out_of_sample_sharpe |
|---|---|---|
| trial 151 | 1.59 | -0.51 |
| trial 147 | 1.18 | -0.6 |
| trial 96 | 1.1 | 0.04 |
| trial 224 | 1.06 | -0.3 |
| trial 183 | 0.96 | 0.02 |
| trial 221 | 0.91 | 0.07 |
| trial 77 | 0.9 | -0.11 |
| trial 171 | 0.86 | 0.57 |
| trial 152 | 0.82 | -0.52 |
| trial 198 | 0.78 | -0.31 |
| trial 223 | 0.78 | 0.46 |
| trial 206 | 0.74 | 0.49 |
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH month_end AS (
SELECT ticker,
toStartOfMonth(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS month_start,
argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL','ADBE','AMZN','BA','CAT','COST','CRM','CSCO','CVX','DE',
'DUK','GE','GOOGL','HD','HON','IBM','INTC','JNJ','JPM','KO',
'LMT','MCD','MMM','MRK','MSFT','NKE','NVDA','ORCL','PEP','PFE',
'PG','QCOM','SO','T','TGT','TXN','UNP','VZ','WMT','XOM')
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= toDate('2015-12-01')
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) <= toDate('2026-06-30')
AND toDayOfMonth(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= 22
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY ticker, month_start
),
lagged AS (
SELECT ticker,
month_start,
close_px,
lagInFrame(close_px) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker ORDER BY month_start
ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prev_px
FROM month_end
),
monthly_return AS (
SELECT ticker, month_start, close_px / prev_px - 1 AS ret
FROM lagged
WHERE prev_px > 0
AND month_start >= toDate('2016-01-01')
),
trial AS (
SELECT arrayJoin(range(1, 241)) AS n
),
factor_month AS (
SELECT t.n AS trial_id,
m.month_start AS month_start,
avgIf(m.ret, bitAnd(cityHash64(m.ticker, toString(m.month_start), t.n), 1) = 1)
- avgIf(m.ret, bitAnd(cityHash64(m.ticker, toString(m.month_start), t.n), 1) = 0) AS long_short_ret
FROM monthly_return AS m
CROSS JOIN trial AS t
GROUP BY trial_id, month_start
HAVING countIf(bitAnd(cityHash64(m.ticker, toString(m.month_start), t.n), 1) = 1) > 0
AND countIf(bitAnd(cityHash64(m.ticker, toString(m.month_start), t.n), 1) = 0) > 0
),
scored AS (
SELECT trial_id,
avgIf(long_short_ret, month_start < toDate('2021-07-01'))
/ stddevSampIf(long_short_ret, month_start < toDate('2021-07-01')) * sqrt(12) AS in_sample_sharpe,
avgIf(long_short_ret, month_start >= toDate('2021-07-01'))
/ stddevSampIf(long_short_ret, month_start >= toDate('2021-07-01')) * sqrt(12) AS out_of_sample_sharpe
FROM factor_month
GROUP BY trial_id
HAVING countIf(month_start < toDate('2021-07-01')) >= 24
AND countIf(month_start >= toDate('2021-07-01')) >= 24
)
SELECT concat('trial ', toString(trial_id)) AS factor_label,
round(in_sample_sharpe, 2) AS in_sample_sharpe,
round(out_of_sample_sharpe, 2) AS out_of_sample_sharpe
FROM scored
ORDER BY in_sample_sharpe DESC
LIMIT 12
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