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when-do-vix-options-expire
wednesday_expiriesranking · 2026-09-17 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first.
what-is-the-3m10y-spread
recentseries · 2026-09-17 · 60×6Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. monthlyseries · 2026-09-17 · 241×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. inversionsseries · 2026-09-17 · 9×6Preview: a 9-point series, roughly flat. front_endseries · 2026-09-17 · 42×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. episodes_comparedtable · 2026-09-17 · 3×9
what-does-cross-mean-in-trading
quote_statesranking · 2026-09-17 · 3×4Preview: 3 ranked values, largest first. cross_minutesseries · 2026-09-17 · 7×4Preview: a 7-point series, roughly flat. cross_codestable · 2026-09-17 · 13×5
Weekly Market Recap: The Week in Numbers
Where the volume went: most dollars traded over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. The eleven S&P 500 sectors over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 11×2Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first. Biggest stock losers over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. The major index ETFs over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Biggest stock gainers over the past weekranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Daily market breadth: advancers vs decliners each session (names trading $500M+)series · 2026-09-17 · 5×3Preview: a 5-point series, roughly flat.
Upcoming Stock Splits Calendar
Upcoming US stock splits: announced, with a future effective datetable · 2026-09-17 · 30×5 Announced upcoming splits by directionranking · 2026-09-17 · 2×2Preview: 2 ranked values, largest first. Announced stock splits by effective month: forward vs reverseseries · 2026-09-17 · 4×4Preview: a 4-point series, ending lower.
Unusual Volume Stocks This Week, Measured
How the whole qualifying universe traded this week, bucketed by relative volumeranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. 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 · 8×6Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat. The board leader, day by day: daily relative volume and open-to-close change (last 15 sessions)series · 2026-09-17 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, roughly flat. Wild multiples the dollar floor removes: highest relative volume among names trading under $500M this weekseries · 2026-09-17 · 6×5Preview: a 6-point series, ending higher.
Unusual Options Activity: Last Session
Market-wide options volume by session, with monthly expirations labelledseries · 2026-09-17 · 25×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. 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 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. 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 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. open_vs_lunchtable · 2026-09-17 · 5×6 lunch_povseries · 2026-09-17 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher. curve_dispersionseries · 2026-09-17 · 13×4Preview: a 13-point series, ending higher.
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 · 193×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. return_bucketsranking · 2026-09-17 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, smallest first.
the-390-rule-in-options-trading
spy_trade_sizesranking · 2026-09-17 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. spy_option_paceseries · 2026-09-17 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. session_shapeseries · 2026-09-17 · 16×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. one_lot_shareranking · 2026-09-17 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Short Squeeze Candidates This Week
Squeeze-shaped mechanics: crowded shorts among liquid names, with a rising priceranking · 2026-09-17 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. 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 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. From the whole settlement file down to the screened list, one rule at a timeranking · 2026-09-17 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Every input behind this screen, and how many days old it isseries · 2026-09-17 · 3×3Preview: a 3-point series, ending lower. Liquid names at 5+ and 10+ days to cover, settlement by settlementseries · 2026-09-17 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher.
santa-claus-rally
worst_windowstable · 2026-09-17 · 5×5 window_vs_decembertable · 2026-09-17 · 3×8 window_volumeranking · 2026-09-17 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. santa_windowstable · 2026-09-17 · 23×5 folklore_testtable · 2026-09-17 · 2×6
Recent Stock Splits (Forward and Reverse)
Forward vs reverse splits executed in the last 45 daysranking · 2026-09-17 · 2×2Preview: 2 ranked values, largest first. Recent reverse stock splits (shares consolidated), last 30 daysranking · 2026-09-17 · 15×4Preview: 15 ranked values, largest first. Recent forward stock splits (shares multiplied), last 60 days, ETFs excludedranking · 2026-09-17 · 15×4Preview: 15 ranked values, largest first.
nasdaq-closing-cross-explained
hourly_profileranking · 2026-09-17 · 16×4Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first. cross_shareseries · 2026-09-17 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, ending lower. cross_printtable · 2026-09-17 · 6×6 close_secondsseries · 2026-09-17 · 20×4Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. close_codesranking · 2026-09-17 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first.
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 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. Crowding leaders vs. their own price: about one month of sessionsseries · 2026-09-17 · 4×5Preview: a 4-point series, ending higher. GME through the January 2021 squeeze: the same three columns, settlement by settlementseries · 2026-09-17 · 10×4Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. Today's top-3 crowding leaders, traced back eight settlementsseries · 2026-09-17 · 8×4Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher. Biggest days-to-cover increases, latest settlement vs. the prior printranking · 2026-09-17 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Highest days to cover among liquid names: latest settlement on filetable · 2026-09-17 · 10×5
Stock Market Holidays 2026–2027: NYSE & Nasdaq
Upcoming US stock market holidays and early closesseries · 2026-09-17 · 12×6Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Recently-passed weekday closures, recovered from the SPY tapeseries · 2026-09-17 · 4×3Preview: a 4-point series, roughly flat. 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 · 10×6Preview: a 10-point series, ending lower. Every upcoming NYSE closure and early close on the calendar feed, with a countdownseries · 2026-09-17 · 12×6Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Unscheduled closures on the tape: zero regular-session bars on an ordinary weekdayseries · 2026-09-17 · 5×4Preview: a 5-point series, roughly flat. 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 · 3×4Preview: a 3-point series, ending lower.
how-to-get-approved-for-options-trading
margin_spread_laddertable · 2026-09-17 · 9×9 cash_account_laddertable · 2026-09-17 · 9×5
Highest Implied Volatility Stocks Right Now
SPY, the same measurement: the market's calm benchmarkscalar · 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 · 40×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. ex_open_basketranking · 2026-09-17 · 21×4Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first. aapl_dividendsseries · 2026-09-17 · 8×12Preview: a 8-point series, roughly flat.
Dividend Increases & Cuts This Week
Increases against cuts, by week of declaration (complete weeks only)series · 2026-09-17 · 26×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Payers across their own share split: the raw change against the split-adjusted changeseries · 2026-09-17 · 9×7Preview: a 9-point series, ending lower. 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 · 6×8Preview: a 6-point series, ending lower. Dividend cuts declared in the last 90 days, the deepest 14 first (one week is too thin for a table)series · 2026-09-17 · 14×6Preview: a 14-point series, ending higher.
Biggest Stock Gainers and Losers This Week
Biggest stock losers this week (names trading $1B+, leveraged/inverse ETFs excluded)ranking · 2026-09-17 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. The four major index ETFs this week, for contextranking · 2026-09-17 · 4×2Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first. Biggest stock gainers this week (names trading $1B+, leveraged/inverse ETFs excluded)ranking · 2026-09-17 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first.
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 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Eight household mega-cap names over the same windowranking · 2026-09-17 · 8×2Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Biggest stock losers this month (companies trading $1B+ over the window)ranking · 2026-09-17 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. The four major index trackers across the same window, rebased to the first openseries · 2026-09-17 · 20×5Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Biggest stock gainers this month (companies trading $1B+ over the window)ranking · 2026-09-17 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first.
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Training rank against holdout result: 240 trials cut into fifths

Training rank against holdout result: 240 trials cut into fifths

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Training rank against holdout result: 240 trials cut into fifths — 5 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
training_groupavg_in_sample_sharpeavg_out_of_sample_sharpe
best fifth in training0.660.01
second fifth0.260.02
middle fifth-0.01-0.08
fourth fifth-0.24-0.03
worst fifth in training-0.630.13
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
),
ranked AS (
    SELECT trial_id,
           in_sample_sharpe,
           out_of_sample_sharpe,
           row_number() OVER (ORDER BY in_sample_sharpe DESC) AS in_sample_rank
    FROM scored
)
SELECT multiIf(in_sample_rank <=  48, 'best fifth in training',
               in_sample_rank <=  96, 'second fifth',
               in_sample_rank <= 144, 'middle fifth',
               in_sample_rank <= 192, 'fourth fifth',
               'worst fifth in training') AS training_group,
       round(avg(in_sample_sharpe), 2) AS avg_in_sample_sharpe,
       round(avg(out_of_sample_sharpe), 2) AS avg_out_of_sample_sharpe
FROM ranked
GROUP BY training_group
ORDER BY min(in_sample_rank)
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