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WITH daily AS
(
    SELECT
        date,
        toFloat64(close) / nullIf(lagInFrame(toFloat64(close), 1)
            OVER (ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW), 0) - 1 AS ret
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND date >= '2005-12-01'
      AND date <  '2026-01-01'
),
indexed AS
(
    SELECT
        ret,
        row_number() OVER (ORDER BY date) AS i
    FROM daily
    WHERE date >= '2006-01-01'
      AND ret IS NOT NULL
),
base AS
(
    SELECT varSamp(ret) AS var_1d FROM indexed
),
blocks AS
(
    SELECT
        k,
        intDiv(i, k)  AS blk,
        count()       AS n,
        sum(ret)      AS block_ret
    FROM indexed
    CROSS JOIN (SELECT arrayJoin([2, 3, 5, 10, 21, 42, 63]) AS k) AS ks
    GROUP BY k, blk
    HAVING n = k
)
SELECT
    concat(toString(k), ' sessions')                          AS block_length,
    count()                                                   AS block_count,
    round(varSamp(block_ret) / (k * any(var_1d)), 3)          AS variance_ratio
FROM blocks
CROSS JOIN base
GROUP BY k
ORDER BY k