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Options Approval Denied? What to Do Next
Large single-session SPY declines by calendar yearranking · 2026-10-09 · 11×3Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first.
US Stock Splits for Chinese Investors
Forward and reverse splits on the US tape, by yearranking · 2026-10-06 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first. Recent US splits, stamped in New York and Beijing timeseries · 2026-10-06 · 12×7Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. A 137-share lot through real large-cap splitsranking · 2026-10-06 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. NVDA traded option strikes, before and after the splitseries · 2026-10-06 · 8×5Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher. One US split session, hour by hour, in both time zonesseries · 2026-10-06 · 16×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
Reverse Split: Round Up or Cash in Lieu?
Reverse splits executed per year, and how many used a ratio of 1-for-10 or largerranking · 2026-10-06 · 11×3Preview: 11 ranked values, smallest first. Reverse split ratios since 2016, by how often each one is usedranking · 2026-10-06 · 12×2Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. 8-K disclosures mentioning a reverse stock split, and how many spell out the fractionranking · 2026-10-06 · 2×4Preview: 2 ranked values, smallest first. First week post split average close, and what half a share would payseries · 2026-10-06 · 12×4Preview: a 12-point series, ending lower.
How After-Market Orders Work: AMO vs Live
AAPL volume by ET half hour, September 2026series · 2026-10-06 · 32×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Share of monthly volume by session phase, September 2026ranking · 2026-10-06 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Median overnight gap against median intraday range, twelve months to September 2026ranking · 2026-10-06 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Upcoming US market holidays and early closesseries · 2026-10-06 · 12×7Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher.
Buy Stop vs Sell Stop Orders: How Each Fires
How often a 2 percent stop distance gets touched, by nameranking · 2026-10-06 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. KO quoted spread by half hour of the ET clock, one pinned sessionseries · 2026-10-06 · 14×3Preview: a 14-point series, ending lower. SPY: share of sessions opening a given distance from the prior closeranking · 2026-10-06 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Apple's eight widest downside opening gaps since 2021ranking · 2026-10-06 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
Trading API vs Market Data API: Key Differences
Average quoted spread in basis points, 16 September 2026ranking · 2026-10-05 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. September 2026 end of day summary, five household namesranking · 2026-10-05 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. AAPL top of book message volume by ET hour, 16 September 2026ranking · 2026-10-05 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first.
Can You Opt Out of Share Lending?
Share of reported AAPL volume marked short, by sessionseries · 2026-10-05 · 64×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Cash per share a substitute payment would have replaced, trailing yearranking · 2026-10-05 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. How crowded is the short side? Days to cover across the whole reporting universeranking · 2026-10-05 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Reported short interest and days to cover across seven large capsranking · 2026-10-05 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first.
Stock Splits vs Fractional Shares Explained
AAPL prints by trade size, one to ten shares, June 10 2026 sessionranking · 2026-10-04 · 10×2Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. NVDA strike ladder and share price across its June 2024 splitseries · 2026-10-04 · 10×5Preview: a 10-point series, ending higher. Forward stock splits at liquid US names, past three yearsranking · 2026-10-04 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first. Price weighting across ten large US names, latest closeranking · 2026-10-04 · 10×3Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first.
Options Approval Levels: What Each Tier Allows
Every $5 call spread on the same AAPL expiration: risk against maximum gainranking · 2026-10-04 · 7×3Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Largest single-session move, open to close, since 2016ranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. What a covered call collects across strikes: AAPL, about one month outtable · 2026-10-04 · 6×5 Cash needed to hold 100 shares, six household namesranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Mutual Fund Order Cutoff Times by Broker
Upcoming US market closures and early closesseries · 2026-10-04 · 12×7Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. Full sessions versus shortened sessions over the trailing yearranking · 2026-10-04 · 2×2Preview: 2 ranked values, largest first. Shortened sessions on the SPY tape since January 2024series · 2026-10-04 · 6×5Preview: a 6-point series, roughly flat.
Fully Paid Securities Lending Explained
Share of reported KO volume marked short, by sessionseries · 2026-10-04 · 68×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Cash paid per share and payment count, trailing yearranking · 2026-10-04 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Days to cover for two large dividend payers, by settlement dateseries · 2026-10-04 · 47×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Days to cover: household names against the most in-demand liquid borrowsranking · 2026-10-04 · 10×2Preview: 10 ranked values, largest first.
Partial Assignment of Short Options
Option trade sizes on one AAPL session (May 14, 2026)ranking · 2026-09-30 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Contract lines traded into the May 2026 monthly expirationranking · 2026-09-30 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Why Overnight Orders Must Be Limit Orders
Where the consolidated tape starts and stops each day (AAPL, September 2026)series · 2026-09-27 · 13×5Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. Median quoted spread by ET hour (AAPL, pinned session of September 16, 2026)ranking · 2026-09-27 · 16×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first. Average per-minute volume by ET hour (AAPL, 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., September 2026)table · 2026-09-27 · 16×5 Median per-minute price range, premarket versus midday (September 2026)ranking · 2026-09-27 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Does an Expired Option Count as a Day Trade?
Distinct SPY expiration dates traded each weekseries · 2026-09-27 · 13×3Preview: a 13-point series, ending lower. Share of August 2026 options volume expiring within five days, by underlyingranking · 2026-09-27 · 6×2Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Held vs Not-Held Orders: Broker Discretion
Distance from AAPL's daily VWAP to that morning's opening printseries · 2026-08-12 · 9×2Preview: a 9-point series, ending higher. Average gap between the daily VWAP and the open, June 2026ranking · 2026-08-12 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Share of AAPL prints and volume by trade size, June 17 2026ranking · 2026-08-12 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Average quoted spread by half hour, AAPL and KO, June 17 2026series · 2026-08-12 · 15×3Preview: a 15-point series, ending higher.
Professional vs Non-Professional Market Data
US equity and options venues in the exchange reference listranking · 2026-08-08 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. AAPL quote messages per 15 minutes, pinned session of Jun 16, 2026series · 2026-08-08 · 36×2Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Listed option contracts that traded on Jun 16, 2026, by underlyingranking · 2026-08-08 · 5×4Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Quote message rate by symbol, 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. ET on Jun 16, 2026ranking · 2026-08-08 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Rule 605 vs 606: Execution Quality Reports
Where AAPL prints fall by trade size, June 17, 2026ranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Share of June 2026 volume reported to FINRA facilitiesranking · 2026-08-07 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. AAPL quoted spread across the trading clock, June 17, 2026series · 2026-08-07 · 22×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Effective spread against quoted spread by trade size, AAPLranking · 2026-08-07 · 4×4Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first.
Large single-session SPY declines by calendar year

Large single-session SPY declines by calendar year

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Large single-session SPY declines by calendar year — 11 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
yearsessions_down_2pctworst_day_pct
202024-10.94
202223-4.35
201814-4.18
20258-5.85
20216-2.44
20165-3.64
20195-3.01
20244-2.98
20262-2.58
20231-2.01
20170-1.77
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    toYear(session_date)   AS year,
    countIf(ret_pct <= -2) AS sessions_down_2pct,
    round(min(ret_pct), 2) AS worst_day_pct
FROM
(
    SELECT
        session_date,
        c,
        lagInFrame(c) OVER (ORDER BY session_date ASC ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prev_c,
        if(prev_c > 0, round(100 * (c / prev_c - 1), 2), NULL)                                  AS ret_pct
    FROM
    (
        SELECT
            date                   AS session_date,
            toFloat64(max(close))  AS c
        FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
        WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
          AND date >= '2016-01-01'
          AND date < today()
        GROUP BY date
    )
)
WHERE ret_pct IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY sessions_down_2pct DESC, year ASC
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