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US Dividend Frequency: Quarterly vs Japan
Average days between consecutive ex-dividend dates, by scheduleranking · 2026-10-05 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, smallest first. Large US monthly dividend payers, trailing 12 monthsranking · 2026-10-05 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. US dividend payers by payment schedule, trailing 12 monthsranking · 2026-10-05 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Apple dividend cycles: declared, ex-date, record, paidseries · 2026-10-05 · 8×7Preview: a 8-point series, ending higher.
US Dividend Tax for Japanese Investors
Trailing 12-month dividend yield, gross and net of US withholdingranking · 2026-10-04 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. One Apple dividend per share, in yen, across four account setupstable · 2026-10-04 · 4×6 What 10% and 30% remove from one quarterly dividend, per shareseries · 2026-10-04 · 8×5Preview: a 8-point series, ending lower. Apple's quarterly dividend, gross and net of US withholdingseries · 2026-10-04 · 15×5Preview: a 15-point series, ending higher.
Stock Splits in Japan and the 100-Share Unit
Large-cap US forward splits since 2022 and the ticket each one cuttable · 2026-10-04 · 12×5 US forward and reverse splits per year since 2016ranking · 2026-10-04 · 11×3Preview: 11 ranked values, largest first. Every AAPL print on September 15, 2026, grouped by trade sizeranking · 2026-10-04 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. What a 100-share trading unit would cost on six US namesranking · 2026-10-04 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first.
Is the US Market Open on Japanese Holidays?
One-minute SPY bars per session, US Thanksgiving week 2025series · 2026-10-04 · 7×3Preview: a 7-point series, roughly flat. US market closures ahead that Tokyo trades throughseries · 2026-10-04 · 12×6Preview: a 12-point series, ending higher. What the US tape did on 2026 Tokyo market holidaysseries · 2026-10-04 · 13×5Preview: a 13-point series, roughly flat. US sessions through the Golden Week 2026 Tokyo closureseries · 2026-10-04 · 10×4Preview: a 10-point series, ending higher.
When Is SQ Day for Nikkei 225 Options?
Opening prints against the previous close: settlement Friday vs an ordinary Fridayranking · 2026-08-16 · 8×3Preview: 8 ranked values, largest first. Share of SPY session volume printed in the opening minute, third Friday vs other Fridaysseries · 2026-08-16 · 11×4Preview: a 11-point series, ending higher. SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026series · 2026-08-16 · 46×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher.
Japanese IPO Lockups: The 1.5x Release Rule
One US listing traced against a flat line at 1.5x its offer priceseries · 2026-08-07 · 82×3Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Share of US listings trading at 1.5x their offer price, by day since listingranking · 2026-08-07 · 19×2Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. US listings clearing 1.5x the offer price on the first close, by listing yearranking · 2026-08-07 · 8×4Preview: 8 ranked values, smallest first.
Nikkei 225 Options and SQ Settlement
SPY implied volatility vs the volatility realized in the following monthseries · 2026-08-03 · 23×5Preview: a 16-point series, roughly flat. Implied vs realized volatility, six heavily traded US underlyings, twelve months to June 30, 2026ranking · 2026-08-03 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Median theta and implied volatility by days to expiry: near-the-money SPY contracts, H1 2026table · 2026-08-03 · 60×4 SPY on monthly settlement Fridays: the opening gap, and where the session went afterwardsseries · 2026-08-03 · 16×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Opening prints on settlement morning, May 15, 2026: twelve large US constituentsranking · 2026-08-03 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first.
Trading US 0DTE Options From Japan
Same-day options volume by Japan Standard Time hour: all US-listed options, Friday July 10, 2026ranking · 2026-07-31 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, largest first. Median bid-ask spread on SPY same-day contracts quoted $1-$10, by Japan Standard Time hour: July 10, 2026ranking · 2026-07-31 · 7×4Preview: 7 ranked values, smallest first. Japanese local time of each US session boundary, January against July: static illustrative reference for 2026series · 2026-07-31 · 4×4Preview: a 4-point series, roughly flat. The US trading day converted into Japan Standard Time: static illustrative reference, July 2026series · 2026-07-31 · 6×5Preview: a 6-point series, ending higher.
Average days between consecutive ex-dividend dates, by schedule

Average days between consecutive ex-dividend dates, by schedule

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Average days between consecutive ex-dividend dates, by schedule — 4 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
labelavg_days_betweengap_count
Monthly3141825
Quarterly94.133459
Semi-annual189.28313
Annual355.31934
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH dated AS
(
    SELECT
        ticker,
        ex_dividend_date,
        max(frequency) AS freq
    FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
    WHERE ex_dividend_date >= today() - 800
      AND ex_dividend_date <  today()
      AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12)
      AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
    GROUP BY ticker, ex_dividend_date
),
gaps AS
(
    SELECT
        freq,
        dateDiff('day',
                 lagInFrame(ex_dividend_date) OVER (PARTITION BY ticker
                                                    ORDER BY ex_dividend_date ASC
                                                    ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW),
                 ex_dividend_date) AS days_between
    FROM dated
)
SELECT
    multiIf(freq = 12, 'Monthly',
            freq = 4,  'Quarterly',
            freq = 2,  'Semi-annual',
                       'Annual')    AS label,
    round(avg(days_between), 1)     AS avg_days_between,
    count()                         AS gap_count
FROM gaps
WHERE days_between BETWEEN 10 AND 450
GROUP BY freq
ORDER BY avg_days_between
$