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Non-Marginable Securities: Reg T vs House
Symbols closing the month below $5 and below $1, past two yearsseries · 2026-08-22 · 24×3Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Symbol count and average daily range, by price bucketranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Average daily range of recent listings, by age since listingranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first.
Margin for Selling Naked Options: Reg T Math
One fixed short AAPL call strike: requirement as a percent of the share price, April to June 2026series · 2026-08-22 · 62×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending higher. Reg T minimum branches for one uncovered AAPL put, by strike (dollars per share)ranking · 2026-08-22 · 11×4Preview: 11 ranked values, smallest first. Uncovered call minimum per contract, strike about 5% out of the moneyranking · 2026-08-22 · 5×3Preview: 5 ranked values, largest first. Reg T minimum branches for one uncovered AAPL call, by strike (dollars per share)ranking · 2026-08-22 · 12×4Preview: 12 ranked values, smallest first.
Good Faith Violations in Cash Accounts
Every session ahead, and the day a sale made in it settlesseries · 2026-08-22 · 15×4Preview: a 15-point series, roughly flat. KO and AAPL closes across the July 2026 holiday week, with settlement datesseries · 2026-08-22 · 9×5Preview: a 9-point series, ending higher. Trailing year: calendar days a sale waited to settleranking · 2026-08-22 · 4×3Preview: 4 ranked values, largest first.
What Is a Special Memorandum Account (SMA)?
One margin account through four events: equity, requirement, and SMAtable · 2026-08-19 · 5×8
Reg T Margin vs Portfolio Margin Explained
SPY realized volatility and worst session, by calendar yearranking · 2026-08-09 · 20×4Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. SPY daily moves and drawdown, February to April 2020series · 2026-08-09 · 45×4Preview: a 16-point series, ending lower. Worst one-session and five-session declines since January 2015ranking · 2026-08-09 · 6×3Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Average implied volatility by strike distance from spot, SPY, May to June 2026ranking · 2026-08-09 · 9×3Preview: 9 ranked values, largest first.
Symbols closing the month below $5 and below $1, past two years

Symbols closing the month below $5 and below $1, past two years

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Symbols closing the month below $5 and below $1, past two years — 24 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
monthunder_5_countunder_1_count
2024-081869714
2024-091862712
2024-101832682
2024-111778650
2024-121795626
2025-011772607
2025-021845623
2025-031956672
2025-041955652
2025-051903615
2025-061869597
2025-071867568
2025-081833569
2025-091791537
2025-101822542
2025-111908606
2025-121955693
2026-011931674
2026-022001741
2026-032128808
2026-042036797
2026-052056800
2026-062149866
2026-072281968
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
    formatDateTime(m, '%Y-%m')  AS month,
    countIf(month_close < 5)    AS under_5_count,
    countIf(month_close < 1)    AS under_1_count
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toStartOfMonth(date) AS m,
        ticker,
        argMax(close, date)  AS month_close
    FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
    WHERE date >= toStartOfMonth(today() - 730)
      AND date <  toStartOfMonth(today())
      AND volume > 0
      AND close > 0
    GROUP BY m, ticker
)
GROUP BY m
ORDER BY m
$