Statistics of Price Movements of S&P 500 Ex-Fossil Fuel ETF SPDR (SPYX)

The price movements of S&P 500 Ex-Fossil Fuel ETF SPDR (ticker SPYX) are summarized in five ways:

  • Table 1. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing prices
  • Table 2. Statistics of daily price changes using the closing and opening prices
  • Table 3 – 7. Statistics of daily price changes when SPYX opened with an increase of 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, or more than 5%
  • Table 8 – 10. Statistics of stock price changes in the 20 days after SPYX had a big price move
  • Table 11. Statistics of daily price changes in the 20 days after SPYX moved 5% with twice the 30-day average volume

The statistics are calculated using SPYX's price data across 1,313 trading days from 2015 to 2020.

Table 1. Statistics of SPYX one-day price changes

In this table, the one-day price change is calculated using the closing price and the previous day's closing price.

In the past 1,313 trading days, 53.3% of the time (699 days), SPYX closed above the previous day's closing price. 41.7% of the time (547 days), it closed below the previous day's closing price. 5.0% of the time (66 days), it did not change.

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SPYX Price Change (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
9 – 10% 1
0.08%
8 – 9% 1
0.08%
7 – 8% 1
0.08%
5 – 6% 2
0.15%
4 – 5% 4
0.30%
3 – 4% 5
0.38%
2 – 3% 15
1.14%
1 – 2% 124
9.45%
0 – 1% 546
41.62%
0% 66
5.03%
0 – -1% 422
32.16%
-1 – -2% 75
5.72%
-2 – -3% 29
2.21%
-3 – -4% 11
0.84%
-4 – -5% 5
0.38%
-5 – -6% 2
0.15%
-7 – -8% 1
0.08%
-9 – -10% 1
0.08%
-11 – -12% 1
0.08%

Table 2. Statistics of SPYX: Closing vs. Open

In this table, instead of using the closing price of the previous day, the opening price is used to calculate the one-day price change of SPYX.

40.7% of the time (535 days), SPYX closed above the opening price. 52.9% of the time (695 days), it closed below the opening price. 6.3% of the time (83 days), it closed where it started.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
5 – 6% 1
0.08%
4 – 5% 1
0.08%
3 – 4% 4
0.30%
2 – 3% 10
0.76%
1 – 2% 41
3.12%
0 – 1% 478
36.41%
0% 83
6.32%
0 – -1% 565
43.03%
-1 – -2% 93
7.08%
-2 – -3% 23
1.75%
-3 – -4% 11
0.84%
-4 – -5% 1
0.08%
-5 – -6% 1
0.08%
-6 – -7% 1
0.08%

Table 3. One-day performance when SPYX opened 5% higher than previous close

In the past 1,313 trading days, SPYX opened more than 5% higher than the previous day's closing price 3 times. Of these days, 100.0% (3 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 0.0% (0 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
3 – 4% 1
33.33%
2 – 3% 1
33.33%
1 – 2% 1
33.33%

Table 4. Closing vs. open when SPYX opened 4–5% higher

On 2 days, SPYX opened 4–5% higher than the previous day's closing price. Of these days, 0.0% (0 days) had closing prices above the opening price, and 100.0% (2 days) had closing prices below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
-2 – -3% 1
50.00%
-3 – -4% 1
50.00%

Table 5. Closing vs. open when SPYX open 3 – 4% higher

2 times SPYX opened 3 – 4% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 50.0% (1 days) closed above the opening price, 50.0% (1 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
0 – 1% 1
50.00%
-5 – -6% 1
50.00%

Table 6. Closing vs. open when SPYX open 2 – 3% higher

15 times SPYX opened 2 – 3% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 13.3% (2 days) closed above the opening price, 86.7% (13 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
2 – 3% 1
6.67%
0 – 1% 1
6.67%
0 – -1% 5
33.33%
-1 – -2% 3
20.00%
-2 – -3% 2
13.33%
-3 – -4% 2
13.33%
-6 – -7% 1
6.67%

Table 7. Closing vs. open when SPYX open 1 – 2% higher

92 times SPYX opened 1 – 2% higher than the previous day's closing price. Among these days, 44.6% (41 days) closed above the opening price, 53.3% (49 days) closed below the opening price.

Closing - Open (%) Number of Days % of Total Sessions
4 – 5% 1
1.09%
1 – 2% 5
5.43%
0 – 1% 35
38.04%
0% 2
2.17%
0 – -1% 36
39.13%
-1 – -2% 9
9.78%
-2 – -3% 4
4.35%

Table 8. Periods when SPYX moved 15% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after SPYX had a one-day price change of at least 15%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 15% Move
Days after:14710131619

Table 9. Periods when SPYX moved 10% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after SPYX had a one-day price change of at least 10%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 10% Move
Days after:14710131619
20200316-11.4% 5.9 -3.4 3.1 9.3 4.6 10.2 15.8

Table 10. Periods when SPYX moved 5% or more

In this table, we track the price movements in the 20 days after SPYX had a one-day price change of at least 5%.

DatePrice ChangePrice Change after 5% Move
Days after:14710131619
202003139.1% -11.4 -10.8 -10.0 -6.6 -9.2 -1.9 2.6
202003248.7% 1.4 7.5 2.9 8.4 13.9 13.7 15.5
202004067.2% -.5 4.5 4.3 6.0 4.8 7.2 5.8
202003175.9% -5.9 -11.8 2.8 1.4 -2.5 7.7 8.2
202003265.5% -3.1 -5.8 1.8 6.4 8.6 9.5 6.9
20200318-5.9% 1.1 2.0 5.8 2.9 11.2 16.2 18.6
20200611-5.9% 1.4 3.9 3.6 2.4 2.9 4.1 5.5
20200309-7% 4.4 -1.6 -13.2 -18.6 -5.2 -6.4 -10.0
20200312-9.5% 9.2 -3.6 -9.6 5.2 3.8 -.2 10.3
20200316-11.4% 5.9 -3.4 3.1 9.3 4.6 10.2 15.8

Table 10a. SPYX average price changes following a 5% up day

Of the 1,313 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 5 days in which SPYX was up more than 5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 5 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ 5% -3.9 -3.3 .4 3.1 3.1 7.2 7.8

Table 10b. SPYX average price changes following a 5% down day

Of the 1,313 trading days from 2015 to 2020, there were 5 days in which SPYX was down more than -5%. This table shows the average price changes over the 5 days.

Average TypeAverage Price Change
Days after:14710131619
Avg for Change ≥ -5% 4.4 -.6 -2.1 .3 3.5 4.8 8.0

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