S
Moving with the market
- S +0.20% on the last session vs SPY −0.04%: +0.2 pts of stock-specific move.
- Market backdrop (Today): Core PPI m/m 1.3% vs 0.3% expected (hotter); Core Retail Sales m/m 0.9% vs 0.6% expected (stronger); S&P futures -0.08%, 10-year yield -3bp in the 30 minutes after.
Best and worst times to own S in the past two years
Buying and selling at the close. Each colored stretch is the best or worst window for that holding period, green for a gain and red for a loss: longer holds are wider and darker underneath, shorter ones brighter on top. The grey line is the full two years. Letters mark events inside the windows (E earnings, A analyst, I insider, M mention spike, V volume spike, T theme move, N news). Hover a period above the chart to pick it out and see only its events; click it to hide or show it.
Best and worst window per holding period
| Best | Worst | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hold for | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank | Buy | Sell | Gain | Rank |
| one single day | Apr 8, 2025 | Apr 9, 2025 | +15.7% | #72 | Dec 4, 2025 | Dec 5, 2025 | -14.4% | #74 |
| one week | Sep 8, 2026 | Sep 15, 2026 | +20.8% | #117 | Dec 4, 2024 | Dec 11, 2024 | -17.8% | #105 |
| one month | Apr 10, 2026 | May 11, 2026 | +36.8% | #90 | Feb 13, 2025 | Mar 13, 2025 | -27.0% | #88 |
| 3 months | Jun 22, 2026 | Sep 22, 2026 | +61.8% | #75 | Dec 4, 2024 | Mar 4, 2025 | -30.6% | #103 |
| 6 months | Apr 10, 2026 | Oct 12, 2026 | +114.9% | #43 | Oct 21, 2024 | Apr 21, 2025 | -39.3% | #53 |
| one year | Oct 10, 2025 | Oct 12, 2026 | +48.8% | #235 | Feb 5, 2025 | Feb 5, 2026 | -46.3% | #47 |
Rank #117 for the best one week means 116 of the S&P 500 components had a better best-one week gain over the past year; for the worst windows #1 is the deepest fall. Updated .
What happened in each window
From Wallsti's event record (Aftermath's events over the two years, plus the AI-read news catalysts, which only cover recent weeks). An event is no proof of cause: check the dates against the line.
Today vs. the best starting days
| As of | 1d | 1w | 1m | 3m | 6m | 1y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 15, 2026 |
+0.3% | -9.9% | -2.6% | +16.9% | +72.5% | +35.8% |
| Best one single day Apr 8, 2025 |
-3.7% | -12.5% | -17.9% | -27.6% | -33.9% | -28.9% |
| Best one week Sep 8, 2026 |
-2.3% | -5.8% | -9.2% | +23.4% | +36.9% | +5.4% |
| Best one month Apr 10, 2026 |
-6.5% | -10.4% | -15.6% | -21.0% | -30.8% | -31.8% |
| Best 3 months Jun 22, 2026 |
-1.9% | -3.0% | -21.2% | +4.0% | -1.3% | -15.1% |
| Best 6 months Apr 10, 2026 |
-6.5% | -10.4% | -15.6% | -21.0% | -30.8% | -31.8% |
| Best one year Oct 10, 2025 |
-4.2% | -3.9% | -3.3% | -3.7% | -1.5% | -33.3% |
Trailing gains over each window, today and on the day each best window started, to compare today's setup with the best entries.