Official U.S. CPI releaseFri, Apr 10March 2026
QQQ / SPY · Complete month
April 2026
Replay April 2026 through QQQ/SPY closing paths, intraday turns, recurring news themes, and every daily curve.
- Review days
- 30
- Trading days
- 21
- News
- 3,144
- Recurring news themes
- 6
2026-04-01 — 2026-04-30
Monthly performance
QQQ +15.67%SPY +10.47%
QQQ ended at +15.67% and SPY at +10.47% from the previous regular close before the month.
Monthly change runs from the final trading-day close before the month to the final trading-day close of the month. Each point on the chart is a trading-day close.
Sessions worth replaying
Strongest QQQ sessionStrongest SPY session
Wed, Apr 8QQQ +2.94%SPY +2.53%
152 news items Weakest QQQ session
Tue, Apr 28QQQ -1.00%SPY -0.49%
126 news items Weakest SPY session
Tue, Apr 21QQQ -0.39%SPY -0.64%
145 news items Largest QQQ–SPY divergence
Fri, Apr 24QQQ +1.92%SPY +0.78%
QQQ led SPY by 1.14 pp
112 news itemsStrongest intraday rebound
Tue, Apr 7QQQ +0.03%SPY +0.05%
Rebound after the intraday low · QQQ +1.75% · SPY +1.24%
158 news itemsCalmest session
Mon, Apr 27QQQ +0.06%SPY +0.17%
Intraday range · QQQ +0.53% · SPY +0.43%
133 news itemsBusiest news day
Wed, Apr 29QQQ +0.62%SPY -0.01%
183 news items Recurring news themes
See which themes kept returning during the month and how many review days they appeared in.
01
Geopolitics
130 related news items · 27 review days
67.4%+15.2 pp vs prior 3 months
02Earnings
13 related news items · 10 review days
6.7%+1.1 pp vs prior 3 months
03Jobs report
19 related news items · 6 review days
9.8%-3.0 pp vs prior 3 months
04FOMC
6 related news items · 5 review days
3.1%-2.1 pp vs prior 3 months
05China
6 related news items · 4 review days
3.1%-2.3 pp vs prior 3 months
06Semiconductors
4 related news items · 4 review days
2.1%-0.4 pp vs prior 3 months
Topic counts are descriptive coverage measures. They do not measure price impact.
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Trading days show QQQ/SPY closing moves alongside the day’s news. Market-closed dates keep their news timelines.