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The week of May 4

US market events that move the SPX book, in ET, with what usually followed each kind of event across the sessions in the free archive. The same calendar the terminal draws beside every session.

Week of May 4

The week of May 4, 2026, ET

Mon 4nothing scheduled

Tue 5

10:00ISM services PMI30 min after 10:00: 1.1x the tape's own vol, 50 days · all ISM days
10:00JOLTS job openingsOpenings: actual 6.89M / prior 6.92M30 min after 10:00: 1.24x the tape's own vol, 52 days · all JOLTS days

Wed 6nothing scheduled

Thu 7

08:30Initial jobless claimspre-openClaims: actual 199K / prior 190Kfirst 30 min: 1.08x the usual open, 215 days · all jobless claims days

Fri 8

08:30Nonfarm payrollspre-openhighPayrolls: actual 148K / prior 214K; Unemployment rate: actual 4.3% / prior 4.3%first 30 min: 1.33x the usual open, 50 days · all payrolls days

Week of May 11

The week of May 11, 2026, ET

Mon 11nothing scheduled

Tue 12

08:30CPIpre-openhighCPI y/y: actual 3.9% / prior 3.3%; Core CPI m/m: actual 0.4% / prior 0.2%first 30 min: 1.27x the usual open, 53 days · all CPI days
13:0010-year note auction, $42B30 min after 13:00: 1.21x the tape's own vol, 156 days · all Treasury auction days

Wed 13

08:30PPIpre-openPPI m/m: actual 1.1% / prior 0.8%first 30 min: 1.03x the usual open, 52 days · all PPI days
13:0030-year bond auction, $25B30 min after 13:00: 1.21x the tape's own vol, 156 days · all Treasury auction days

Thu 14

08:30Retail salespre-openRetail sales m/m: actual 0.7% / prior 1.7%first 30 min: 1.03x the usual open, 57 days · all retail sales days
08:30Initial jobless claimspre-openClaims: actual 212K / prior 199Kfirst 30 min: 1.08x the usual open, 215 days · all jobless claims days

Fri 15

closeMonthly opexthe session: 0.95x the usual session, 36 days · the study · all expiration days

How to read the line under an event

Each kind of event carries one measured line: over the window that follows it, how much the index moved relative to what the tape was already doing, averaged over every archived session that carried the event, against the same window on every other session. In the file's own words: range over the window / (trailing 30-min move x sqrt(minutes)), mean on event days over mean on other days. A pre-open release is read over the first 30 minutes of the session as a share of the opening print. The day count is the number of archived sessions behind the number, so a line on 36 days says less than one on 215.

The FOMC decision and the expirations link to the studies that took them apart; the decision also links to the forward ledger, where two rules fixed in advance are scored on every meeting after the fact. Sources are linked on the event itself: the Fed's own calendar, FRED release dates, TreasuryDirect, the ISM report, the issuer's earnings page.

The terminal's dock opens the same week beside the session, marks in-session events on the time axis and the replay scrubber, and in the live stream counts down to the next one. The Lab reads the calendar as per-minute columns, so a rule can name "the first 15 minutes after CPI". The raw file is public JSON, keyed by ET date, rebuilt every six hours.

Measured history, not a forecast. The calendar is built from public schedules and can change when the source changes; nothing on this page is investment advice. See the Terms.