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Microsoft SQL Server 2022 (RTM) - 16.0.1000.6 (X64)
Oct 8 2022 05:58:25
Copyright (C) 2022 Microsoft Corporation
Express Edition (64-bit) on Windows Server 2019 Standard 10.0 <X64> (Build 17763: ) (Hypervisor)
---Table Creation---
CREATE TABLE UserTable
([Date] DATETIME2, [Ticker] varchar(5), [Action] varchar(5));

INSERT INTO UserTable
([Date], [Ticker], [Action])
VALUES
('2022-03-01' , 'AAPL' , 'BUY'),
('2022-03-02' , 'AAPL' , 'SELL'),
('2022-03-03' , 'AAPL' , 'BUY'),
('2022-03-01' , 'CMG' , 'SELL'),
('2022-03-02' , 'CMG' , 'HOLD'),
('2022-03-03' , 'CMG' , 'HOLD'),
('2022-03-01' , 'GPS' , 'SELL'),
('2022-03-02' , 'GPS' , 'SELL'),
('2022-03-03' , 'GPS' , 'SELL')
;
9 rows affected
with data
as (
select date
,ticker
,action
,case when lag(action) over(partition by ticker order by date) <> action then
1
else 0
end as marker
from usertable
)
,interim_data
as (
select *
,sum(marker) over(partition by ticker order by date) as grp_val
from data
)
,interim_data2
as (
select *
,count(*) over(partition by ticker,grp_val) as NumSequentialDaysAction
from interim_data
)
select ticker,NumSequentialDaysAction
from interim_data2
where date='2022-03-03'

ticker NumSequentialDaysAction
AAPL 1
CMG 2
GPS 3