SELECT fxinterval.name, fxccypairmap.ccypair, fxhistorical.low, fxhistorical.high, fxhistorical.open, fxhistorical.ival_start, fxhistorical."close" FROM fxhistorical JOIN fxccypairmap ON fxhistorical.ccyindex = fxccypairmap.ccyindex JOIN fxinterval ON fxhistorical.intervalid = fxinterval.intervalid WHERE fxccypairmap.ccypair='EUR/USD' AND fxinterval.name='1MIN' ORDER BY fxhistorical.ival_start DESC LIMIT 500 EXPLAIN OUTPUT: Limit (cost=2.69..72238.08 rows=500 width=71) -> Nested Loop (cost=2.69..1490796.75 rows=10319 width=71) Join Filter: ("outer".intervalid = "inner".intervalid) -> Nested Loop (cost=1.60..1489170.46 rows=72231 width=65) Join Filter: ("outer".ccyindex = "inner".ccyindex) -> Index Scan Backward using index_fxhistorical_ival_start on fxhistorical (cost=0.00..1411159.38 rows=3467088 width=56) -> Materialize (cost=1.60..1.61 rows=1 width=13) -> Seq Scan on fxccypairmap (cost=0.00..1.60 rows=1 width=13) Filter: (ccypair = 'EUR/USD'::bpchar) -> Materialize (cost=1.09..1.10 rows=1 width=10) -> Seq Scan on fxinterval (cost=0.00..1.09 rows=1 width=10) Filter: ((name)::text = '5MIN'::text) EXPLAIN ANALYZE: Limit (cost=2.69..72240.65 rows=500 width=71) (actual time=10.584..19744.503 rows=500 loops=1) -> Nested Loop (cost=2.69..1490849.75 rows=10319 width=71) (actual time=10.570..19738.502 rows=500 loops=1) Join Filter: ("outer".intervalid = "inner".intervalid) -> Nested Loop (cost=1.60..1489223.46 rows=72231 width=65) (actual time=6.004..19707.766 rows=774 loops=1) Join Filter: ("outer".ccyindex = "inner".ccyindex) -> Index Scan Backward using index_fxhistorical_ival_start on fxhistorical (cost=0.00..1411212.38 rows=3467088 width=56) (actual time=0.115..18587.625 rows=37139 loops=1) -> Materialize (cost=1.60..1.61 rows=1 width=13) (actual time=0.006..0.012 rows=1 loops=37139) -> Seq Scan on fxccypairmap (cost=0.00..1.60 rows=1 width=13) (actual time=4.928..4.945 rows=1 loops=1) Filter: (ccypair = 'EUR/USD'::bpchar) -> Materialize (cost=1.09..1.10 rows=1 width=10) (actual time=0.012..0.018 rows=1 loops=774) -> Seq Scan on fxinterval (cost=0.00..1.09 rows=1 width=10) (actual time=4.508..4.517 rows=1 loops=1) Filter: ((name)::text = '1MIN'::text)