Average daily volume before and after the 180 day mark, 2023-2024 IPOs
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-06, from Do Stocks Fall When a Lockup Expires?.
| ticker | avg_volume_before_m | avg_volume_after_m | volume_change_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAB | 3.18 | 3.62 | 13.6 |
| RDDT | 3.56 | 3.91 | 9.8 |
| BIRK | 0.43 | 0.43 | -0.8 |
| RBRK | 1.96 | 1.09 | -44.1 |
| CART | 5.3 | 2.57 | -51.5 |
| ARM | 24.57 | 7.97 | -67.6 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 6 distinct values (ALAB, ARM, BIRK…) | |
avg_volume_before_m |
number | 0.43 to 24.57 | count |
avg_volume_after_m |
number | 0.43 to 7.97 | count |
volume_change_pct |
number | -67.6 to 13.6 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH multiIf(
ticker = 'ARM', toDate('2023-09-14'),
ticker = 'CART', toDate('2023-09-19'),
ticker = 'BIRK', toDate('2023-10-11'),
ticker = 'ALAB', toDate('2024-03-20'),
ticker = 'RDDT', toDate('2024-03-21'),
ticker = 'RBRK', toDate('2024-04-25'),
toDate('2024-01-01')) + 180 AS lockup_mark
SELECT
ticker,
round(avgIf(day_volume, session_date < lockup_mark) / 1e6, 2) AS avg_volume_before_m,
round(avgIf(day_volume, session_date >= lockup_mark) / 1e6, 2) AS avg_volume_after_m,
round(100 * (avgIf(day_volume, session_date >= lockup_mark)
/ avgIf(day_volume, session_date < lockup_mark) - 1), 1) AS volume_change_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
ticker,
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session_date,
toFloat64(sum(volume)) AS day_volume
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('ARM', 'CART', 'BIRK', 'ALAB', 'RDDT', 'RBRK')
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2024-01-15 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2024-12-15 00:00:00')
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
GROUP BY ticker, session_date
)
WHERE session_date >= lockup_mark - 30
AND session_date <= lockup_mark + 30
GROUP BY ticker
HAVING countIf(session_date < lockup_mark) > 0
AND countIf(session_date >= lockup_mark) > 0
ORDER BY volume_change_pct DESC
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