Average quoted spread by Eastern clock hour, Sep 16 2026
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 2026-10-04, from ES Futures Trading Hours and the Daily Break.
| et_hour | avg_spread_cents | quote_count |
|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 5.91 | 808 |
| 05:00 | 5.97 | 629 |
| 06:00 | 4.39 | 540 |
| 07:00 | 6.05 | 7699 |
| 08:00 | 4 | 593 |
| 09:00 | 3.84 | 2618 |
| 10:00 | 1.98 | 7298 |
| 11:00 | 1.48 | 7668 |
| 12:00 | 1.78 | 3327 |
| 13:00 | 1.97 | 3439 |
| 14:00 | 8.41 | 18702 |
| 15:00 | 3.19 | 25416 |
| 16:00 | 3.53 | 6463 |
| 17:00 | 10 | 3 |
| 18:00 | 7.37 | 308 |
| 19:00 | 5.08 | 378 |
- Rows × columns
- 16 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
et_hour |
text | 16 distinct values (04:00, 05:00, 06:00…) | |
avg_spread_cents |
number | 1.48 to 10 | |
quote_count |
number | 3 to 25,416 | count |
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.
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SELECT
formatDateTime(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'), '%H:00') AS et_hour,
round(avg(toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) * 100, 2) AS avg_spread_cents,
count() AS quote_count
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-09-16 08:00:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-09-17 01:00:00', 'UTC')
AND toMinute(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) = 0
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > bid_price
GROUP BY et_hour
ORDER BY et_hour
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