SPY's 2026-expiry option chain: one root's share of the quote firehose

Name: SPY's 2026-expiry option chain: one root's share of the quote firehose
Creator: Strasmore
Published: 2026-10-04
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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 How Big Is the OPRA Options Quote Feed?.

as of 2026-10-04 scalar 1×13read in context →

session date

2026-09-29

spy quote updates m

352.9

spy contracts quoted

7,316

avg updates per contract k

48.2

same day expiry contracts

310

same day expiry pct of updates

11.2

same day median width cents

all spy median width cents

dropped invalid quotes k

spy first quote et

09:30

spy last quote et

16:15

spy first quote et minute

570

spy last quote et minute

975

Rows × columns: 1 × 13
Period covered: 2026-09-29
Computed: 2026-10-04
Completeness: No missing values
Source: US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence: Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats: JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for SPY's 2026-expiry option chain: one root's share of the quote firehose, derived from the stored result.
Column	Type	Range	Notes
`session_date`	date	2026-09-29
`spy_quote_updates_m`	number	every row is 352.9
`spy_contracts_quoted`	number	every row is 7,316	count
`avg_updates_per_contract_k`	number	every row is 48.2
`same_day_expiry_contracts`	number	every row is 310	count
`same_day_expiry_pct_of_updates`	number	every row is 11.2	percent
`same_day_median_width_cents`	number	every row is 1
`all_spy_median_width_cents`	number	every row is 2
`dropped_invalid_quotes_k`	number	every row is 61
`spy_first_quote_et`	text	1 distinct value (09:30)
`spy_last_quote_et`	text	1 distinct value (16:15)
`spy_first_quote_et_minute`	number	every row is 570
`spy_last_quote_et_minute`	number	every row is 975

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 2026-10-04, and the query below is what returned them.

Run it yourself

This is the exact query behind the result above. Change a ticker, a date or a column and run it against the warehouse — no account, no key. The no-signup tier is smaller than the one this page was computed on; a query that reaches past it comes back saying which plan runs it.

WITH (
    SELECT max(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')))
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND window_start >= toDateTime(today() - 10)
      AND window_start < toDateTime(today() - 4)
) AS session_day
SELECT
    toString(session_day) AS session_date,
    round(count() / 1e6, 1) AS spy_quote_updates_m,
    uniqExact(ticker) AS spy_contracts_quoted,
    round(count() / uniqExact(ticker) / 1e3, 1) AS avg_updates_per_contract_k,
    uniqExactIf(ticker, substring(ticker, 6, 6) = formatDateTime(session_day, '%y%m%d')) AS same_day_expiry_contracts,
    round(100.0 * countIf(substring(ticker, 6, 6) = formatDateTime(session_day, '%y%m%d')) / count(), 1) AS same_day_expiry_pct_of_updates,
    quantileExactWeightedIf(0.5)(toInt32(round(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) * 100)), 1, bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price AND substring(ticker, 6, 6) = formatDateTime(session_day, '%y%m%d')) AS same_day_median_width_cents,
    quantileExactWeightedIf(0.5)(toInt32(round(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) * 100)), 1, bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price) AS all_spy_median_width_cents,
    round(countIf(NOT (bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price)) / 1e3, 0) AS dropped_invalid_quotes_k,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(min(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS spy_first_quote_et,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS spy_last_quote_et,
    toHour(toTimeZone(min(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(min(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) AS spy_first_quote_et_minute,
    toHour(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) AS spy_last_quote_et_minute
FROM global_markets.cache_options_quotes
WHERE ticker >= 'O:SPY26' AND ticker < 'O:SPY27'
  AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime(session_day)
  AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime(session_day + 1)

SQL to run

WITH (
    SELECT max(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')))
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND window_start >= toDateTime(today() - 10)
      AND window_start < toDateTime(today() - 4)
) AS session_day
SELECT
    toString(session_day) AS session_date,
    round(count() / 1e6, 1) AS spy_quote_updates_m,
    uniqExact(ticker) AS spy_contracts_quoted,
    round(count() / uniqExact(ticker) / 1e3, 1) AS avg_updates_per_contract_k,
    uniqExactIf(ticker, substring(ticker, 6, 6) = formatDateTime(session_day, '%y%m%d')) AS same_day_expiry_contracts,
    round(100.0 * countIf(substring(ticker, 6, 6) = formatDateTime(session_day, '%y%m%d')) / count(), 1) AS same_day_expiry_pct_of_updates,
    quantileExactWeightedIf(0.5)(toInt32(round(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) * 100)), 1, bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price AND substring(ticker, 6, 6) = formatDateTime(session_day, '%y%m%d')) AS same_day_median_width_cents,
    quantileExactWeightedIf(0.5)(toInt32(round(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) * 100)), 1, bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price) AS all_spy_median_width_cents,
    round(countIf(NOT (bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price)) / 1e3, 0) AS dropped_invalid_quotes_k,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(min(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS spy_first_quote_et,
    formatDateTime(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS spy_last_quote_et,
    toHour(toTimeZone(min(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(min(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) AS spy_first_quote_et_minute,
    toHour(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York')) AS spy_last_quote_et_minute
FROM global_markets.cache_options_quotes
WHERE ticker >= 'O:SPY26' AND ticker < 'O:SPY27'
  AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime(session_day)
  AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime(session_day + 1)

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