Share of continuous-session volume, by half hour of the trading day
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 2026-08-22, from How Companies Execute Buybacks: Rule 10b-18.
| et_time | aapl_pct_of_volume | ko_pct_of_volume |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 17.34 | 15.87 |
| 10:00 | 9.96 | 9.72 |
| 10:30 | 7.68 | 8.55 |
| 11:00 | 6.7 | 7.12 |
| 11:30 | 6.51 | 5.91 |
| 12:00 | 5.6 | 5.28 |
| 12:30 | 5.2 | 4.6 |
| 13:00 | 4.82 | 4.12 |
| 13:30 | 4.8 | 3.93 |
| 14:00 | 4.71 | 5.15 |
| 14:30 | 5.14 | 4.96 |
| 15:00 | 6.31 | 6.16 |
| 15:30 | 15.25 | 18.62 |
- Rows × columns
- 13 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
date | 09:30 to 15:30 | |
aapl_pct_of_volume |
number | 4.71 to 17.34 | percent |
ko_pct_of_volume |
number | 3.93 to 18.62 | 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
SELECT
b.et_time AS et_time,
round(100 * b.aapl_volume / t.aapl_total, 2) AS aapl_pct_of_volume,
round(100 * b.ko_volume / t.ko_total, 2) AS ko_pct_of_volume
FROM
(
SELECT
formatDateTime(toStartOfInterval(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'), INTERVAL 30 MINUTE), '%H:%i') AS et_time,
toFloat64(sumIf(volume, ticker = 'AAPL')) AS aapl_volume,
toFloat64(sumIf(volume, ticker = 'KO')) AS ko_volume
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'KO')
AND window_start >= today() - 45
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 et_time
) AS b
CROSS JOIN
(
SELECT
toFloat64(sumIf(volume, ticker = 'AAPL')) AS aapl_total,
toFloat64(sumIf(volume, ticker = 'KO')) AS ko_total
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'KO')
AND window_start >= today() - 45
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
) AS t
ORDER BY et_time
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