Session check: SPY's observed minute-bar span
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 2026-07-26, from Market Recap: July 1, 2026, The Day in Numbers.
first spy bar et
04:00
last spy bar et
19:59
spy minute bars
893
regular session bars
390
day sessions
1
jul1 holiday rows
0
- Rows × columns
- 1 × 6
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
first_spy_bar_et |
text | 1 distinct value (04:00) | |
last_spy_bar_et |
text | 1 distinct value (19:59) | |
spy_minute_bars |
number | every row is 893 | |
regular_session_bars |
number | every row is 390 | |
day_sessions |
number | every row is 1 | |
jul1_holiday_rows |
number | every row is 0 |
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
formatDateTime(min(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), '%H:%i') AS first_spy_bar_et,
formatDateTime(max(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), '%H:%i') AS last_spy_bar_et,
count() AS spy_minute_bars,
countIf(window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00') AS regular_session_bars,
uniqExactIf(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), window_start >= '2026-07-01 13:30:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-01 20:00:00') AS day_sessions,
(SELECT count() FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays WHERE date = '2026-07-01') AS jul1_holiday_rows
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY' AND window_start >= '2026-07-01 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-02 00:00:00'
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