How many of the ten busiest minutes fall outside the open and the close

Name: How many of the ten busiest minutes fall outside the open and the close
Creator: Strasmore
Published: 2026-07-26
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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 2026-07-26, from Microstructure Deep-Dive: June 29, 2026.

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entries outside open close

entries in open close

outside entry minute

10:15

outside entry trades m

0.88

Rows × columns: 1 × 4
Computed: 2026-07-26
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 How many of the ten busiest minutes fall outside the open and the close, derived from the stored result.
Column	Type	Range	Notes
`entries_outside_open_close`	number	every row is 1	US dollars
`entries_in_open_close`	number	every row is 9	US dollars
`outside_entry_minute`	text	1 distinct value (10:15)
`outside_entry_trades_m`	number	every row is 0.88	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 2026-07-26, and the query below is what returned them.

the exact SQL behind every number

SELECT
    countIf(NOT (et_minute BETWEEN '09:30' AND '09:39' OR et_minute BETWEEN '15:50' AND '16:00')) AS entries_outside_open_close,
    countIf(et_minute BETWEEN '09:30' AND '09:39' OR et_minute BETWEEN '15:50' AND '16:00') AS entries_in_open_close,
    maxIf(et_minute, NOT (et_minute BETWEEN '09:30' AND '09:39' OR et_minute BETWEEN '15:50' AND '16:00')) AS outside_entry_minute,
    maxIf(trades_m, NOT (et_minute BETWEEN '09:30' AND '09:39' OR et_minute BETWEEN '15:50' AND '16:00')) AS outside_entry_trades_m
FROM (
    SELECT
        formatDateTime(toTimeZone(toStartOfMinute(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS et_minute,
        round(count() / 1e6, 2) AS trades_m
    FROM global_markets.stocks_trades
    WHERE sip_timestamp >= '2026-06-29 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-06-30 00:00:00'
    GROUP BY et_minute
    ORDER BY trades_m DESC
    LIMIT 10
)

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