Every Friday of 2026 through July, shortest session first
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 2026-09-20, from Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates.
| session_date | session_label | friday_type | regular_session_bars |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-03 | Apr 3 | other Friday | 0 |
| 2026-06-19 | Jun 19 | third Friday | 0 |
| 2026-07-03 | Jul 3 | other Friday | 0 |
| 2026-01-02 | Jan 2 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-01-09 | Jan 9 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-01-16 | Jan 16 | third Friday | 390 |
| 2026-01-23 | Jan 23 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-01-30 | Jan 30 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-02-06 | Feb 6 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-02-13 | Feb 13 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-02-20 | Feb 20 | third Friday | 390 |
| 2026-02-27 | Feb 27 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-03-06 | Mar 6 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-03-13 | Mar 13 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-03-20 | Mar 20 | third Friday | 390 |
| 2026-03-27 | Mar 27 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-04-10 | Apr 10 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-04-17 | Apr 17 | third Friday | 390 |
| 2026-04-24 | Apr 24 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-05-01 | May 1 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-05-08 | May 8 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-05-15 | May 15 | third Friday | 390 |
| 2026-05-22 | May 22 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-05-29 | May 29 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-06-05 | Jun 5 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-06-12 | Jun 12 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-06-26 | Jun 26 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-07-10 | Jul 10 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-07-17 | Jul 17 | third Friday | 390 |
| 2026-07-24 | Jul 24 | other Friday | 390 |
| 2026-07-31 | Jul 31 | other Friday | 390 |
- Rows × columns
- 31 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
session_date |
date | 2026-01-02 to 2026-07-31 | |
session_label |
text | 31 distinct values (Apr 10, Apr 17, Apr 24…) | |
friday_type |
text | 2 distinct values (other Friday, third Friday) | |
regular_session_bars |
number | 0 to 390 |
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.
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.
SELECT
toString(cal.day) AS session_date,
concat(formatDateTime(cal.day, '%b '), toString(toDayOfMonth(cal.day))) AS session_label,
if(toDayOfMonth(cal.day) BETWEEN 15 AND 21, 'third Friday', 'other Friday') AS friday_type,
toUInt32(ifNull(tape.bars, 0)) AS regular_session_bars
FROM
(
SELECT toDate('2026-01-01') + arrayJoin(range(212)) AS day
) AS cal
LEFT JOIN
(
SELECT
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
count() AS bars
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2026-01-01 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-08-02 00:00:00')
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 d
) AS tape ON tape.d = cal.day
WHERE toDayOfWeek(cal.day) = 5
ORDER BY regular_session_bars ASC, cal.day ASC