wat_clock
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 2026-10-16, from options-expiration-day-clock-lagos-time.
| wat_time | expiry_friday_pct | other_friday_pct |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | 10.7 | 11.38 |
| 15:00 | 16.98 | 15.71 |
| 16:00 | 17.38 | 12.76 |
| 17:00 | 9.92 | 10.75 |
| 18:00 | 9.17 | 9.97 |
| 19:00 | 11.01 | 11.63 |
| 20:00 | 24.84 | 27.79 |
- Rows × columns
- 7 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
wat_time |
text | 7 distinct values (14:00, 15:00, 16:00…) | |
expiry_friday_pct |
number | 9.17 to 24.84 | percent |
other_friday_pct |
number | 9.97 to 27.79 | 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.
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WITH session_bars AS
(
SELECT
toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York') AS et_ts,
toTimeZone(window_start, 'Africa/Lagos') AS wat_ts,
toFloat64(volume) AS vol
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2026-03-13 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-10-10 00:00:00')
AND toDayOfWeek(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = 5
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
)
SELECT
hourly.wat_time AS wat_time,
round(100 * hourly.expiry_vol / totals.expiry_vol, 2) AS expiry_friday_pct,
round(100 * hourly.other_vol / totals.other_vol, 2) AS other_friday_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
formatDateTime(toStartOfHour(wat_ts), '%H:00') AS wat_time,
sumIf(vol, toDayOfMonth(et_ts) BETWEEN 15 AND 21) AS expiry_vol,
sumIf(vol, NOT (toDayOfMonth(et_ts) BETWEEN 15 AND 21)) AS other_vol
FROM session_bars
GROUP BY wat_time
HAVING countIf(toDayOfMonth(et_ts) BETWEEN 15 AND 21) > 0
AND countIf(NOT (toDayOfMonth(et_ts) BETWEEN 15 AND 21)) > 0
) AS hourly
CROSS JOIN
(
SELECT
sumIf(vol, toDayOfMonth(et_ts) BETWEEN 15 AND 21) AS expiry_vol,
sumIf(vol, NOT (toDayOfMonth(et_ts) BETWEEN 15 AND 21)) AS other_vol
FROM session_bars
) AS totals
ORDER BY wat_time
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