Average one-minute high-low range by time of 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 2026-08-08, from Stop Order vs Stop-Limit Order: How Each Fills.
| et_time | nvda_range_bps | spy_range_bps |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 28.5 | 7 |
| 10:00 | 18.8 | 6.2 |
| 10:30 | 15.7 | 5.4 |
| 11:00 | 13.6 | 4.8 |
| 11:30 | 12 | 4.5 |
| 12:00 | 10.9 | 4 |
| 12:30 | 10 | 3.9 |
| 13:00 | 9.6 | 3.8 |
| 13:30 | 9.1 | 3.6 |
| 14:00 | 9.1 | 3.6 |
| 14:30 | 8.9 | 3.6 |
| 15:00 | 9.5 | 3.5 |
| 15:30 | 12 | 4.3 |
- Rows × columns
- 13 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
text | 13 distinct values (09:30, 10:00, 10:30…) | |
nvda_range_bps |
number | 8.9 to 28.5 | |
spy_range_bps |
number | 3.5 to 7 |
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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SELECT
formatDateTime(toStartOfInterval(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'), INTERVAL 30 MINUTE), '%H:%i') AS et_time,
round(avgIf(10000 * (toFloat64(high) - toFloat64(low)) / toFloat64(close), ticker = 'NVDA'), 1) AS nvda_range_bps,
round(avgIf(10000 * (toFloat64(high) - toFloat64(low)) / toFloat64(close), ticker = 'SPY'), 1) AS spy_range_bps
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('NVDA', 'SPY')
AND window_start >= '2025-08-01'
AND window_start < '2026-08-01'
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
HAVING countIf(ticker = 'NVDA') > 0
AND countIf(ticker = 'SPY') > 0
ORDER BY et_time
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