one_lot_share
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 2026-09-17, from the-390-rule-in-options-trading.
| symbol | one_lot_pct | five_or_fewer_pct | trade_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| TSLA | 60.5 | 87.2 | 388449 |
| AAPL | 56.6 | 85.1 | 600018 |
| AMZN | 55.6 | 84.4 | 80198 |
| NVDA | 53 | 80.9 | 289053 |
| SPY | 47.8 | 78.4 | 1343178 |
| QQQ | 46.6 | 77.7 | 1015691 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol |
text | 6 distinct values (AAPL, AMZN, NVDA…) | |
one_lot_pct |
number | 46.6 to 60.5 | percent |
five_or_fewer_pct |
number | 77.7 to 87.2 | percent |
trade_count |
number | 80,198 to 1,343,178 | 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 , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
underlying_symbol AS symbol,
round(100 * countIf(size = 1) / count(), 1) AS one_lot_pct,
round(100 * countIf(size <= 5) / count(), 1) AS five_or_fewer_pct,
count() AS trade_count
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'AAPL', 'NVDA', 'TSLA', 'AMZN')
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-09-10 13:30:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-09-10 20:30:00', 'UTC')
GROUP BY symbol
ORDER BY one_lot_pct DESC
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