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curve_dispersion

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 twap-vs-vwap-vs-pov-orders.

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curve_dispersion — 13 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
et_timemedian_share_pctlowest_share_pcthighest_share_pct
09:3011.516.3417.14
10:007.94.5513.14
10:306.793.2514.21
11:005.942.8911.67
11:305.532.623.55
12:005.061.810.68
12:304.32.0312.03
13:004.752.638.85
13:304.252.5111.9
14:005.43.111.98
14:305.423.8512.79
15:007.64.0613.06
15:3021.3214.2136.6
Rows × columns
13 × 4
Computed
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 curve_dispersion, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
et_time text 13 distinct values (09:30, 10:00, 10:30…)
median_share_pct number 4.25 to 21.32 percent
lowest_share_pct number 1.8 to 14.21 percent
highest_share_pct number 8.85 to 36.6 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.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH bars AS
(
    SELECT
        toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')  AS et,
        toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et)                AS minute_of_day,
        toDate(et)                                    AS et_date,
        toFloat64(volume)                             AS shares
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND window_start >= toDateTime('2026-06-01 00:00:00', 'UTC')
      AND window_start <  toDateTime('2026-09-01 00:00:00', 'UTC')
),
per_bucket AS
(
    SELECT
        et_date,
        formatDateTime(toStartOfInterval(et, INTERVAL 30 MINUTE), '%H:%i', 'America/New_York') AS et_time,
        sum(shares)                                                                            AS bucket_shares
    FROM bars
    WHERE minute_of_day >= 570
      AND minute_of_day <  960
    GROUP BY et_date, et_time
),
per_day AS
(
    SELECT
        et_date,
        sum(bucket_shares) AS day_shares
    FROM per_bucket
    GROUP BY et_date
)
SELECT
    b.et_time                                                                                          AS et_time,
    round(100 * quantileDeterministic(0.5)(b.bucket_shares / d.day_shares, toYYYYMMDD(b.et_date)), 2)  AS median_share_pct,
    round(100 * min(b.bucket_shares / d.day_shares), 2)                                                AS lowest_share_pct,
    round(100 * max(b.bucket_shares / d.day_shares), 2)                                                AS highest_share_pct
FROM per_bucket AS b
INNER JOIN per_day AS d ON d.et_date = b.et_date
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time

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