SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026
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 2026-08-16, from When Is SQ Day for Nikkei 225 Options?.
| et_time | settlement_friday_volume_k | ordinary_friday_volume_k |
|---|---|---|
| 09:15 | 2.8 | 23.6 |
| 09:16 | 5.8 | 33.8 |
| 09:17 | 4 | 5.9 |
| 09:18 | 4.2 | 64.2 |
| 09:19 | 11.6 | 18.2 |
| 09:20 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| 09:21 | 5.3 | 8.3 |
| 09:22 | 2.7 | 8.6 |
| 09:23 | 5.6 | 11.3 |
| 09:24 | 11.3 | 9.8 |
| 09:25 | 35 | 16 |
| 09:26 | 20 | 5.7 |
| 09:27 | 27 | 14.6 |
| 09:28 | 66 | 28.1 |
| 09:29 | 57.8 | 26.1 |
| 09:30 | 791 | 739.7 |
| 09:31 | 417 | 463.5 |
| 09:32 | 378.7 | 361.8 |
| 09:33 | 444.1 | 378.9 |
| 09:34 | 296.2 | 352.4 |
| 09:35 | 377.2 | 292.6 |
| 09:36 | 211.7 | 255.3 |
| 09:37 | 376.4 | 343.1 |
| 09:38 | 399.5 | 282.1 |
| 09:39 | 371.1 | 284.3 |
| 09:40 | 369.9 | 232.1 |
| 09:41 | 338.5 | 226.5 |
| 09:42 | 296.1 | 315.1 |
| 09:43 | 307.9 | 364.1 |
| 09:44 | 246.5 | 342.2 |
| 09:45 | 337.8 | 379.6 |
| 09:46 | 337.4 | 346.1 |
| 09:47 | 211.5 | 418.6 |
| 09:48 | 194.2 | 336.1 |
| 09:49 | 226.7 | 471 |
| 09:50 | 407.9 | 242.3 |
| 09:51 | 313.8 | 169.1 |
| 09:52 | 439.1 | 225.3 |
| 09:53 | 460.9 | 201.8 |
| 09:54 | 309 | 271.5 |
| 09:55 | 335 | 165 |
| 09:56 | 243.7 | 355.8 |
| 09:57 | 289.5 | 317.3 |
| 09:58 | 522.8 | 173.2 |
| 09:59 | 388.8 | 337.3 |
| 10:00 | 665 | 318.2 |
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- 46 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
date | 09:15 to 10:00 | |
settlement_friday_volume_k |
number | 2.7 to 791 | count |
ordinary_friday_volume_k |
number | 5.7 to 739.7 | 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
formatDateTime(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i') AS et_time,
round(sumIf(toFloat64(volume),
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = '2026-03-20') / 1000, 1) AS settlement_friday_volume_k,
round(sumIf(toFloat64(volume),
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) = '2026-03-13') / 1000, 1) AS ordinary_friday_volume_k
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= '2026-03-13 00:00:00'
AND window_start < '2026-03-21 00:00:00'
AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) IN ('2026-03-13', '2026-03-20')
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 555 AND 600
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time
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