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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?.

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SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026 — 46 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
et_timesettlement_friday_volume_kordinary_friday_volume_k
09:152.823.6
09:165.833.8
09:1745.9
09:184.264.2
09:1911.618.2
09:209.410.3
09:215.38.3
09:222.78.6
09:235.611.3
09:2411.39.8
09:253516
09:26205.7
09:272714.6
09:286628.1
09:2957.826.1
09:30791739.7
09:31417463.5
09:32378.7361.8
09:33444.1378.9
09:34296.2352.4
09:35377.2292.6
09:36211.7255.3
09:37376.4343.1
09:38399.5282.1
09:39371.1284.3
09:40369.9232.1
09:41338.5226.5
09:42296.1315.1
09:43307.9364.1
09:44246.5342.2
09:45337.8379.6
09:46337.4346.1
09:47211.5418.6
09:48194.2336.1
09:49226.7471
09:50407.9242.3
09:51313.8169.1
09:52439.1225.3
09:53460.9201.8
09:54309271.5
09:55335165
09:56243.7355.8
09:57289.5317.3
09:58522.8173.2
09:59388.8337.3
10:00665318.2
Rows × columns
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 definitions for SPY volume by ET clock minute around the open, 13 March vs 20 March 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
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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