The closing auction vs. everything else: SPY, AAPL, NVDA on July 2, 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 2026-07-26, from What Is the Closing Auction? (Closing Cross).
| ticker | auction_shares_m | auction_time_et | auction_print_count | auction_prints_at_1600 | median_trade_shares | auction_vs_median_thousand_x | auction_pct_of_volume | biggest_other_trade_m | auction_vs_biggest_other_x |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 1.65 | 16:00:00 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 66 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.66 |
| AAPL | 10.89 | 16:00:00 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 545 | 14.4 | 1.8 | 6.05 |
| NVDA | 17.38 | 16:00:00 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3475 | 12.2 | 5.47 | 3.18 |
- Rows × columns
- 3 × 10
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 3 distinct values (AAPL, NVDA, SPY) | |
auction_shares_m |
number | 1.65 to 17.38 | count |
auction_time_et |
text | 1 distinct value (16:00:00) | |
auction_print_count |
number | every row is 1 | count |
auction_prints_at_1600 |
number | every row is 1 | |
median_trade_shares |
number | 5 to 25 | count |
auction_vs_median_thousand_x |
number | 66 to 3,475 | |
auction_pct_of_volume |
number | 2.9 to 14.4 | percent |
biggest_other_trade_m |
number | 1.8 to 5.47 | |
auction_vs_biggest_other_x |
number | 0.66 to 6.05 |
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
ticker,
round(toFloat64(maxIf(size, has(conditions, 8))) / 1e6, 2) AS auction_shares_m,
formatDateTime(toTimeZone(argMaxIf(sip_timestamp, size, has(conditions, 8)), 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i:%S') AS auction_time_et,
countIf(has(conditions, 8)) AS auction_print_count,
countIf(has(conditions, 8) AND formatDateTime(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i:%S') = '16:00:00') AS auction_prints_at_1600,
round(quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(toFloat64(size), toUInt64(sip_timestamp), NOT has(conditions, 8) AND NOT hasAny(conditions, [15, 16, 38]))) AS median_trade_shares,
round(toFloat64(maxIf(size, has(conditions, 8))) / quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(toFloat64(size), toUInt64(sip_timestamp), NOT has(conditions, 8) AND NOT hasAny(conditions, [15, 16, 38])) / 1000) AS auction_vs_median_thousand_x,
round(100 * toFloat64(maxIf(size, has(conditions, 8))) / toFloat64(sumIf(size, NOT hasAny(conditions, [15, 16, 38]))), 1) AS auction_pct_of_volume,
round(toFloat64(maxIf(size, NOT has(conditions, 8) AND NOT hasAny(conditions, [15, 16, 38]))) / 1e6, 2) AS biggest_other_trade_m,
round(toFloat64(maxIf(size, has(conditions, 8))) / toFloat64(maxIf(size, NOT has(conditions, 8) AND NOT hasAny(conditions, [15, 16, 38]))), 2) AS auction_vs_biggest_other_x
FROM global_markets.stocks_trades
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'AAPL', 'NVDA')
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-02 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-03 00:00:00'
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY indexOf(['SPY', 'AAPL', 'NVDA'], ticker)
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