One ETF's daily record, year by year
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 2026-08-22, from What Real-Time Market Data Actually Costs.
| year | sessions | avg_daily_volume_millions |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 252 | 218.3 |
| 2012 | 250 | 143.5 |
| 2013 | 252 | 121.8 |
| 2014 | 252 | 110 |
| 2015 | 252 | 123.7 |
| 2016 | 252 | 105 |
| 2017 | 251 | 70.7 |
| 2018 | 251 | 97.5 |
| 2019 | 252 | 70.5 |
| 2020 | 253 | 100.5 |
| 2021 | 252 | 73.7 |
| 2022 | 251 | 94.6 |
| 2023 | 250 | 81.8 |
| 2024 | 252 | 57.3 |
| 2025 | 250 | 72.4 |
- Rows × columns
- 15 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
text | 15 distinct values (2011, 2012, 2013…) | |
sessions |
number | 250 to 253 | |
avg_daily_volume_millions |
number | 57.3 to 218.3 | 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
toString(toYear(date)) AS year,
count() AS sessions,
round(avg(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS avg_daily_volume_millions
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= toDate('2011-01-01')
AND date < toStartOfYear(today())
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year
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