Last SPY option print on each 1:00 p.m. ET early close since July 2024
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 What Time Do Options Stop Trading?.
| session_label | minutes_after_1pm_close | last_option_print_et |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2024 | 14 | 13:14 |
| Nov 29, 2024 | 20 | 13:20 |
| Dec 24, 2024 | 14 | 13:14 |
| Jul 3, 2025 | 15 | 13:15 |
| Nov 28, 2025 | 14 | 13:14 |
| Dec 24, 2025 | 15 | 13:15 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
session_label |
text | 6 distinct values (Dec 24, 2024, Dec 24, 2025, Jul 3, 2024…) | |
minutes_after_1pm_close |
number | 14 to 20 | US dollars |
last_option_print_et |
text | 3 distinct values (13:14, 13:15, 13:20) |
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
concat(formatDateTime(session_day, '%b'), ' ', toString(toDayOfMonth(session_day)),
', ', toString(toYear(session_day))) AS session_label,
last_minute - 780 AS minutes_after_1pm_close,
concat(toString(intDiv(last_minute, 60)), ':',
leftPad(toString(modulo(last_minute, 60)), 2, '0')) AS last_option_print_et
FROM
(
WITH
extract(ticker, '^O:([A-Z]+)') AS root,
toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York') AS et
SELECT
toDate(et) AS session_day,
max(toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et)) AS last_minute
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE ticker LIKE 'O:SPY%'
AND root = 'SPY'
AND ( (sip_timestamp >= '2024-07-03 16:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2024-07-03 19:00:00')
OR (sip_timestamp >= '2024-11-29 17:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2024-11-29 20:00:00')
OR (sip_timestamp >= '2024-12-24 17:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2024-12-24 20:00:00')
OR (sip_timestamp >= '2025-07-03 16:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2025-07-03 19:00:00')
OR (sip_timestamp >= '2025-11-28 17:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2025-11-28 20:00:00')
OR (sip_timestamp >= '2025-12-24 17:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2025-12-24 20:00:00'))
GROUP BY session_day
)
ORDER BY session_day
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