Last SPY and SPX option print, minutes past the 4:00 p.m. equity close
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_date | spy_minutes_after_4pm | spx_minutes_after_4pm | spy_last_print_et |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | 15 | 59 | 16:15 |
| 2026-07-02 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-06 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-07 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-08 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-09 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-10 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-13 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-14 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-15 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-16 | 14 | 59 | 16:14 |
| 2026-07-17 | 56 | 59 | 16:56 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
session_date |
date | 2026-07-01 to 2026-07-17 | |
spy_minutes_after_4pm |
number | 14 to 56 | |
spx_minutes_after_4pm |
number | every row is 59 | |
spy_last_print_et |
text | 3 distinct values (16:14, 16:15, 16:56) |
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
session_date,
spy_last_minute - 960 AS spy_minutes_after_4pm,
spx_last_minute - 960 AS spx_minutes_after_4pm,
concat(toString(intDiv(spy_last_minute, 60)), ':',
leftPad(toString(modulo(spy_last_minute, 60)), 2, '0')) AS spy_last_print_et
FROM
(
WITH
extract(ticker, '^O:([A-Z]+)') AS root,
toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York') AS et
SELECT
toString(toDate(et)) AS session_date,
maxIf(toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et), root = 'SPY') AS spy_last_minute,
maxIf(toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et), root IN ('SPX', 'SPXW')) AS spx_last_minute
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE (ticker LIKE 'O:SPY%' OR ticker LIKE 'O:SPX%')
AND root IN ('SPY', 'SPX', 'SPXW')
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-01 20:00:00'
AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-17 21:00:00'
AND (toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et)) BETWEEN 960 AND 1020
GROUP BY session_date
HAVING countIf(root = 'SPY') > 0
AND countIf(root IN ('SPX', 'SPXW')) > 0
)
ORDER BY session_date
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