Where Friday volume sits on the clock: SPY, 15-minute buckets, full Friday sessions over the past 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 2026-08-04, from When Is the COT Report Released?.
| et_time | share_of_session_pct | avg_volume_millions |
|---|---|---|
| 09:30 | 6.98 | 4.79 |
| 09:45 | 5.05 | 3.46 |
| 10:00 | 5.21 | 3.57 |
| 10:15 | 4.26 | 2.92 |
| 10:30 | 3.78 | 2.59 |
| 10:45 | 4.28 | 2.94 |
| 11:00 | 4.2 | 2.88 |
| 11:15 | 3.65 | 2.5 |
| 11:30 | 3.2 | 2.2 |
| 11:45 | 3.31 | 2.27 |
| 12:00 | 2.72 | 1.87 |
| 12:15 | 2.75 | 1.89 |
| 12:30 | 2.26 | 1.55 |
| 12:45 | 2.35 | 1.61 |
| 13:00 | 2.6 | 1.78 |
| 13:15 | 2.32 | 1.59 |
| 13:30 | 2.5 | 1.72 |
| 13:45 | 2.39 | 1.64 |
| 14:00 | 2.74 | 1.88 |
| 14:15 | 2.66 | 1.82 |
| 14:30 | 2.62 | 1.8 |
| 14:45 | 3 | 2.06 |
| 15:00 | 3.29 | 2.26 |
| 15:15 | 3.79 | 2.6 |
| 15:30 | 4.92 | 3.38 |
| 15:45 | 13.17 | 9.03 |
- Rows × columns
- 26 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
date | 09:30 to 15:45 | |
share_of_session_pct |
number | 2.26 to 13.17 | percent |
avg_volume_millions |
number | 1.55 to 9.03 | 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
WITH raw AS (
SELECT toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York') AS et,
volume
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= toDateTime('2025-08-01 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-08-01 00:00:00')
),
bars AS (
SELECT toDate(et) AS session_date,
toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et) AS minute_of_day,
intDiv((toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et)) - 570, 15) AS bucket,
volume AS shares
FROM raw
WHERE toDayOfWeek(et) = 5
AND (toHour(et) * 60 + toMinute(et)) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
),
full_sessions AS (
SELECT session_date
FROM bars
GROUP BY session_date
HAVING sumIf(shares, minute_of_day >= 930) >= 0.05 * sum(shares)
)
SELECT formatDateTime(toDateTime(toDate('2026-01-02')) + (570 + b.bucket * 15) * 60, '%H:%i') AS et_time,
round(100 * sum(b.shares) / sum(sum(b.shares)) OVER (), 2) AS share_of_session_pct,
round(sum(b.shares) / uniqExact(b.session_date) / 1000000, 2) AS avg_volume_millions
FROM bars AS b
INNER JOIN full_sessions AS s ON b.session_date = s.session_date
GROUP BY b.bucket
ORDER BY b.bucket
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