Apple options quote updates, second by second, 2:00 p.m. ET on June 17 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 2026-08-07, from Why Your Options Order Isn't Getting Filled.
| et_time | quote_updates_k | updates_per_contract |
|---|---|---|
| 14:00:00 | 0.9 | 1.9 |
| 14:00:01 | 1.7 | 2.5 |
| 14:00:02 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| 14:00:03 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| 14:00:04 | 0.5 | 1.5 |
| 14:00:05 | 0.6 | 2.1 |
| 14:00:06 | 5.1 | 5.2 |
| 14:00:07 | 8.4 | 8.8 |
| 14:00:08 | 6.2 | 6.3 |
| 14:00:09 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 14:00:10 | 8.5 | 8.8 |
| 14:00:11 | 5.4 | 6.7 |
| 14:00:12 | 4.9 | 5.8 |
| 14:00:13 | 5.4 | 5.6 |
| 14:00:14 | 2.4 | 3.7 |
| 14:00:15 | 3.3 | 4.3 |
| 14:00:16 | 3 | 4.7 |
| 14:00:17 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
| 14:00:18 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
| 14:00:19 | 2.4 | 3.9 |
| 14:00:20 | 1.8 | 3.4 |
| 14:00:21 | 0.7 | 2.2 |
| 14:00:22 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| 14:00:23 | 0.4 | 1.9 |
| 14:00:24 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
| 14:00:25 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| 14:00:26 | 1.5 | 3.3 |
| 14:00:27 | 2.7 | 4 |
| 14:00:28 | 0.9 | 2.3 |
| 14:00:29 | 1.8 | 3.2 |
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- 30 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
date | 14:00:00 to 14:00:29 | |
quote_updates_k |
number | 0.4 to 8.5 | |
updates_per_contract |
number | 1.5 to 8.8 |
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
formatDateTime(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'), '%H:%i:%S') AS et_time,
round(count() / 1000, 1) AS quote_updates_k,
round(count() / uniqExact(ticker), 1) AS updates_per_contract
FROM global_markets.cache_options_quotes
WHERE ticker IN
(
SELECT ticker
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND date = '2026-06-17'
)
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-17 18:00:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-17 18:00:30', 'UTC')
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time
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