Same session, same 10-session lookback: same-time basis vs full-day basis through the day
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 2026-09-16, from Why Relative Volume Differs Between Platforms.
| et_time | same_time_basis_ratio | full_day_basis_ratio |
|---|---|---|
| 09:45 | 3.1 | 0.26 |
| 10:00 | 2.48 | 0.35 |
| 10:30 | 1.92 | 0.46 |
| 11:00 | 1.88 | 0.6 |
| 11:30 | 1.88 | 0.74 |
| 12:00 | 2.02 | 0.92 |
| 12:30 | 2.01 | 1.04 |
| 13:00 | 2.16 | 1.21 |
| 13:30 | 2.12 | 1.3 |
| 14:00 | 2.16 | 1.43 |
| 14:30 | 2.09 | 1.51 |
| 15:00 | 2 | 1.59 |
| 15:30 | 1.98 | 1.69 |
| 16:00 | 1.87 | 1.87 |
- Rows × columns
- 14 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
text | 14 distinct values (09:45, 10:00, 10:30…) | |
same_time_basis_ratio |
number | 1.87 to 3.1 | ratio or rate |
full_day_basis_ratio |
number | 0.26 to 1.87 | ratio or rate |
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
toDate('2026-09-10') AS session_day,
[585, 600, 630, 660, 690, 720, 750, 780, 810, 840, 870, 900, 930, 960] AS checkpoints
SELECT
formatDateTime(toDateTime(session_day, 'UTC') + checkpoints[i] * 60, '%H:%i', 'UTC') AS et_time,
round(session_cums[i] / typical_cums[i], 2) AS same_time_basis_ratio,
round(session_cums[i] / typical_cums[14], 2) AS full_day_basis_ratio
FROM
(
SELECT
arrayJoin(arrayEnumerate(checkpoints)) AS i,
session_cums,
arrayMap(k -> arrayAvg(x -> arrayElement(tupleElement(x, 2), k), arraySlice(prior, 1, 10)),
arrayEnumerate(checkpoints)) AS typical_cums
FROM
(
SELECT
anyIf(cums, d = session_day) AS session_cums,
arrayReverseSort(x -> tupleElement(x, 1), groupArrayIf((d, cums), d < session_day)) AS prior
FROM
(
SELECT
d,
arrayMap(cp -> arraySum(x -> if(tupleElement(x, 1) <= cp, tupleElement(x, 2), 0), mv),
checkpoints) AS cums
FROM
(
SELECT d, groupArray((minute_of_day, vol)) AS mv
FROM
(
SELECT
toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
+ toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS minute_of_day,
max(toFloat64(volume)) AS vol
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND window_start >= toDateTime(session_day - 20, 'America/New_York')
AND window_start < toDateTime(session_day + 1, 'America/New_York')
GROUP BY d, minute_of_day
HAVING minute_of_day >= 570 AND minute_of_day <= 960
)
GROUP BY d
)
)
HAVING length(session_cums) = 14 AND length(prior) >= 10
)
)
ORDER BY i
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