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How far SPY travels in 15 minutes, by hour of the session (June 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 2026-08-06, from Why Stock Quotes Are Delayed 15 Minutes.

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How far SPY travels in 15 minutes, by hour of the session (June 2026) — 7 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
et_timemedian_gap_pctp95_gap_pctsample_count
09:000.1250.556630
10:000.0950.4081260
11:000.0790.3241260
12:000.0630.2741260
13:000.0550.2951260
14:000.0540.261260
15:000.0650.295945
Rows × columns
7 × 4
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for How far SPY travels in 15 minutes, by hour of the session (June 2026), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
et_time date 09:00 to 15:00
median_gap_pct number 0.054 to 0.125 percent
p95_gap_pct number 0.26 to 0.556 percent
sample_count number 630 to 1,260 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 regular_bars AS
(
    SELECT
        toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')                      AS et,
        toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York') + INTERVAL 15 MINUTE AS et_later,
        toFloat64(close)                                                  AS px
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND close > 0
      AND window_start >= '2026-06-01 00:00:00'
      AND window_start <  '2026-07-01 00:00:00'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
)
SELECT
    formatDateTime(toStartOfHour(a.et), '%H:%i')                                                       AS et_time,
    round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(abs(b.px / a.px - 1) * 100, toUInt64(toUnixTimestamp(a.et))), 3)   AS median_gap_pct,
    round(quantileDeterministic(0.95)(abs(b.px / a.px - 1) * 100, toUInt64(toUnixTimestamp(a.et))), 3)  AS p95_gap_pct,
    count()                                                                                            AS sample_count
FROM regular_bars AS a
INNER JOIN regular_bars AS b ON b.et = a.et_later
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time

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