How many distinct best bid prices fit in one three second interval (AAPL, 16 September 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 2026-10-07, from What A-share Level 2 Data Actually Contains.
| distinct_best_bids | windows | share_of_windows_pct |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2553 | 24.8 |
| 2 | 1688 | 16.4 |
| 3 | 1231 | 12 |
| 4 | 1078 | 10.5 |
| 5 | 918 | 8.9 |
| 6 | 690 | 6.7 |
| 7 | 536 | 5.2 |
| 8 | 376 | 3.7 |
| 9 | 273 | 2.7 |
| 10 | 934 | 9.1 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
distinct_best_bids |
number | 1 to 10 | |
windows |
number | 273 to 2,553 | |
share_of_windows_pct |
number | 2.7 to 24.8 | percent |
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.
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WITH windows AS
(
SELECT
toStartOfInterval(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'), INTERVAL 3 SECOND) AS win,
uniqExact(bid_price) AS distinct_bids
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-09-16 08:00:00'
AND sip_timestamp < '2026-09-17 00:00:00'
AND bid_price > 0
GROUP BY win
)
SELECT
toUInt16(least(distinct_bids, 10)) AS distinct_best_bids,
count() AS windows,
round(100.0 * count() / (SELECT count() FROM windows), 1) AS share_of_windows_pct
FROM windows
GROUP BY distinct_best_bids
ORDER BY distinct_best_bids
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