Average gap between the daily VWAP and the open, 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 2026-08-12, from Held vs Not-Held Orders: Broker Discretion.
| ticker | avg_abs_gap_bps | widest_gap_bps |
|---|---|---|
| MSFT | 119.6 | 396 |
| NVDA | 116 | 292.4 |
| AAPL | 113.7 | 346.3 |
| KO | 83.2 | 265.1 |
| JNJ | 81.2 | 220.9 |
| SPY | 43.6 | 125.6 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 6 distinct values (AAPL, JNJ, KO…) | |
avg_abs_gap_bps |
number | 43.6 to 119.6 | |
widest_gap_bps |
number | 125.6 to 396 |
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
ticker,
round(avg(gap_bps), 1) AS avg_abs_gap_bps,
round(max(gap_bps), 1) AS widest_gap_bps
FROM
(
SELECT
ticker,
date,
abs(10000 * (toFloat64(max(vwap)) - toFloat64(max(open)))
/ toFloat64(max(open))) AS gap_bps
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'SPY', 'KO', 'JNJ')
AND date >= '2026-06-01'
AND date <= '2026-06-30'
AND open > 0
AND vwap > 0
GROUP BY ticker, date
)
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY avg_abs_gap_bps DESC
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