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The receipts: locked vs crossed totals, and the rate by session stretch (premarket, open, noon, close, ET)

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 2026-08-22, from Locked and Crossed Markets, Explained With Data.

as of scalar 1×10read in context →
locked k
246.9
crossed k
17
locked per crossed
14.5
premarket per 10k
25.5
opening half hour per 10k
36.9
midday hour per 10k
54.5
closing half hour per 10k
103.1
close to open ratio
2.8
close to midday ratio
1.9
close to premarket ratio
4
Rows × columns
1 × 10
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats
JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for The receipts: locked vs crossed totals, and the rate by session stretch (premarket, open, noon, close, ET), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
locked_k number every row is 246.9
crossed_k number every row is 17
locked_per_crossed number every row is 14.5
premarket_per_10k number every row is 25.5
opening_half_hour_per_10k number every row is 36.9
midday_hour_per_10k number every row is 54.5
closing_half_hour_per_10k number every row is 103.1
close_to_open_ratio number every row is 2.8 US dollars
close_to_midday_ratio number every row is 1.9 US dollars
close_to_premarket_ratio number every row is 4 US dollars

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
    round(countIf(is_locked) / 1e3, 1) AS locked_k,
    round(countIf(is_crossed) / 1e3, 1) AS crossed_k,
    round(countIf(is_locked) / toFloat64(greatest(countIf(is_crossed), 1)), 1) AS locked_per_crossed,
    round(countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 240 AND 569) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 240 AND 569)) * 1e4, 1) AS premarket_per_10k,
    round(countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 570 AND 599) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 570 AND 599)) * 1e4, 1) AS opening_half_hour_per_10k,
    round(countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 720 AND 779) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 720 AND 779)) * 1e4, 1) AS midday_hour_per_10k,
    round(countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959)) * 1e4, 1) AS closing_half_hour_per_10k,
    round((countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959)))
        / (countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 570 AND 599) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 570 AND 599))), 1) AS close_to_open_ratio,
    round((countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959)))
        / (countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 720 AND 779) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 720 AND 779))), 1) AS close_to_midday_ratio,
    round((countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 930 AND 959)))
        / (countIf((is_locked OR is_crossed) AND et_minute BETWEEN 240 AND 569) / toFloat64(countIf(et_minute BETWEEN 240 AND 569))), 1) AS close_to_premarket_ratio
FROM (
    SELECT
        bid_price = ask_price AND bid_price > 0 AS is_locked,
        bid_price > ask_price AND ask_price > 0 AS is_crossed,
        toHour(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) AS et_minute
    FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
    WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'AAPL', 'NVDA', 'MSFT', 'TSLA', 'KO', 'AMD', 'NATH', 'SENEA')
      AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime(today() - 10)
      AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime(today() - 3)
)

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