A 30 mil per share fee as basis points of notional, by price band (Jul 15, 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 2026-08-09, from Maker-Taker Fees and Rebates Explained.
| price_band | stock_count | fee_bps_at_30_mils |
|---|---|---|
| $1 to $5 | 712 | 13.52 |
| $5 to $20 | 1368 | 2.94 |
| $20 to $50 | 1458 | 0.97 |
| $50 to $100 | 933 | 0.44 |
| $100 to $250 | 604 | 0.21 |
| $250 and up | 263 | 0.08 |
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- 6 × 3
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- Completeness
- No missing values
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
price_band |
text | 6 distinct values ($1 to $5, $100 to $250, $20 to $50…) | |
stock_count |
number | 263 to 1,458 | count |
fee_bps_at_30_mils |
number | 0.08 to 13.52 |
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 closes AS
(
SELECT toFloat64(close) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE date = '2026-07-15'
AND ifNull(otc, 0) = 0
AND close >= 1
AND volume >= 100000
)
SELECT
multiIf(close_px < 5, '$1 to $5',
close_px < 20, '$5 to $20',
close_px < 50, '$20 to $50',
close_px < 100, '$50 to $100',
close_px < 250, '$100 to $250',
'$250 and up') AS price_band,
count() AS stock_count,
round(avg(30 / close_px), 2) AS fee_bps_at_30_mils
FROM closes
GROUP BY price_band
ORDER BY min(close_px)
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