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AAPL options vs. AAPL stock: median quoted spread, same regular session, July 8, 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 2026-07-26, from Market Order vs Limit Order, Measured.

as of scalar 1×5read in context →
option median spread bps
606
option median spread cents
65
stock median spread bps
1
option to stock ratio
606
option quote updates millions
31
Rows × columns
1 × 5
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 AAPL options vs. AAPL stock: median quoted spread, same regular session, July 8, 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
option_median_spread_bps number every row is 606
option_median_spread_cents number every row is 65
stock_median_spread_bps number every row is 1
option_to_stock_ratio number every row is 606 ratio or rate
option_quote_updates_millions number every row is 31

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 opt AS (
    SELECT round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000, cityHash64(ticker, sip_timestamp)), 0) AS option_median_spread_bps,
           round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) * 100, cityHash64(ticker, sip_timestamp)), 0) AS option_median_spread_cents,
           round(count() / 1e6, 0) AS option_quote_updates_millions
    FROM global_markets.cache_options_quotes
    WHERE ticker >= 'O:AAPL26' AND ticker < 'O:AAPL27'
      AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-08 04:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-09 04:00:00'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
      AND bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > bid_price
),
stk AS (
    SELECT round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000, cityHash64(ticker, sip_timestamp)), 1) AS stock_median_spread_bps
    FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
    WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
      AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-08 04:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-09 04:00:00'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
      AND bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > bid_price
)
SELECT opt.option_median_spread_bps,
       opt.option_median_spread_cents,
       stk.stock_median_spread_bps,
       round(opt.option_median_spread_bps / stk.stock_median_spread_bps, 0) AS option_to_stock_ratio,
       opt.option_quote_updates_millions
FROM opt CROSS JOIN stk

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