SPY median quoted spread: the June sample session against May's (second Wednesdays)
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 Recap: June 2026.
| session | med_spread_bps | quote_updates_m | invalid_dropped |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | 0.27 | 2.64 | 661 |
| 2026-06-10 | 0.409 | 7.48 | 12382 |
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- 2 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
session |
date | 2026-05-13 to 2026-06-10 | |
med_spread_bps |
number | 0.27 to 0.409 | |
quote_updates_m |
number | 2.64 to 7.48 | |
invalid_dropped |
number | 661 to 12,382 |
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 toDate(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) AS session,
round(quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000, toUInt64(toUnixTimestamp64Micro(sip_timestamp)), bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price), 3) AS med_spread_bps,
round(count() / 1e6, 2) AS quote_updates_m,
countIf(NOT (bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price)) AS invalid_dropped
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND ((sip_timestamp >= toDateTime64('2026-05-13 13:30:00', 9) AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime64('2026-05-13 20:00:00', 9))
OR (sip_timestamp >= toDateTime64('2026-06-10 13:30:00', 9) AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime64('2026-06-10 20:00:00', 9)))
GROUP BY session
ORDER BY session ASC
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