Median quoted spread in basis points, regular hours: index ETFs, megacaps, and the memory names
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: July 2, 2026, The Day in Numbers.
| ticker | median_spread_bps | median_spread_cents | times_the_spy_spread | rth_updates_m | invalid_quotes_dropped |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 0.27 | 2 | 1 | 4.98 | 19064 |
| QQQ | 0.83 | 6 | 3.1 | 6.03 | 5934 |
| NVDA | 1.03 | 2 | 3.8 | 2.55 | 20398 |
| AAPL | 1.62 | 5 | 6 | 1.91 | 5193 |
| TSLA | 2.29 | 9 | 8.5 | 0.85 | 2699 |
| MU | 5.52 | 55 | 20.4 | 0.92 | 2442 |
| SNDK | 10.4 | 189 | 38.5 | 0.26 | 163 |
| WDC | 10.79 | 60 | 40 | 0.14 | 83 |
- Rows × columns
- 8 × 6
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 8 distinct values (AAPL, MU, NVDA…) | |
median_spread_bps |
number | 0.27 to 10.79 | |
median_spread_cents |
number | 2 to 189 | |
times_the_spy_spread |
number | 1 to 40 | |
rth_updates_m |
number | 0.14 to 6.03 | |
invalid_quotes_dropped |
number | 83 to 20,398 |
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.
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This is the exact query behind the result above. Change a ticker, a date or a column and run it against the warehouse — no account, no key. The no-signup tier is smaller than the one this page was computed on; a query that reaches past it comes back saying which plan runs it.
SELECT
ticker,
round(med_bps, 2) AS median_spread_bps,
round(med_dollars * 100, 1) AS median_spread_cents,
round(med_bps / min(med_bps) OVER (), 1) AS times_the_spy_spread,
round(quote_updates / 1e6, 2) AS rth_updates_m,
invalid_quotes_dropped
FROM (
SELECT
ticker,
quantileExactIf(0.5)((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000,
toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price)) AS med_bps,
quantileExactIf(0.5)(toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price),
toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price)) AS med_dollars,
count() AS quote_updates,
countIf(NOT (toFloat64(bid_price) > 0 AND toFloat64(ask_price) > toFloat64(bid_price))) AS invalid_quotes_dropped
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'AAPL', 'TSLA', 'NVDA', 'MU', 'SNDK', 'WDC')
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-02 13:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-02 20:00:00'
GROUP BY ticker
)
ORDER BY median_spread_bps ASC
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