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SPY's RTH average quoted spread in trailing-month context

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 8, 2026, The Day in Numbers.

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jul8 avg spread cents
2.202
tightness rank
11
sessions compared
22
tightest session cents
1.809
widest session cents
2.865
first session
2026-06-05
dropped invalid quotes
42,783
Rows × columns
1 × 7
Period covered
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 SPY's RTH average quoted spread in trailing-month context, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
jul8_avg_spread_cents number every row is 2.202
tightness_rank number every row is 11
sessions_compared number every row is 22
tightest_session_cents number every row is 1.809
widest_session_cents number every row is 2.865
first_session date 2026-06-05
dropped_invalid_quotes number every row is 42,783

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(anyIf(avg_spread_cents, d = toDate('2026-07-08')), 3) AS jul8_avg_spread_cents,
    arrayCount(x -> x < anyIf(avg_spread_cents, d = toDate('2026-07-08')), groupArrayIf(avg_spread_cents, d != toDate('2026-07-08'))) + 1 AS tightness_rank,
    count() AS sessions_compared,
    round(min(avg_spread_cents), 3) AS tightest_session_cents,
    round(max(avg_spread_cents), 3) AS widest_session_cents,
    toString(min(d)) AS first_session,
    sum(dropped_invalid) AS dropped_invalid_quotes
FROM (
    SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
           avgIf(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price), bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price) * 100 AS avg_spread_cents,
           countIf(NOT (bid_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price)) AS dropped_invalid
    FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-05 00:00:00')
      AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-07-09 00:00:00')
      AND (toHour(sip_timestamp) * 60 + toMinute(sip_timestamp)) BETWEEN 810 AND 1199
    GROUP BY d
)

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