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.
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
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
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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