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Stocks NBBO update count: July 29 vs July 28, with named-ticker updates (millions)

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 2026-08-01, from Market Recap: July 29, 2026, The Day in Numbers.

as of scalar 1×6read in context →
jul29 updates m
722.65
jul28 updates m
536.07
day over day pct
34.8
jul29 spy updates m
7.32
jul29 qqq updates m
8.72
jul29 nvda updates m
4.41
Rows × columns
1 × 6
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Stocks NBBO update count: July 29 vs July 28, with named-ticker updates (millions), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
jul29_updates_m number every row is 722.65
jul28_updates_m number every row is 536.07
day_over_day_pct number every row is 34.8 percent
jul29_spy_updates_m number every row is 7.32
jul29_qqq_updates_m number every row is 8.72
jul29_nvda_updates_m number every row is 4.41

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(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-29')) / 1e6, 2) AS jul29_updates_m,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-28')) / 1e6, 2) AS jul28_updates_m,
    round((countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-29')) / countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-28')) - 1) * 100, 1) AS day_over_day_pct,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-29') AND ticker = 'SPY') / 1e6, 2) AS jul29_spy_updates_m,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-29') AND ticker = 'QQQ') / 1e6, 2) AS jul29_qqq_updates_m,
    round(countIf(toDate(sip_timestamp) = toDate('2026-07-29') AND ticker = 'NVDA') / 1e6, 2) AS jul29_nvda_updates_m
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-28 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-30 00:00:00'

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