Seven names: RTH median quoted spread in basis points, with quote-quality counts, July 30
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 2026-08-02, from Market Recap: July 30, 2026, The Day in Numbers.
| ticker | median_spread_bps | quote_updates_m | one_sided_quote_count | crossed_quote_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | 1.51 | 2.09 | 0 | 570 |
| DIA | 0.77 | 1.14 | 0 | 172 |
| IWM | 0.69 | 3.21 | 0 | 100 |
| NVDA | 1.03 | 2.35 | 0 | 428 |
| QQQ | 0.59 | 5.09 | 0 | 608 |
| SPY | 0.27 | 4.87 | 0 | 1082 |
| TSLA | 2.62 | 0.61 | 0 | 320 |
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- No missing values
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 7 distinct values (AAPL, DIA, IWM…) | |
median_spread_bps |
number | 0.27 to 2.62 | |
quote_updates_m |
number | 0.61 to 5.09 | |
one_sided_quote_count |
number | every row is 0 | count |
crossed_quote_count |
number | 100 to 1,082 | count |
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 ticker,
round(quantileExactIf(0.5)(10000 * (toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2), bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price), 2) AS median_spread_bps,
round(count() / 1e6, 2) AS quote_updates_m,
countIf(bid_price <= 0 OR ask_price <= 0) AS one_sided_quote_count,
countIf(bid_price > ask_price AND bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > 0) AS crossed_quote_count
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'DIA', 'IWM', 'NVDA', 'QQQ', 'SPY', 'TSLA')
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-07-30 13:30:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-30 20:00:00'
GROUP BY ticker
HAVING countIf(bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > 0 AND ask_price >= bid_price) > 0
ORDER BY ticker
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