NBBO quote updates for eight heavily-quoted tickers (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 2026-07-26, from Microstructure Deep-Dive: June 29, 2026.
| ticker | updates_m |
|---|---|
| QQQ | 5.23 |
| SPY | 5.07 |
| TQQQ | 3.91 |
| IWM | 3.4 |
| SQQQ | 3.29 |
| NVDA | 1.8 |
| AAPL | 1.13 |
| TSLA | 0.59 |
- Rows × columns
- 8 × 2
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 8 distinct values (AAPL, IWM, NVDA…) | |
updates_m |
number | 0.59 to 5.23 |
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(count() / 1e6, 2) AS updates_m
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker IN ('QQQ', 'SPY', 'TQQQ', 'IWM', 'SQQQ', 'NVDA', 'AAPL', 'TSLA')
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-06-29 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-06-30 00:00:00'
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY updates_m DESC
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