Distinct exchange-listed symbols printing a trade each month, 2021 and 2022
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 2026-08-11, from OTC Markets Tiers and SEC Rule 15c2-11.
| month | listed_symbols_traded |
|---|---|
| 2021-01 | 9759 |
| 2021-02 | 9982 |
| 2021-03 | 10372 |
| 2021-04 | 10587 |
| 2021-05 | 10769 |
| 2021-06 | 10980 |
| 2021-07 | 11100 |
| 2021-08 | 11188 |
| 2021-09 | 11312 |
| 2021-10 | 11472 |
| 2021-11 | 11622 |
| 2021-12 | 11871 |
| 2022-01 | 11983 |
| 2022-02 | 12076 |
| 2022-03 | 12126 |
| 2022-04 | 12185 |
| 2022-05 | 12218 |
| 2022-06 | 12233 |
| 2022-07 | 12207 |
| 2022-08 | 12244 |
| 2022-09 | 12240 |
| 2022-10 | 12240 |
| 2022-11 | 12143 |
| 2022-12 | 12086 |
- Rows × columns
- 24 × 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
text | 24 distinct values (2021-01, 2021-02, 2021-03…) | |
listed_symbols_traded |
number | 9,759 to 12,244 |
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.
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SELECT
formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(date), '%Y-%m') AS month,
countDistinctIf(ticker, ifNull(otc, 0) = 0) AS listed_symbols_traded
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE date >= '2021-01-01'
AND date < '2023-01-01'
AND ticker NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY month
ORDER BY month
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