AAPL quoted spread across the trading clock, June 17, 2026
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 2026-08-07, from Rule 605 vs 606: Execution Quality Reports.
| et_time | avg_spread_cents | avg_spread_bps |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 | 16.95 | 5.67 |
| 07:30 | 21.5 | 7.19 |
| 08:00 | 18.1 | 6.06 |
| 08:30 | 12.79 | 4.28 |
| 09:00 | 19.73 | 6.57 |
| 09:30 | 5.45 | 1.81 |
| 10:00 | 3.65 | 1.22 |
| 10:30 | 3.96 | 1.32 |
| 11:00 | 3.32 | 1.11 |
| 11:30 | 2.72 | 0.91 |
| 12:00 | 2.67 | 0.89 |
| 12:30 | 2.16 | 0.73 |
| 13:00 | 2.42 | 0.82 |
| 13:30 | 2.16 | 0.73 |
| 14:00 | 3.48 | 1.18 |
| 14:30 | 3.1 | 1.05 |
| 15:00 | 3.13 | 1.06 |
| 15:30 | 2.89 | 0.98 |
| 16:00 | 19.89 | 6.72 |
| 16:30 | 25.67 | 8.67 |
| 17:00 | 47.97 | 16.11 |
| 17:30 | 15.85 | 5.33 |
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- 22 × 3
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
date | 07:00 to 17:30 | |
avg_spread_cents |
number | 2.16 to 47.97 | |
avg_spread_bps |
number | 0.73 to 16.11 |
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
formatDateTime(
toStartOfInterval(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'), INTERVAL 30 MINUTE),
'%H:%i') AS et_time,
round(avg(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price)) * 100, 2) AS avg_spread_cents,
round(avg(10000 * toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price)
/ ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2)), 2) AS avg_spread_bps
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-06-17 11:00:00'
AND sip_timestamp < '2026-06-17 22:00:00'
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > bid_price
AND toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) < 5
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time
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