Stock quote spread and depth by session: the four weeks from listing and the trailing three
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 2026-08-20, from SPCX: SpaceX Stock Price Decline From Peak.
| session_date | session_label | avg_spread_bps | avg_depth | dropped_invalid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | Jun 12 | 10.74 | 9506 | 24988 |
| 2026-06-15 | Jun 15 | 5.19 | 2367 | 8411 |
| 2026-06-16 | Jun 16 | 7.14 | 1478 | 7679 |
| 2026-06-17 | Jun 17 | 8 | 1079 | 4348 |
| 2026-06-18 | Jun 18 | 3.97 | 861 | 10114 |
| 2026-06-22 | Jun 22 | 2.53 | 5530 | 3898 |
| 2026-06-23 | Jun 23 | 3.44 | 4657 | 4050 |
| 2026-06-24 | Jun 24 | 6.55 | 241 | 1970 |
| 2026-06-25 | Jun 25 | 5.63 | 240 | 1335 |
| 2026-06-26 | Jun 26 | 4.34 | 825 | 2960 |
| 2026-06-29 | Jun 29 | 4.54 | 331 | 2280 |
| 2026-06-30 | Jun 30 | 4.41 | 320 | 1227 |
| 2026-07-01 | Jul 1 | 3.42 | 312 | 3839 |
| 2026-07-02 | Jul 2 | 4.5 | 319 | 1411 |
| 2026-07-06 | Jul 6 | 3.82 | 384 | 2449 |
| 2026-07-07 | Jul 7 | 4.18 | 3265 | 3394 |
| 2026-07-08 | Jul 8 | 4.81 | 456 | 2013 |
| 2026-07-09 | Jul 9 | 4.72 | 328 | 1485 |
| 2026-07-10 | Jul 10 | 3.6 | 685 | 3692 |
| 2026-07-30 | Jul 30 | 4.68 | 289 | 2355 |
| 2026-07-31 | Jul 31 | 3.42 | 372 | 11475 |
| 2026-08-03 | Aug 3 | 4.61 | 807 | 1661 |
| 2026-08-04 | Aug 4 | 4.27 | 351 | 3038 |
| 2026-08-05 | Aug 5 | 2.99 | 1920 | 8104 |
| 2026-08-06 | Aug 6 | 3.12 | 809 | 7466 |
| 2026-08-07 | Aug 7 | 4.42 | 499 | 7362 |
| 2026-08-10 | Aug 10 | 4.2 | 423 | 6043 |
| 2026-08-11 | Aug 11 | 3.73 | 352 | 4481 |
| 2026-08-12 | Aug 12 | 3.54 | 492 | 4956 |
| 2026-08-13 | Aug 13 | 2.91 | 395 | 10457 |
| 2026-08-14 | Aug 14 | 3.16 | 763 | 3878 |
| 2026-08-17 | Aug 17 | 3.03 | 374 | 5839 |
| 2026-08-18 | Aug 18 | 2.96 | 334 | 5924 |
- Rows × columns
- 33 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
session_date |
date | 2026-06-12 to 2026-08-18 | |
session_label |
text | 33 distinct values (Aug 10, Aug 11, Aug 12…) | |
avg_spread_bps |
number | 2.53 to 10.74 | |
avg_depth |
number | 240 to 9,506 | |
dropped_invalid |
number | 1,227 to 24,988 |
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
toDate(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) AS session_date,
formatDateTime(toDate(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')), '%b %e') AS session_label,
round(avgIf((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2) * 10000, bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > bid_price), 2) AS avg_spread_bps,
round(avgIf((toFloat64(ask_size) + toFloat64(bid_size)) / 2, bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > bid_price), 0) AS avg_depth,
countIf(NOT (bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > bid_price)) AS dropped_invalid
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'SPCX'
AND sip_timestamp < now()
AND ((sip_timestamp >= '2026-06-12 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-11 00:00:00')
OR sip_timestamp >= now() - INTERVAL 21 DAY)
AND (toHour(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
GROUP BY session_date, session_label
HAVING countIf(bid_price > 0 AND ask_price > bid_price) > 0
ORDER BY session_date
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