Median quoted spread by clock hour, one symbol, one session
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 2026-09-27, from Tradegate vs Xetra: Hours and Prices.
| et_time | median_spread_bps | regular_hours_median_bps | quote_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04:00 | 13.76 | 1.03 | 1478 |
| 05:00 | 7.23 | 1.03 | 2069 |
| 06:00 | 9.3 | 1.03 | 518 |
| 07:00 | 12.41 | 1.03 | 2204 |
| 08:00 | 12.05 | 1.03 | 3486 |
| 09:00 | 1.38 | 1.03 | 221100 |
| 10:00 | 1.04 | 1.03 | 278714 |
| 11:00 | 1.38 | 1.03 | 307205 |
| 12:00 | 1.03 | 1.03 | 268189 |
| 13:00 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 249935 |
| 14:00 | 0.68 | 1.03 | 173988 |
| 15:00 | 0.68 | 1.03 | 231589 |
| 16:00 | 6.51 | 1.03 | 1321 |
| 17:00 | 5.83 | 1.03 | 340 |
| 18:00 | 8.94 | 1.03 | 1106 |
| 19:00 | 15.15 | 1.03 | 1099 |
- Rows × columns
- 16 × 4
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
et_time |
text | 16 distinct values (04:00, 05:00, 06:00…) | |
median_spread_bps |
number | 0.68 to 15.15 | |
regular_hours_median_bps |
number | every row is 1.03 | |
quote_count |
number | 340 to 307,205 | 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.
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WITH
(
SELECT round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(
10000 * (toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price))
/ ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2),
toUInt64(sequence_number)), 2)
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-10 13:30:00')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-10 20:00:00')
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > bid_price
AND sequence_number > 0
) AS regular_session_median
SELECT
formatDateTime(toStartOfHour(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')), '%H:%i') AS et_time,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(
10000 * (toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price))
/ ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2),
toUInt64(sequence_number)), 2) AS median_spread_bps,
regular_session_median AS regular_hours_median_bps,
count() AS quote_count
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-10 08:00:00')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-11 00:00:00')
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > bid_price
AND sequence_number > 0
GROUP BY et_time
ORDER BY et_time
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