quote_states
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 2026-09-17, from what-does-cross-mean-in-trading.
| quote_state | quotes | share_pct | all_quotes_thousands |
|---|---|---|---|
| normal (bid below ask) | 38410 | 99.595 | 38.6 |
| locked (bid equals ask) | 102 | 0.264 | 38.6 |
| crossed (bid above ask) | 54 | 0.14 | 38.6 |
- Rows × columns
- 3 × 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
quote_state |
text | 3 distinct values | |
quotes |
number | 54 to 38,410 | |
share_pct |
number | 0.14 to 99.595 | percent |
all_quotes_thousands |
number | every row is 38.6 |
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
multiIf(bid_price > ask_price, 'crossed (bid above ask)',
bid_price = ask_price, 'locked (bid equals ask)',
'normal (bid below ask)') AS quote_state,
count() AS quotes,
round(100 * count() / sum(count()) OVER (), 3) AS share_pct,
round(sum(count()) OVER () / 1000, 1) AS all_quotes_thousands
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime('2026-06-18 13:30:00', 'UTC')
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime('2026-06-18 13:35:00', 'UTC')
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > 0
GROUP BY quote_state
ORDER BY quotes DESC
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