AAPL: the last recorded NBBO quote in our data window
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 2026-08-22, from What Is a Bid-Ask Spread? Real Costs.
stock
AAPL
bid price
316.88
ask price
317.25
spread
0.37
midpoint price
317.06
spread pct
0.117
quote time et
2026-08-19 19:59
- Rows × columns
- 1 × 7
- Period covered
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
stock |
text | 1 distinct value (AAPL) | |
bid_price |
text | 1 distinct value (316.88) | |
ask_price |
text | 1 distinct value (317.25) | |
spread |
text | 1 distinct value (0.37) | |
midpoint_price |
text | 1 distinct value (317.06) | |
spread_pct |
number | every row is 0.117 | percent |
quote_time_et |
date | 2026-08-19 |
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 stock,
toDecimalString(bid, 2) AS bid_price,
toDecimalString(ask, 2) AS ask_price,
toDecimalString(ask - bid, 2) AS spread,
toDecimalString((ask + bid) / 2, 2) AS midpoint_price,
round((ask - bid) / ((ask + bid) / 2) * 100, 3) AS spread_pct,
quote_time_et
FROM (
SELECT ticker AS stock,
argMax(toFloat64(bid_price), sip_timestamp) AS bid,
argMax(toFloat64(ask_price), sip_timestamp) AS ask,
formatDateTime(toTimeZone(max(sip_timestamp), 'America/New_York'), '%Y-%m-%d %H:%i') AS quote_time_et
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND sip_timestamp >= now() - INTERVAL 7 DAY
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > bid_price
GROUP BY ticker
)
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