KO: ten consecutive NBBO updates from 1:30 p.m. ET on a recent 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 2026-08-22, from What Is the NBBO? National Best Bid and Offer.
| et_time | elapsed_ms | bid_shares | best_bid | best_ask | ask_shares | spread_cents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13:30:00.057 | 0 | 100 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 300 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0 | 100 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 400 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0 | 100 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 400 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0.03 | 100 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 400 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0.04 | 200 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 400 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0.24 | 200 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 300 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0.33 | 200 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 300 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.057 | 0.34 | 200 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 300 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.058 | 0.81 | 200 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 400 | 1 |
| 13:30:00.058 | 0.83 | 200 | 88.74 | 88.75 | 800 | 1 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 7
- Period covered
- 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 | 13:30:00.0 | |
elapsed_ms |
number | 0 to 0.83 | |
bid_shares |
number | 100 to 200 | count |
best_bid |
number | every row is 88.74 | |
best_ask |
number | every row is 88.75 | |
ask_shares |
number | 300 to 800 | count |
spread_cents |
number | every row is 1 |
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
WITH (
SELECT max(session_date)
FROM (
SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session_date,
countIf((toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60 + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959) AS regular_bars
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND window_start >= toDateTime(today() - 10)
AND window_start < toDateTime(today() - 3)
GROUP BY session_date
HAVING regular_bars = 390
)
) AS last_session
SELECT substring(toString(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')), 12, 12) AS et_time,
round((toUnixTimestamp64Nano(sip_timestamp) - min(toUnixTimestamp64Nano(sip_timestamp)) OVER ()) / 1e6, 2) AS elapsed_ms,
bid_size AS bid_shares,
toFloat64(bid_price) AS best_bid,
toFloat64(ask_price) AS best_ask,
ask_size AS ask_shares,
round((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) * 100, 1) AS spread_cents
FROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes
WHERE ticker = 'KO'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime(last_session, 'America/New_York') + INTERVAL 13 HOUR + INTERVAL 30 MINUTE
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime(last_session, 'America/New_York') + INTERVAL 14 HOUR
AND bid_price > 0
AND ask_price > bid_price
ORDER BY sip_timestamp, sequence_number
LIMIT 10
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