{"slug":"what-limit-price-should-i-set","qid":"quote_spreads","label":"Average quoted spread across five household names, mid-session","post_title":"What Limit Price Should I Set on a Stock?","post_url":"/blog/what-limit-price-should-i-set#q-quote_spreads","columns":["symbol","spread_cents","spread_bps","quote_count"],"rows":[{"symbol":"MSFT","spread_cents":9.92,"spread_bps":2,"quote_count":119091},{"symbol":"KO","spread_cents":1.15,"spread_bps":1.3,"quote_count":216089},{"symbol":"AAPL","spread_cents":3.04,"spread_bps":0.9,"quote_count":457894},{"symbol":"NVDA","spread_cents":1.59,"spread_bps":0.7,"quote_count":856384},{"symbol":"SPY","spread_cents":1.95,"spread_bps":0.3,"quote_count":1499586}],"shape":"ranking","sql":"SELECT\n    ticker                                                           AS symbol,\n    round(avg(toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price)) * 100, 2) AS spread_cents,\n    round(avg((toFloat64(ask_price) - toFloat64(bid_price))\n              / ((toFloat64(ask_price) + toFloat64(bid_price)) / 2)) * 10000, 1) AS spread_bps,\n    count()                                                          AS quote_count\nFROM global_markets.cache_stocks_quotes\nWHERE ticker IN ('AAPL', 'MSFT', 'NVDA', 'SPY', 'KO')\n  AND sip_timestamp >= '2026-09-15 14:00:00'\n  AND sip_timestamp <  '2026-09-15 19:00:00'\n  AND bid_price > 0\n  AND ask_price > bid_price\nGROUP BY ticker\nORDER BY spread_bps DESC","computed_at":"2026-10-09T15:24:50.882920+00:00","elapsed":0.003200105}