Median bid-ask spread on SPY same-day contracts quoted $1-$10, by ET hour: July 10, 2026
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 2026-08-13, from When Do 0DTE Options Trade? By the Hour.
| et_hour | quote_updates_m | median_spread_usd | median_spread_pct_of_mid |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | 0.8 | 0.03 | 0.8 |
| 10:00 | 1.4 | 0.03 | 0.89 |
| 11:00 | 0.9 | 0.03 | 1 |
| 12:00 | 0.3 | 0.03 | 1.57 |
| 13:00 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.17 |
| 14:00 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 2.38 |
| 15:00 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 2.67 |
- Rows × columns
- 7 × 4
- 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_hour |
text | 7 distinct values (09:00, 10:00, 11:00…) | |
quote_updates_m |
number | 0.1 to 1.4 | |
median_spread_usd |
number | 0.03 to 0.11 | US dollars |
median_spread_pct_of_mid |
number | 0.8 to 2.67 | percent |
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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SELECT formatDateTime(toStartOfHour(toTimeZone(sip_timestamp, 'America/New_York')), '%H:%i') AS et_hour,
round(count() / 1e6, 1) AS quote_updates_m,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price), toUInt64(sequence_number)), 3) AS median_spread_usd,
round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(ask_price - bid_price) / toFloat64(bid_price + ask_price) * 200,
toUInt64(sequence_number)), 2) AS median_spread_pct_of_mid
FROM global_markets.cache_options_quotes
WHERE ticker LIKE 'O:SPY260710%'
AND sip_timestamp >= toDateTime64('2026-07-10 13:30:00', 9)
AND sip_timestamp < toDateTime64('2026-07-10 20:00:00', 9)
AND bid_price > 0
AND toFloat64(bid_price + ask_price) / 2 BETWEEN 1 AND 10
GROUP BY et_hour
ORDER BY et_hour
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