Whispertrades

Known Data Quality or Liquidity Issues

Updated Jun 12, 2026

We are always searching for and fixing any data quality or liquidity issues that we can. Any existing, known issues are listed below along with our recommendation on how to handle this in your backtests.

If you suspect a problem with data quality or fills that is not listed below, please let us know.

Symbol

Dates

Issue

Recommendation

ALL

ALL

Stock splits will not trigger early exits based on option value (profit, loss, delta, etc.) since strikes and contract names change. Any position with a split will be held to expiration.

This is on our list to possibly fix in the future, but we have no immediate plans to do so.

SPXW

Feb 5 2018

Severe market selling caused many prolonged wide bid/ask spreads

Expect some trades to miss entries or exits due to extended illiquidity

SPXW

March 13 2020

End of day rally caused many prolonged wide bid/ask spreads

Expect some trades to miss entries or exits due to extended illiquidity

SPXW

May 1 2020

Some missing quotes until ~10:30 AM ET

Entries and exits may be unavailable during this time range

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