# Query 1

Finds the most traded stocks. This query is very fast over very large volumes of data.

```sql
SELECT stock_symbol, COUNT(*) AS c
  FROM trade
  GROUP BY stock_symbol
  ORDER BY c DESC limit 10;

```

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Modified at: March 2, 2021

Source: [/cloud/query-data/advanced-query-topics/example-building-a-sample-stock-trade-database/query-1/](https://docs.singlestore.com/cloud/query-data/advanced-query-topics/example-building-a-sample-stock-trade-database/query-1/)

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