SpaceX SPCX lockup expiration date: how to find am

SpaceX lockup expiration date for SPCX na filing fact, and na only for that filing you fit find am. IPO lockup na private contract between company insiders and banks wey dey underwrite the offering. For one fixed period after deal price, those holders agree say dem no go sell, transfer, or hedge their shares. This page no print any lockup date for SPCX. E show where dem disclose the governing date and how dem count the standard 180-day convention, so you fit check am against SPCX by yourself.

Wetin IPO lockup expiration mean

IPO lockup na contract, e no be SEC rule. Company officers, directors, employees wey hold equity, and shareholders wey get shares before offering dey sign am for benefit of banks wey dey run the deal. The common term na 180 days from the date of the final prospectus. During this period, the people wey sign agree say dem no go dispose of their shares unless underwriters give written consent.

When the period end, no new shares dey create and no shares dey change hands automatically. The only thing wey change na the number of existing shares wey legally fit enter market. That number na the stock float, and lockup expiration na float event. Our general explainer on how IPO lockup expiration dey work explain the mechanics for any listing. This page apply the same mechanics to one symbol.

SpaceX lockup expiration date get published?

Two documents settle this matter, and both dey inside the company own filing history: registration statement for Form S-1, including all amendments, plus final prospectus for Form 424B4. Lockup dey appear inside each document two times.

• Underwriting section carry the lock-up agreement itself: number of days, date wey the count start from, transfers wey dem allow, plus underwriters’ right to release holder early.
• Shares Eligible for Future Sale section carry the calculation: how many shares restricted, and how many go become eligible on each date, including the block wey affiliates hold and wey dem go still sell gradually afterwards.

Anything wey change after IPO, like waiver or negotiated early release, dey disclosed separately, normally for 8-K or company announcement.

As of August 6, 2026, the honest answer be this: the date wey govern SPCX na the one wey dem write for those documents, and this page no dey restate am from memory. Any page wey quote lockup date without link to the filing dey quote another person calculation. You fit confirm am within two minutes for EDGAR full text search: search the issuer, open the 424B4, then search the document text for “lock-up”. The complete walkthrough dey inside how to find lockup expiration date for the filings.

Two details dey confuse people when dem dey do this. The day count start from the prospectus date, wey normally be the evening before first trade, no be from the first print. And early release condition fit bring part of the window forward. That one mean filing text matter pass calendar.

When SPCX start trading, and wetin don print since

Every count dey start from real date, so make we start with the tape. The panel show every regular session wey the symbol don print since June 1, 2026, together with each session closing price and share volume.

SELECT
    toString(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')))                  AS session_date,
    formatDateTime(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')), '%b %e')   AS session_label,
    round(toFloat64(argMax(close, window_start)), 2)                                AS close_price,
    round(sum(volume) / 1e6, 2)                                                     AS volume_millions
FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPCX'
  AND window_start >= '2026-06-01'
  AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
       + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
  AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
       + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
GROUP BY session_date, session_label
ORDER BY session_date

The first regular session for the window na Jun 12, and e turn over 495.62 million shares. Up to Aug 7, the symbol don print 39 regular sessions, with the latest closing at $134.09. We don write about those early weeks session by session for SPCX first month of trading and the decline from the peak.

How to count 180-day lockup for SPCX

Lockups dey written for calendar days. Markets dey operate for trading sessions. The two no dey move together from day one, and na this difference dey make people miscount lockup by one week or more.

WITH sessions AS
(
    SELECT DISTINCT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPCX'
      AND window_start >= '2026-06-01'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
)
SELECT
    week,
    calendar_days_elapsed,
    toUInt32(sum(sessions_in_week) OVER (ORDER BY week)) AS sessions_elapsed
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toString(toMonday(d))                                       AS week,
        dateDiff('day', (SELECT min(d) FROM sessions), max(d)) + 1  AS calendar_days_elapsed,
        count()                                                     AS sessions_in_week
    FROM sessions
    GROUP BY week
)
ORDER BY week

As of the last week wey dey for the panel, 57 calendar days since the debut don include 39 regular sessions. The long-run rate na about 252 sessions for every 365 calendar days, close to 0.69 session per day. This put 180 calendar-day window around 124 sessions, and 90-day window around 62. If early release condition dey written for trading days, you need count am for the second line, no be the first one.

WITH debut AS
(
    SELECT min(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS d0
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPCX'
      AND window_start >= '2026-06-01'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
)
SELECT
    concat(toString(n), '-day')                              AS convention,
    n                                                        AS calendar_days,
    formatDateTime((SELECT d0 FROM debut) + n, '%b %e, %Y')  AS lands_on,
    formatDateTime((SELECT d0 FROM debut) + n, '%a')         AS weekday,
    dateDiff('day', today(), (SELECT d0 FROM debut) + n)     AS days_from_today
FROM
(
    SELECT arrayJoin([90, 120, 180, 270]) AS n
)
ORDER BY n

Read that panel as arithmetic, no be disclosure. E dey count from the first regular session for the tape, but real lockup dey count from the prospectus date, wey usually dey one day earlier. The 180-day mark fall on Dec 9, 2026, a Wed. The 90-day mark fall on Sep 10, 2026. If SPCX prospectus name another day count, or different tiers of day counts, na the prospectus get final say. The panel na only ruler.

Wetin early release trigger fit look like

Few modern lockups dey be just one wall for one morning. Three structures dey show up repeatedly.

• Conditional early release: after stated number of trading sessions since the IPO, part of the locked shares go free if closing price don stay for, or above, stated percentage of the offer price for stated number of sessions inside stated window.
• Earnings-linked release: part of the shares go free for the second trading day after the company announce its first or second quarterly results.
• Discretionary release: underwriters fit free any holder, fully or partly, in writing and at any time.

One paragraph for the Underwriting section go answer whether SPCX get any of these. Notice wetin the first two get in common: public data fit count every input. Closing price series like the panel above, session count like the one above am, plus offer price from the prospectus cover, dey enough to track the price and trading-day condition day by day. Na so both sides fit settle am without argument.

Lockup expiration versus Rule 144

People dey mix up these two things all the time. But dem no be the same instrument.

Lockup na contract. E get clear end date, e bind only the people wey sign am, and underwriters fit waive am.

Rule 144 na SEC rule. E no get end date. E govern resale of restricted securities and shares wey affiliates hold. Affiliates mean officers, directors, and holders wey control the issuer. For affiliate of reporting company, sales still dey subject to volume cap. The cap na whichever one dey higher between 1% of shares outstanding and the average weekly reported volume for the four calendar weeks before the notice. The sale also need current public information about the issuer and must follow manner-of-sale conditions. Seller must file Form 144 notice once sales pass 5,000 shares or $50,000 within any three-month period. Non-affiliate wey hold restricted stock of reporting company need complete six-month holding period. After that, the shares generally fit trade freely.

The practical difference on expiration morning be this: non-affiliates fit sell their shares freely in bulk, while affiliates enter a metered selling process wey continue as long as dem remain affiliates. If float estimate treat every locked share as freely sellable on the same day, e go overstate the amount wey fit reach the tape that week.

How much of the float release dey touch?

The size of release matter as much as the date. The Shares Eligible for Future Sale table show the number of shares for each release date. The tape show how many shares market dey turn over for one day. Divide the first figure by the second one, and you get rough number of trading days of volume. As hypothetical example, if 50 million shares become free while average daily volume na 10 million shares, that na five days of volume. This one different from release wey equal half a day of volume. Both inputs dey inside public documents. None of them talk about direction, and none be forecast.

Stock fit fall after lockup expiration?

No rule dey say e must happen, and known date no be news on the day wey e arrive. Lockup expiration dey inside public document for months before, and shares dey trade for every session between that time. Anything wey holders wan do with date wey everybody fit read, dem dey do am across the whole interval.

To see how fixed, public date dey behave for the tape, look monthly options expiration for SPY, the biggest S&P 500 ETF. Third Friday of every month don set years ahead, and e no dey surprise anybody.

SELECT
    formatDateTime(d, '%Y-%m')                                      AS month,
    round(avgIf(session_volume_millions, is_expiry_friday = 1), 1)  AS expiry_friday_volume,
    round(avgIf(session_volume_millions, is_expiry_friday = 0), 1)  AS other_session_volume
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d,
        sum(volume) / 1e6                                    AS session_volume_millions,
        max(if(toDayOfWeek(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) = 5
               AND toDayOfMonth(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 15 AND 21,
               1, 0))                                        AS is_expiry_friday
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND window_start >= '2025-08-01'
      AND window_start <  '2026-08-01'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
    GROUP BY d
)
GROUP BY month
HAVING countIf(is_expiry_friday = 1) > 0
   AND countIf(is_expiry_friday = 0) > 0
ORDER BY month

The window cover 11 months. Each month get two bars: the expiration Friday, plus the average for the other regular sessions that month. For 2026-07, expiration Friday record 51.5 million shares traded, against 39.2 million for the month ordinary sessions. The narrow lesson be this: date wey the whole market fit see coming still show for the tape as volume, on schedule, and nobody dey caught unaware. The same thing apply to scheduled index change, wey the SPCX Nasdaq 100 index addition cover.

SELECT
    toString(toYear(d))  AS year,
    count()              AS sessions,
    toString(min(d))     AS first_session,
    toString(max(d))     AS last_session
FROM
(
    SELECT DISTINCT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS d
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPCX'
      AND window_start >= '2015-01-01'
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) >= 570
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) < 960
)
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year

FAQ

SPCX lockup go expire when?

Na the date wey dey for SPCX final prospectus on Form 424B4, together with any later 8-K wey waive or amend am, be the governing date. As of August 6, 2026, this page no print any date wey e no fit link to filing. The section above show how to read the date from the source in about two minutes.

Standard IPO lockup dey last how long?

180 days from the date of the final prospectus na the common convention. But terms from 90 to 365 days dey happen, and tiered releases across several dates dey ordinary. If you count from SPCX first regular session, the 180-day mark land on Dec 9, 2026. Na calendar arithmetic, no be disclosed date.

Insiders fit sell before lockup expire?

Sometimes. Underwriters fit free a holder in writing at any time. The agreement fit get price and trading day conditions wey release part of the holdings early. The carve-outs generally allow gifts, estate transfers and similar non-market transfers. Affiliates still dey subject to Rule 144, no matter wetin the lockup talk.

Lockup and Rule 144 na the same thing?

No. Lockup na private contract with fixed end date wey bind the people wey sign am. Rule 144 na SEC rule wey no get end date. E govern resale of restricted shares and any sale by an affiliate, including volume caps and Form 144 notice.

Stock always dey fall when lockup expire?

No, and results dey vary well across listings. The date dey disclosed months ahead. The size of the release compared with the float dey different every time. Affiliates still dey limited by Rule 144 after the contractual window end.

Every panel for here come with the SQL wey produce am, so you fit open one and check the count yourself. To chart SPCX session by session, or count the trading days between two dates wey you read for a filing, ask am in plain English for the Strasmore terminal.