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Median gamma, theta and delta by time to expiry: near-the-money US options, July 15, 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 2026-07-31, from 0DTE Options Strategies: How They Trade.

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Median gamma, theta and delta by time to expiry: near-the-money US options, July 15, 2026 — 4 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
time_to_expirycontractsmedian_gammamedian_abs_thetamedian_abs_delta
1-2 days60630.09150.3670.49
3-7 days8100.02490.3580.49
8-30 days106420.02970.1630.5
Over 30 days132420.01510.0550.52
Rows × columns
4 × 5
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Median gamma, theta and delta by time to expiry: near-the-money US options, July 15, 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
time_to_expiry text 4 distinct values (1-2 days, 3-7 days, 8-30 days…)
contracts number 810 to 13,242 count
median_gamma number 0.0151 to 0.0915
median_abs_theta number 0.055 to 0.367
median_abs_delta number 0.49 to 0.52

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.

the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT multiIf(days_to_expiry = 0, '0 (same day)',
               days_to_expiry <= 2, '1-2 days',
               days_to_expiry <= 7, '3-7 days',
               days_to_expiry <= 30, '8-30 days',
               'Over 30 days') AS time_to_expiry,
       count() AS contracts,
       round(quantileExact(0.5)(gamma), 4) AS median_gamma,
       round(quantileExact(0.5)(abs(theta)), 3) AS median_abs_theta,
       round(quantileExact(0.5)(abs(delta)), 2) AS median_abs_delta
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date = toDate('2026-07-15')
  AND iv_converged
  AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.02 AND 5
  AND abs(strike_price / underlying_close - 1) <= 0.02
  AND days_to_expiry >= 0
GROUP BY time_to_expiry
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)

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