implied_vs_realised
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 2026-10-03, from aapl-earnings-day-moves.
| report_date | implied_move_pct | realised_move_pct | realised_minus_implied_pct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-30 | 6.28 | 0.67 | -5.61 |
| 2026-01-29 | 5.58 | 0.46 | -5.12 |
| 2026-07-30 | 11.83 | 7.35 | -4.48 |
- Rows × columns
- 3 × 4
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
report_date |
date | 2025-01-30 to 2026-07-30 | |
implied_move_pct |
number | 5.58 to 11.83 | percent |
realised_move_pct |
number | 0.46 to 7.35 | percent |
realised_minus_implied_pct |
number | -5.61 to -4.48 | 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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WITH
reports AS
(
SELECT DISTINCT filing_date AS report_date
FROM global_markets.stocks_8k_text
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND startsWith(form_type, '8-K')
AND filing_date >= '2023-09-01'
AND (positionCaseInsensitive(items_text, 'Results of Operations') > 0
OR positionCaseInsensitive(items_text, 'Item 2.02') > 0)
),
bars AS
(
SELECT
date,
toFloat64(any(open)) AS open_px,
toFloat64(any(close)) AS close_px
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND date >= '2023-08-01'
GROUP BY date
),
seq AS
(
SELECT date, open_px, close_px, row_number() OVER (ORDER BY date) AS n
FROM bars
),
per_report AS
(
SELECT
d0.date AS report_date,
abs(d1.close_px / d0.close_px - 1) * 100 AS abs_full_day_pct
FROM seq AS d0
INNER JOIN seq AS d1 ON d1.n = d0.n + 1
INNER JOIN reports AS r ON r.report_date = d0.date
),
atm_raw AS
(
SELECT
date,
days_to_expiry,
implied_volatility
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND date >= '2023-09-01'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 10
AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.025
),
nearest AS
(
SELECT date, min(days_to_expiry) AS dte
FROM atm_raw
GROUP BY date
),
atm AS
(
SELECT
a.date AS date,
round(avg(a.implied_volatility * sqrt(a.days_to_expiry / 365)) * 100, 2) AS implied_move_pct
FROM atm_raw AS a
INNER JOIN nearest AS n ON n.date = a.date AND a.days_to_expiry = n.dte
GROUP BY a.date
HAVING count() > 0
)
SELECT
toString(p.report_date) AS report_date,
a.implied_move_pct AS implied_move_pct,
round(p.abs_full_day_pct, 2) AS realised_move_pct,
round(p.abs_full_day_pct - a.implied_move_pct, 2) AS realised_minus_implied_pct
FROM per_report AS p
INNER JOIN atm AS a ON a.date = p.report_date
ORDER BY p.report_date
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