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Net delta of a SPY box as the upper strike widens (June 1, 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 2026-08-06, from Box Spread Options and the Implied Loan Rate.

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Net delta of a SPY box as the upper strike widens (June 1, 2026) — 9 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
strike_widthcall_leg_deltaput_leg_deltabox_net_delta
50.02-0.01950.0005
100.0405-0.03920.0013
150.0617-0.05960.0021
200.0829-0.08050.0024
250.105-0.10080.0042
300.1272-0.12310.0041
350.1513-0.14440.0069
450.1979-0.18560.0123
500.2208-0.19770.0231
Rows × columns
9 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Net delta of a SPY box as the upper strike widens (June 1, 2026), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
strike_width number 5 to 50 US dollars
call_leg_delta number 0.02 to 0.2208
put_leg_delta number -0.1977 to -0.0195
box_net_delta number 0.0005 to 0.0231

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
WITH
    chain AS
    (
        SELECT
            toFloat64(strike_price)           AS strike,
            avg(toFloat64(underlying_close))  AS spot,
            round(avgIf(delta, delta > 0), 4) AS call_delta,
            round(avgIf(delta, delta < 0), 4) AS put_delta
        FROM global_markets.options_greeks
        WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
          AND date = '2026-06-01'
          AND expiration_date = '2026-12-18'
          AND iv_converged = 1
          AND volume > 0
        GROUP BY strike
        HAVING countIf(delta > 0) > 0
           AND countIf(delta < 0) > 0
    ),
    lower_leg AS
    (
        SELECT
            strike     AS k1,
            call_delta AS c1,
            put_delta  AS p1
        FROM chain
        ORDER BY abs(strike - spot)
        LIMIT 1
    )
SELECT
    toUInt32(strike - k1)                      AS strike_width,
    round(c1 - call_delta, 4)                  AS call_leg_delta,
    round(put_delta - p1, 4)                   AS put_leg_delta,
    round(c1 - call_delta + put_delta - p1, 4) AS box_net_delta
FROM chain
CROSS JOIN lower_leg
WHERE strike > k1
  AND strike <= k1 + 60
ORDER BY strike

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