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Where SPY option volume sits, by strike distance from spot (June 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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Where SPY option volume sits, by strike distance from spot (June 2026) — 5 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
moneyness_bucketcontracts_pctturnover_pct
more than 15% below spot23.0625.03
5% to 15% below spot21.9117.56
within 5% of spot34.9943
5% to 15% above spot12.6710.8
more than 15% above spot7.373.61
Rows × columns
5 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Where SPY option volume sits, by strike distance from spot (June 2026), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
moneyness_bucket text 5 distinct values
contracts_pct number 7.37 to 34.99 percent
turnover_pct number 3.61 to 43 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.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH
    chain AS
    (
        SELECT
            multiIf(
                toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) < 0.85, 1,
                toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) < 0.95, 2,
                toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) < 1.05, 3,
                toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) < 1.15, 4,
                5)                          AS bucket_key,
            multiIf(
                bucket_key = 1, 'more than 15% below spot',
                bucket_key = 2, '5% to 15% below spot',
                bucket_key = 3, 'within 5% of spot',
                bucket_key = 4, '5% to 15% above spot',
                'more than 15% above spot') AS moneyness_bucket,
            volume
        FROM global_markets.options_greeks
        WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
          AND date >= '2026-06-01'
          AND date <  '2026-07-01'
          AND iv_converged = 1
          AND volume > 0
          AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 30 AND 400
    ),
    totals AS
    (
        SELECT
            sum(volume) AS all_volume,
            count()     AS all_rows
        FROM chain
    )
SELECT
    moneyness_bucket,
    round(100 * count() / any(all_rows), 2)       AS contracts_pct,
    round(100 * sum(volume) / any(all_volume), 2) AS turnover_pct
FROM chain
CROSS JOIN totals
GROUP BY bucket_key, moneyness_bucket
ORDER BY bucket_key

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