The same call at four exits: price, multiple of premium, and P&L per contract
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 2026-07-16, from Buying and Selling Call Options.
| stage | spy_price | call_price | x_entry | pnl_per_contract |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry (May 1) | 720 | 7.22 | 1 | 0 |
| Peak (Jun 2) | 759.63 | 23.5 | 3.25 | 1628 |
| Trough (Jun 10) | 722.88 | 3.17 | 0.44 | -405 |
| Rally (Jun 15) | 753.91 | 15.41 | 2.13 | 819 |
- 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 | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
stage |
text | 4 distinct values | |
spy_price |
number | 720 to 759.63 | US dollars |
call_price |
number | 3.17 to 23.5 | US dollars |
x_entry |
number | 0.44 to 3.25 | |
pnl_per_contract |
number | -405 to 1,628 |
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 entry AS (
SELECT option_close AS premium
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE ticker = 'O:SPY260618C00740000' AND date = '2026-05-01' AND implied_volatility > 0.02
)
SELECT multiIf(g.date = '2026-05-01', 'Entry (May 1)',
g.date = '2026-06-02', 'Peak (Jun 2)',
g.date = '2026-06-10', 'Trough (Jun 10)', 'Rally (Jun 15)') AS stage,
round(g.underlying_close, 2) AS spy_price,
round(g.option_close, 2) AS call_price,
round(g.option_close / e.premium, 2) AS x_entry,
round((g.option_close - e.premium) * 100, 0) AS pnl_per_contract
FROM global_markets.options_greeks g, entry e
WHERE g.ticker = 'O:SPY260618C00740000'
AND g.date IN ('2026-05-01', '2026-06-02', '2026-06-10', '2026-06-15')
AND g.implied_volatility > 0.02
ORDER BY g.date
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