What each strike paid on May 1, 2026: SPY June 18 calls and puts side by side
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 Covered Call vs Cash-Secured Put.
| strike_price | call_premium | put_premium |
|---|---|---|
| $690 | 40.27 | 6.82 |
| $700 | 32.41 | 8.66 |
| $710 | 24.59 | 11.13 |
| $720 | 17.49 | 14.41 |
| $730 | 11.72 | 18.38 |
| $740 | 7.22 | 23.05 |
| $750 | 4 | 31.5 |
| $770 | 0.98 | 47.44 |
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- 8 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
strike_price |
text | 8 distinct values ($690, $700, $710…) | |
call_premium |
number | 0.98 to 40.27 | US dollars |
put_premium |
number | 6.82 to 47.44 | US dollars |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT concat('$', toString(intDiv(toUInt32OrZero(substring(ticker, 13, 8)), 1000))) AS strike_price,
round(avgIf(option_close, substring(ticker, 12, 1) = 'C'), 2) AS call_premium,
round(avgIf(option_close, substring(ticker, 12, 1) = 'P'), 2) AS put_premium
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE ticker LIKE 'O:SPY260618%'
AND date = '2026-05-01'
AND implied_volatility > 0.02
AND toUInt32OrZero(substring(ticker, 13, 8)) BETWEEN 690000 AND 770000
AND toUInt32OrZero(substring(ticker, 13, 8)) % 10000 = 0
GROUP BY strike_price
HAVING countIf(substring(ticker, 12, 1) = 'C') > 0
AND countIf(substring(ticker, 12, 1) = 'P') > 0
ORDER BY min(toUInt32OrZero(substring(ticker, 13, 8)))
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