Quarterly third Friday volume against the trailing 20 session average
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 2026-09-23, from DAX Futures Explained: FDAX, FDXM, FDXS.
| expiry_date | expiry_volume_millions | trailing_20d_volume_millions | expiry_ratio | expiry_label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-17 | 3.09 | 2.76 | 1.12 | Mar 17, 2023 |
| 2023-06-16 | 2.06 | 2.14 | 0.96 | Jun 16, 2023 |
| 2023-09-15 | 1.49 | 2.11 | 0.71 | Sep 15, 2023 |
| 2023-12-15 | 2.05 | 1.41 | 1.45 | Dec 15, 2023 |
| 2024-03-15 | 1.17 | 1.48 | 0.79 | Mar 15, 2024 |
| 2024-06-21 | 1.22 | 1.14 | 1.07 | Jun 21, 2024 |
| 2024-09-20 | 0.4 | 0.47 | 0.84 | Sep 20, 2024 |
| 2024-12-20 | 0.48 | 0.88 | 0.54 | Dec 20, 2024 |
| 2025-03-21 | 3.29 | 3.67 | 0.9 | Mar 21, 2025 |
| 2025-06-20 | 2.33 | 3.29 | 0.71 | Jun 20, 2025 |
| 2025-09-19 | 2.93 | 2.49 | 1.17 | Sep 19, 2025 |
| 2025-12-19 | 1.75 | 1.98 | 0.89 | Dec 19, 2025 |
| 2026-03-20 | 4.93 | 2.69 | 1.83 | Mar 20, 2026 |
| 2026-09-18 | 1.84 | 0.97 | 1.89 | Sep 18, 2026 |
- Rows × columns
- 14 × 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
expiry_date |
date | 2023-03-17 to 2026-09-18 | |
expiry_volume_millions |
number | 0.4 to 4.93 | count |
trailing_20d_volume_millions |
number | 0.47 to 3.67 | count |
expiry_ratio |
number | 0.54 to 1.89 | ratio or rate |
expiry_label |
text | 14 distinct values (Dec 15, 2023, Dec 19, 2025, Dec 20, 2024…) |
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 daily AS
(
SELECT
date,
max(toFloat64(volume)) AS vol
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'EWG'
AND date >= '2023-01-01'
AND date < '2026-09-19'
GROUP BY date
),
with_avg AS
(
SELECT
date,
vol,
avg(vol) OVER (ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 20 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) AS trailing_avg
FROM daily
)
SELECT
toString(date) AS expiry_date,
round(vol / 1e6, 2) AS expiry_volume_millions,
round(trailing_avg / 1e6, 2) AS trailing_20d_volume_millions,
round(vol / trailing_avg, 2) AS expiry_ratio,
formatDateTime(date, '%b %e, %Y') AS expiry_label
FROM with_avg
WHERE toMonth(date) IN (3, 6, 9, 12)
AND toDayOfWeek(date) = 5
AND toDayOfMonth(date) BETWEEN 15 AND 21
ORDER BY date
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