Average at-the-money SPY option premium by days to expiry, first half of 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 2026-08-18, from Does Theta Decay Over the Weekend?.
| dte_bucket | avg_premium_pct |
|---|---|
| 1 DTE | 0.391 |
| 2-3 DTE | 0.561 |
| 4-7 DTE | 0.771 |
| 8-14 DTE | 1.085 |
| 15-30 DTE | 1.617 |
| 31-60 DTE | 2.238 |
| 61-120 DTE | 3.199 |
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- 7 × 2
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- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
dte_bucket |
text | 7 distinct values (1 DTE, 15-30 DTE, 2-3 DTE…) | |
avg_premium_pct |
number | 0.391 to 3.199 | 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
SELECT
dte_bucket,
round(avg(premium_pct), 3) AS avg_premium_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 1, '1 DTE',
days_to_expiry <= 3, '2-3 DTE',
days_to_expiry <= 7, '4-7 DTE',
days_to_expiry <= 14, '8-14 DTE',
days_to_expiry <= 30, '15-30 DTE',
days_to_expiry <= 60, '31-60 DTE',
'61-120 DTE') AS dte_bucket,
days_to_expiry AS dte,
100 * toFloat64(option_close) / toFloat64(underlying_close) AS premium_pct
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date >= '2026-01-02'
AND date < '2026-07-01'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 1 AND 120
AND toFloat64(option_close) > 0
AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.005
)
GROUP BY dte_bucket
ORDER BY min(dte) ASC
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