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Implied probability vs what happened: SPY calls 30 days from expiry, 2022 through 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 2026-08-03, from Event Contract Prices as Probabilities.

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Implied probability vs what happened: SPY calls 30 days from expiry, 2022 through June 2026 — 10 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
implied_bucketcontractsimplied_prob_pctfinished_above_pct
2-10%42764.74.9
10-20%226214.819.1
20-30%18742532.3
30-40%18323542.8
40-50%19334552.6
50-60%221355.160.9
60-70%258165.270.6
70-80%307175.279.2
80-90%385885.391.1
90-98%480694.397.8
Rows × columns
10 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Implied probability vs what happened: SPY calls 30 days from expiry, 2022 through June 2026, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
implied_bucket text 10 distinct values (10-20%, 2-10%, 20-30%…)
contracts number 1,832 to 4,806 count
implied_prob_pct number 4.7 to 94.3 percent
finished_above_pct number 4.9 to 97.8 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 px AS (
    SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session,
           argMax(toFloat64(close), window_start) AS close_px
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= toDate('2022-01-01')
      AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) <= toDate('2026-06-30')
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
    GROUP BY session
),
snap AS (
    SELECT ticker AS contract,
           argMin(delta, abs(days_to_expiry - 30)) AS implied_prob,
           toFloat64(any(strike_price)) AS strike,
           any(expiration_date) AS expiry
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND date >= toDate('2022-01-01')
      AND expiration_date <= toDate('2026-06-30')
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 25 AND 35
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND delta > 0.02
      AND delta < 0.98
    GROUP BY contract
)
SELECT multiIf(implied_prob < 0.10, '2-10%',
               implied_prob < 0.20, '10-20%',
               implied_prob < 0.30, '20-30%',
               implied_prob < 0.40, '30-40%',
               implied_prob < 0.50, '40-50%',
               implied_prob < 0.60, '50-60%',
               implied_prob < 0.70, '60-70%',
               implied_prob < 0.80, '70-80%',
               implied_prob < 0.90, '80-90%',
                                    '90-98%') AS implied_bucket,
       count() AS contracts,
       round(100 * avg(implied_prob), 1) AS implied_prob_pct,
       round(100 * avg(close_px > strike), 1) AS finished_above_pct
FROM snap
INNER JOIN px ON px.session = snap.expiry
GROUP BY implied_bucket
ORDER BY implied_prob_pct

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