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ATM implied volatility across every actively traded underlying, latest session

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 2026-10-08, from Highest Implied Volatility Stocks Right Now.

as of scalar 1×5read in context →
underlyings measured
959
p25 iv pct
32.7
median iv pct
46.3
p75 iv pct
66.3
p95 iv pct
103.4
Rows × columns
1 × 5
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
Strasmore terms · free, no signup
Formats
JSON · CSV · the SQL below

What each column holds

Column definitions for ATM implied volatility across every actively traded underlying, latest session, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
underlyings_measured number every row is 959
p25_iv_pct number every row is 32.7 percent
median_iv_pct number every row is 46.3 percent
p75_iv_pct number every row is 66.3 percent
p95_iv_pct number every row is 103.4 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.

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SELECT count() AS underlyings_measured,
       round(100 * quantileExact(0.25)(iv), 1) AS p25_iv_pct,
       round(100 * quantileExact(0.5)(iv), 1)  AS median_iv_pct,
       round(100 * quantileExact(0.75)(iv), 1) AS p75_iv_pct,
       round(100 * quantileExact(0.95)(iv), 1) AS p95_iv_pct
FROM (
    SELECT underlying_symbol, quantileExact(0.5)(implied_volatility) AS iv
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE date = (SELECT max(date) FROM global_markets.options_greeks)
      AND iv_converged AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.02 AND 5
      AND abs(strike_price / underlying_close - 1) <= 0.05
      AND expiration_date BETWEEN date + 7 AND date + 60
    GROUP BY underlying_symbol
    HAVING sum(volume) >= 200
)
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