Shares a 1% move forces per 100 at-the-money SPY contracts, by time left (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 2026-08-16, from How Delta Hedging Actually Works.
| expiry_window | hedge_shares |
|---|---|
| 0-2 days | 3429 |
| 3-7 days | 2282 |
| 8-21 days | 1542 |
| 22-45 days | 905 |
| 46-90 days | 587 |
- Rows × columns
- 5 × 2
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
expiry_window |
text | 5 distinct values (0-2 days, 22-45 days, 3-7 days…) | |
hedge_shares |
number | 587 to 3,429 | count |
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
multiIf(bucket = 1, '0-2 days',
bucket = 2, '3-7 days',
bucket = 3, '8-21 days',
bucket = 4, '22-45 days',
'46-90 days') AS expiry_window,
toUInt32(round(avg(shares_per_contract) * 100)) AS hedge_shares
FROM
(
SELECT
multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 2, 1,
days_to_expiry <= 7, 2,
days_to_expiry <= 21, 3,
days_to_expiry <= 45, 4,
5) AS bucket,
toFloat64(gamma) * toFloat64(underlying_close) AS shares_per_contract
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND underlying_close > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 0 AND 90
AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) <= 0.01
AND date >= '2026-06-01'
AND date < '2026-07-01'
)
GROUP BY bucket
ORDER BY bucket
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