put_cost_curve
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 2026-09-28, from how-many-puts-to-hedge-a-portfolio.
| strike_distance | premium_pct_of_notional | annualised_pct |
|---|---|---|
| within 2% of spot | 1.36 | 13.7 |
| 2% to 5% below spot | 0.79 | 8.1 |
| 5% to 10% below spot | 0.39 | 4 |
| 10% to 20% below spot | 0.16 | 1.6 |
- Rows × columns
- 4 × 3
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
strike_distance |
text | 4 distinct values | |
premium_pct_of_notional |
number | 0.16 to 1.36 | percent |
annualised_pct |
number | 1.6 to 13.7 | 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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WITH puts AS
(
SELECT
days_to_expiry AS dte,
toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) AS moneyness,
toFloat64(option_close) / toFloat64(underlying_close) AS premium_share
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND lower(toString(option_type)) LIKE 'p%'
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 20 AND 60
AND underlying_close > 0
AND option_close > 0
AND date >= (SELECT max(date) - 180 FROM global_markets.options_greeks WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY')
AND date <= (SELECT max(date) FROM global_markets.options_greeks WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY')
)
SELECT
strike_distance,
round(100 * avg(premium_share), 2) AS premium_pct_of_notional,
round(100 * avg(premium_share) * 365 / avg(dte), 1) AS annualised_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
premium_share,
dte,
moneyness,
multiIf(moneyness >= 0.98, 'within 2% of spot',
moneyness >= 0.95, '2% to 5% below spot',
moneyness >= 0.90, '5% to 10% below spot',
'10% to 20% below spot') AS strike_distance
FROM puts
WHERE moneyness >= 0.80
AND moneyness < 1.00
)
GROUP BY strike_distance
HAVING count() > 5
ORDER BY avg(moneyness) DESC
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