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Five-wide AAPL call spreads: cost to buy vs. collateral to sell, priced at the May 19, 2025 close

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Five-wide AAPL call spreads: cost to buy vs. collateral to sell, priced at the May 19, 2025 close — 8 rows by 3 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
spreadmax_loss_usdmax_profit_usd
210/215227273
212.5/217.5190310
215/220152348
217.5/222.5135365
220/225110390
222.5/227.579421
225/23057443
227.5/232.542458
Rows × columns
8 × 3
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Five-wide AAPL call spreads: cost to buy vs. collateral to sell, priced at the May 19, 2025 close, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
spread text 8 distinct values (210/215, 212.5/217.5, 215/220…)
max_loss_usd number 42 to 227 US dollars
max_profit_usd number 273 to 458 US dollars

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
    concat(toString(a.strike), '/', toString(b.strike))   AS spread,
    toUInt32(round((a.px - b.px) * 100))                  AS max_loss_usd,
    toUInt32(round((5 - (a.px - b.px)) * 100))            AS max_profit_usd
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toFloat64(strike_price)                                AS strike,
        toInt32(round(toFloat64(strike_price) * 100) + 500)    AS k_plus_5,
        toFloat64(max(option_close))                           AS px,
        toFloat64(max(underlying_close))                       AS spot
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
      AND toDate(date) = '2025-05-19'
      AND toDate(expiration_date) = '2025-06-20'
      AND lower(toString(option_type)) IN ('c', 'call')
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
    GROUP BY strike_price
) AS a
INNER JOIN
(
    SELECT
        toFloat64(strike_price)                                AS strike,
        toInt32(round(toFloat64(strike_price) * 100))          AS k,
        toFloat64(max(option_close))                           AS px
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
      AND toDate(date) = '2025-05-19'
      AND toDate(expiration_date) = '2025-06-20'
      AND lower(toString(option_type)) IN ('c', 'call')
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
    GROUP BY strike_price
) AS b ON a.k_plus_5 = b.k
WHERE a.strike >= a.spot
  AND a.px > b.px
  AND a.px - b.px < 5
ORDER BY a.strike
LIMIT 8
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