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The same short put as a five-point credit spread in a margin account (June 12, 2026 close, July 17 expiry)

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 2026-09-17, from How to Get Approved for Options Trading.

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The same short put as a five-point credit spread in a margin account (June 12, 2026 close, July 17 expiry) — 9 rows by 9 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
short_strikelong_strikeshort_put_pricelong_put_pricenet_credit_dollarsmargin_requirement_dollarscredit_pct_of_requirementcash_vs_margin_ratiospy_close
74073512.3710.617732354.8229.1742.45
73573010.68.9616433648.8218.8742.45
7307258.967.7112537533.3194.7742.45
7257207.716.5811338729.2187.3742.45
7207156.585.728641420.8173.9742.45
7157105.724.878541520.5172.3742.45
7107054.874.196843215.7164.4742.45
7057004.193.596044013.6160.2742.45
7006953.593.18414598.9152.5742.45
Rows × columns
9 × 9
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for The same short put as a five-point credit spread in a margin account (June 12, 2026 close, July 17 expiry), derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
short_strike number 700 to 740 US dollars
long_strike number 695 to 735 US dollars
short_put_price number 3.59 to 12.37 US dollars
long_put_price number 3.18 to 10.6 US dollars
net_credit_dollars number 41 to 177
margin_requirement_dollars number 323 to 459
credit_pct_of_requirement number 8.9 to 54.8 percent
cash_vs_margin_ratio number 152.5 to 229.1 ratio or rate
spy_close text 1 distinct value (742.45)

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
    s.strike                                                          AS short_strike,
    l.strike                                                          AS long_strike,
    s.put_price                                                       AS short_put_price,
    l.put_price                                                       AS long_put_price,
    toInt32(round((s.put_price - l.put_price) * 100))                 AS net_credit_dollars,
    toInt32(round((s.strike - l.strike) * 100)) - net_credit_dollars  AS margin_requirement_dollars,
    round(net_credit_dollars / margin_requirement_dollars * 100, 1)   AS credit_pct_of_requirement,
    round(s.strike * 100 / margin_requirement_dollars, 1)             AS cash_vs_margin_ratio,
    s.spy_close                                                       AS spy_close
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toInt32(round(toFloat64(strike_price)))               AS strike,
        strike - 5                                            AS long_strike,
        round(any(toFloat64(option_close)), 2)                AS put_price,
        toString(round(any(toFloat64(underlying_close)), 2))  AS spy_close
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND toDate(date) = toDate('2026-06-12')
      AND toDate(expiration_date) = toDate('2026-07-17')
      AND lower(toString(option_type)) LIKE 'p%'
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND toFloat64(underlying_close) > 0
      AND toFloat64(strike_price) < toFloat64(underlying_close)
      AND toFloat64(strike_price) >= toFloat64(underlying_close) * 0.94
      AND toInt32(round(toFloat64(strike_price))) % 5 = 0
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) - round(toFloat64(strike_price))) < 0.001
    GROUP BY strike_price
) AS s
INNER JOIN
(
    SELECT
        toInt32(round(toFloat64(strike_price)))               AS strike,
        round(any(toFloat64(option_close)), 2)                AS put_price
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND toDate(date) = toDate('2026-06-12')
      AND toDate(expiration_date) = toDate('2026-07-17')
      AND lower(toString(option_type)) LIKE 'p%'
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND toFloat64(underlying_close) > 0
      AND toFloat64(strike_price) < toFloat64(underlying_close)
      AND toFloat64(strike_price) >= toFloat64(underlying_close) * 0.90
      AND toInt32(round(toFloat64(strike_price))) % 5 = 0
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) - round(toFloat64(strike_price))) < 0.001
    GROUP BY strike_price
) AS l ON l.strike = s.long_strike
ORDER BY short_strike DESC
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