One expiration, four strikes: every OSI field cut out of the symbol
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 2026-09-20, from How to Read an Options Symbol (OSI Format).
| contract | root | expiry_field | right_code | strike_field | strike_dollars | listed_expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY260116C00500000 | SPY | 260116 | C | 00500000 | 500 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116P00500000 | SPY | 260116 | P | 00500000 | 500 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116C00600000 | SPY | 260116 | C | 00600000 | 600 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116P00600000 | SPY | 260116 | P | 00600000 | 600 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116C00650000 | SPY | 260116 | C | 00650000 | 650 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116P00650000 | SPY | 260116 | P | 00650000 | 650 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116C00700000 | SPY | 260116 | C | 00700000 | 700 | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SPY260116P00700000 | SPY | 260116 | P | 00700000 | 700 | Jan 16, 2026 |
- Rows × columns
- 8 × 7
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
contract |
text | 8 distinct values | |
root |
text | 1 distinct value (SPY) | |
expiry_field |
text | 1 distinct value (260116) | |
right_code |
text | 2 distinct values (C, P) | |
strike_field |
text | 4 distinct values (00500000, 00600000, 00650000…) | |
strike_dollars |
number | 500 to 700 | US dollars |
listed_expiration |
text | 1 distinct value (Jan 16, 2026) |
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
contract,
substring(contract, 1, length(contract) - 15) AS root,
substring(contract, length(contract) - 14, 6) AS expiry_field,
substring(contract, length(contract) - 8, 1) AS right_code,
substring(contract, length(contract) - 7, 8) AS strike_field,
toFloat64(substring(contract, length(contract) - 7, 8)) / 1000 AS strike_dollars,
listed_expiration
FROM
(
SELECT
replaceRegexpOne(ticker, '^O:', '') AS contract,
formatDateTime(any(expiration_date), '%b %e, %Y') AS listed_expiration
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND expiration_date = '2026-01-16'
AND toFloat64(strike_price) IN (500, 600, 650, 700)
AND date >= '2025-12-01'
AND date < '2026-01-01'
GROUP BY contract
)
ORDER BY strike_dollars ASC, right_code ASC