Contract days behind the weekly IV series, by month
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 2026-08-13, from Implied Volatility vs Vega: The Difference.
| month | month_label | aapl_contract_day_count | nvda_contract_day_count | ko_contract_day_count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-01 | Aug 2025 | 760 | 632 | 849 |
| 2025-09-01 | Sep 2025 | 787 | 582 | 828 |
| 2025-10-01 | Oct 2025 | 957 | 692 | 928 |
| 2025-11-01 | Nov 2025 | 809 | 972 | 687 |
| 2025-12-01 | Dec 2025 | 959 | 1093 | 805 |
| 2026-01-01 | Jan 2026 | 833 | 623 | 828 |
| 2026-02-01 | Feb 2026 | 781 | 542 | 823 |
| 2026-03-01 | Mar 2026 | 871 | 596 | 877 |
| 2026-04-01 | Apr 2026 | 834 | 631 | 850 |
| 2026-05-01 | May 2026 | 967 | 1109 | 874 |
| 2026-06-01 | Jun 2026 | 965 | 648 | 877 |
| 2026-07-01 | Jul 2026 | 1111 | 714 | 1040 |
- Rows × columns
- 12 × 5
- Period covered
- to
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
date | 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 | |
month_label |
text | 12 distinct values (Apr 2026, Aug 2025, Dec 2025…) | |
aapl_contract_day_count |
number | 760 to 1,111 | count |
nvda_contract_day_count |
number | 542 to 1,109 | count |
ko_contract_day_count |
number | 687 to 1,040 | 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
toString(toStartOfMonth(date)) AS month,
formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(date), '%b %Y') AS month_label,
countIf(underlying_symbol = 'AAPL') AS aapl_contract_day_count,
countIf(underlying_symbol = 'NVDA') AS nvda_contract_day_count,
countIf(underlying_symbol = 'KO') AS ko_contract_day_count
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('AAPL', 'NVDA', 'KO')
AND date >= '2025-08-01'
AND date < '2026-08-01'
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 20 AND 45
AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.05
GROUP BY month, month_label
ORDER BY month
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