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Monthly median 30-day implied volatility: index ETF, staple, and chipmaker

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 2026-08-02, from Is 30% IV High? It Depends on the Ticker.

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Monthly median 30-day implied volatility: index ETF, staple, and chipmaker — 24 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
monthmonth_labelspy_iv_pctko_iv_pctnvda_iv_pct
2024-08Aug 202414.613.868.4
2024-09Sep 202414.815.950
2024-10Oct 202416.618.654.4
2024-11Nov 202413.616.953.2
2024-12Dec 202412.116.941.3
2025-01Jan 202514.218.844.2
2025-02Feb 202513.617.160.2
2025-03Mar 202518.818.250.9
2025-04Apr 202526.123.256.4
2025-05May 202517.617.951
2025-06Jun 202515.818.235.7
2025-07Jul 20251519.936.3
2025-08Aug 202513.516.544
2025-09Sep 202513.318.335.2
2025-10Oct 202515.12045.7
2025-11Nov 202516.51749.1
2025-12Dec 202513.515.337.7
2026-01Jan 202613.917.638.5
2026-02Feb 202616.419.448.7
2026-03Mar 202620.921.140.5
2026-04Apr 202616.321.837.3
2026-05May 202615.818.544.4
2026-06Jun 202615.419.838.2
2026-07Jul 202614.622.541.6
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24 × 5
Period covered
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Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Monthly median 30-day implied volatility: index ETF, staple, and chipmaker, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
month date 2024-08 to 2026-07
month_label text 24 distinct values (Apr 2025, Apr 2026, Aug 2024…)
spy_iv_pct number 12.1 to 26.1 percent
ko_iv_pct number 13.8 to 23.2 percent
nvda_iv_pct number 35.2 to 68.4 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.

the exact SQL behind every number
WITH atm AS (
    SELECT underlying_symbol AS symbol,
           date,
           avg(implied_volatility) * 100 AS iv_pct
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('SPY', 'KO', 'NVDA')
      AND date >= toDate('2024-08-01')
      AND date <= toDate('2026-07-31')
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND underlying_close > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 20 AND 45
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.05
    GROUP BY symbol, date
)
SELECT formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(date), '%Y-%m') AS month,
       formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(toStartOfMonth(date), 'MMM yyyy') AS month_label,
       round(quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(iv_pct, cityHash64(toString(date)), symbol = 'SPY'), 1) AS spy_iv_pct,
       round(quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(iv_pct, cityHash64(toString(date)), symbol = 'KO'), 1) AS ko_iv_pct,
       round(quantileDeterministicIf(0.5)(iv_pct, cityHash64(toString(date)), symbol = 'NVDA'), 1) AS nvda_iv_pct
FROM atm
GROUP BY toStartOfMonth(date)
HAVING countIf(symbol = 'SPY') > 0
   AND countIf(symbol = 'KO') > 0
   AND countIf(symbol = 'NVDA') > 0
ORDER BY toStartOfMonth(date)

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