The same reading against each name's own 52-week implied volatility range (July 28, 2026)
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 2026-08-17, from Is High Implied Volatility Good? IV in Context.
| ticker | iv_now_pct | iv_52w_low_pct | iv_52w_high_pct | iv_rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QQQ | 26 | 13.3 | 29 | 80.7 |
| PLTR | 67.8 | 42.1 | 76.7 | 74.4 |
| COIN | 78.9 | 37.2 | 93.5 | 74.1 |
| KO | 20.9 | 12.5 | 24.7 | 68.7 |
| MSFT | 43.3 | 8.9 | 60.4 | 66.8 |
| JNJ | 24 | 11.3 | 33.4 | 57.7 |
| AAPL | 29.3 | 19.3 | 36.7 | 57.4 |
| MSTR | 80.2 | 50.2 | 127.6 | 38.8 |
| NVDA | 43.9 | 32.7 | 61.7 | 38.5 |
| TSLA | 47.3 | 37 | 69.4 | 31.9 |
| SPY | 15.3 | 11.6 | 25.9 | 25.7 |
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- 11 × 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
ticker |
text | 11 distinct values (AAPL, COIN, JNJ…) | |
iv_now_pct |
number | 15.3 to 80.2 | percent |
iv_52w_low_pct |
number | 8.9 to 50.2 | percent |
iv_52w_high_pct |
number | 24.7 to 127.6 | percent |
iv_rank |
number | 25.7 to 80.7 | ratio or rate |
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 per_session AS (
SELECT underlying_symbol AS u,
date AS d,
100 * quantileExact(0.5)(implied_volatility) AS iv_pct
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date BETWEEN '2025-07-28' AND '2026-07-28'
AND underlying_symbol IN ('KO','JNJ','SPY','QQQ','AAPL','MSFT','NVDA','TSLA','PLTR','COIN','MSTR')
AND iv_converged AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.02 AND 5
AND abs(strike_price / underlying_close - 1) <= 0.05
AND expiration_date BETWEEN date + 20 AND date + 60
GROUP BY u, d
HAVING count() >= 10
)
SELECT u AS ticker,
round(anyIf(iv_pct, d = '2026-07-28'), 1) AS iv_now_pct,
round(min(iv_pct), 1) AS iv_52w_low_pct,
round(max(iv_pct), 1) AS iv_52w_high_pct,
round(100 * (anyIf(iv_pct, d = '2026-07-28') - min(iv_pct)) / (max(iv_pct) - min(iv_pct)), 1) AS iv_rank
FROM per_session
GROUP BY ticker
HAVING countIf(d = '2026-07-28') = 1 AND count() >= 200
ORDER BY iv_rank DESC
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