IV term structure, six liquid names: median near-the-money implied volatility by expiry band, June 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 2026-08-04, from IV Term Structure: What the Curve Tells You.
| expiry_band | median_iv_pct | pts_vs_front_band | contract_count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5-20 days | 19.6 | 0 | 7332 |
| 21-45 days | 17.6 | -2 | 6827 |
| 46-90 days | 16.3 | -3.2 | 5593 |
| 91-180 days | 18.5 | -1.1 | 6736 |
| 181-365 days | 21.5 | 1.9 | 6559 |
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
expiry_band |
text | 5 distinct values (181-365 days, 21-45 days, 46-90 days…) | |
median_iv_pct |
number | 16.3 to 21.5 | percent |
pts_vs_front_band |
number | -3.2 to 1.9 | |
contract_count |
number | 5,593 to 7,332 | 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.
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WITH (
SELECT quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(implied_volatility), cityHash64(ticker))
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('SPY', 'AAPL', 'MSFT', 'KO', 'JNJ', 'PG')
AND date >= toDate('2026-06-01')
AND date < toDate('2026-07-01')
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.03 AND 3
AND abs(toFloat64(delta)) BETWEEN 0.35 AND 0.65
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 5 AND 20
) AS front_band_iv
SELECT multiIf(days_to_expiry <= 20, '5-20 days',
days_to_expiry <= 45, '21-45 days',
days_to_expiry <= 90, '46-90 days',
days_to_expiry <= 180, '91-180 days',
'181-365 days') AS expiry_band,
round(100 * quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(implied_volatility), cityHash64(ticker)), 1) AS median_iv_pct,
round(100 * (quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(implied_volatility), cityHash64(ticker)) - front_band_iv), 1) AS pts_vs_front_band,
count() AS contract_count
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol IN ('SPY', 'AAPL', 'MSFT', 'KO', 'JNJ', 'PG')
AND date >= toDate('2026-06-01')
AND date < toDate('2026-07-01')
AND iv_converged = 1
AND volume > 0
AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.03 AND 3
AND abs(toFloat64(delta)) BETWEEN 0.35 AND 0.65
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 5 AND 365
GROUP BY expiry_band
ORDER BY min(days_to_expiry)
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