The six busiest option contracts of June 30, by contracts traded
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 2026-07-26, from Market Recap: June 30, 2026, The Day in Numbers.
| contract | expires | expires_label | is_same_day | contracts | avg_premium | pct_of_busiest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY $747 call | 2026-06-30 | June 30, 2026 | 1 | 821361 | 0.641 | 100 |
| SPY $748 call | 2026-06-30 | June 30, 2026 | 1 | 558347 | 0.346 | 68 |
| SPY $746 put | 2026-06-30 | June 30, 2026 | 1 | 551942 | 0.79 | 67.2 |
| SPY $746 call | 2026-06-30 | June 30, 2026 | 1 | 543804 | 0.936 | 66.2 |
| KWEB $29 call | 2026-12-18 | December 18, 2026 | 0 | 534459 | 1.171 | 65.1 |
| SPY $745 call | 2026-06-30 | June 30, 2026 | 1 | 497450 | 1.227 | 60.6 |
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
contract |
text | 6 distinct values | |
expires |
date | 2026-06-30 to 2026-12-18 | |
expires_label |
text | 2 distinct values (December 18, 2026, June 30, 2026) | |
is_same_day |
number | 0 to 1 | |
contracts |
number | 497,450 to 821,361 | count |
avg_premium |
number | 0.346 to 1.227 | US dollars |
pct_of_busiest |
number | 60.6 to 100 | 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
SELECT
concat(underlying, ' $', toString(strike), ' ', if(typ = 'C', 'call', 'put')) AS contract,
toString(expiry) AS expires,
formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(expiry, 'MMMM d, yyyy') AS expires_label,
if(expiry = toDate('2026-06-30'), 1, 0) AS is_same_day,
contracts,
round(avg_px, 3) AS avg_premium,
round(100 * contracts / max(contracts) OVER (), 1) AS pct_of_busiest
FROM (
SELECT any(underlying_symbol) AS underlying,
any(toFloat64(strike_price)) AS strike,
any(option_type) AS typ,
any(toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6)))) AS expiry,
sum(size) AS contracts,
avg(toFloat64(price)) AS avg_px,
any(ticker) AS occ
FROM global_markets.options_trades
WHERE sip_timestamp >= '2026-06-30 00:00:00' AND sip_timestamp < '2026-07-01 00:00:00'
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY contracts DESC, occ ASC
LIMIT 6
)
ORDER BY contracts DESC, contract ASC
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