June: whole-tape options contract volume and same-day-expiry share (one scan)
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 2026-07-16, from Market Recap: Q2 2026.
contracts mm
1,477.9
zero dte pct
34.3
sessions
21
- Rows × columns
- 1 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
contracts_mm |
number | every row is 1,477.9 | count |
zero_dte_pct |
number | every row is 34.3 | percent |
sessions |
number | every row is 21 |
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 round(sum(toFloat64(volume)) / 1e6, 1) AS contracts_mm,
round(100.0 * sumIf(toFloat64(volume), toDateOrNull(concat('20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6))) = toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) / sum(toFloat64(volume)), 1) AS zero_dte_pct,
uniqExact(toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) AS sessions
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= toDateTime('2026-06-01 00:00:00')
AND window_start < toDateTime('2026-07-01 00:00:00')
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