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Dollar exposure in one 100-multiplier contract, by month

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 2026-08-22, from Mini Index Options Explained: XSP, XND, MRUT.

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Dollar exposure in one 100-multiplier contract, by month — 37 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
monthmonth_labelsp500_usd_thousandsnasdaq100_usd_thousandsrussell_usd_thousands
2023-08-01Aug 20234537.818.9
2023-09-01Sep 202342.735.817.7
2023-10-01Oct 202341.835.116.5
2023-11-01Nov 202345.638.918
2023-12-01Dec 202347.54120.1
2024-01-01Jan 202448.341.719.3
2024-02-01Feb 202450.843.920.4
2024-03-01Mar 202452.344.421
2024-04-01Apr 202450.242.519.6
2024-05-01May 202452.745.120.6
2024-06-01Jun 202454.447.920.3
2024-07-01Jul 202455.147.122.4
2024-08-01Aug 202456.447.622
2024-09-01Sep 202457.448.822.1
2024-10-01Oct 202456.948.421.8
2024-11-01Nov 202460.35124.2
2024-12-01Dec 202458.651.122.1
2025-01-01Jan 202560.252.222.6
2025-02-01Feb 202559.450.821.5
2025-03-01Mar 202555.946.919.9
2025-04-01Apr 202555.547.519.5
2025-05-01May 202558.951.920.5
2025-06-01Jun 202561.855.221.6
2025-07-01Jul 202563.256.521.9
2025-08-01Aug 202564.55723.5
2025-09-01Sep 202566.66024.2
2025-10-01Oct 202568.262.924.6
2025-11-01Nov 202568.361.924.9
2025-12-01Dec 202568.261.424.6
2026-01-01Jan 202669.262.226
2026-02-01Feb 202668.660.726.1
2026-03-01Mar 20266557.724.8
2026-04-01Apr 202671.966.827.8
2026-05-01May 202675.673.829
2026-06-01Jun 202674.773.630
2026-07-01Jul 202674.768.829.1
2026-08-01Aug 202676.671.630
Rows × columns
37 × 5
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Dollar exposure in one 100-multiplier contract, by month, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
month date 2023-08-01 to 2026-08-01
month_label text 37 distinct values (Apr 2024, Apr 2025, Apr 2026…)
sp500_usd_thousands number 41.8 to 76.6 US dollars
nasdaq100_usd_thousands number 35.1 to 73.8 US dollars
russell_usd_thousands number 16.5 to 30 US dollars

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
    toString(toStartOfMonth(date))                                   AS month,
    formatDateTime(toStartOfMonth(date), '%b %Y')                    AS month_label,
    round(argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), date, ticker = 'SPY') / 10, 1)  AS sp500_usd_thousands,
    round(argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), date, ticker = 'QQQ') / 10, 1)  AS nasdaq100_usd_thousands,
    round(argMaxIf(toFloat64(close), date, ticker = 'IWM') / 10, 1)  AS russell_usd_thousands
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker IN ('SPY', 'QQQ', 'IWM')
  AND date >= today() - 1095
GROUP BY month, month_label
ORDER BY month

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