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SPY implied volatility vs the volatility realized in the following 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 2026-08-03, from Nikkei 225 Options and SQ Settlement.

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SPY implied volatility vs the volatility realized in the following month — 23 rows by 5 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
monthimplied_vol_pctrealized_vol_pctpremium_pctavg_premium_pct
2024-0815.413.71.71.5
2024-0914.911.13.81.5
2024-1016.311.94.41.5
2024-1113.413.9-0.51.5
2024-1212.313.9-1.61.5
2025-0114.213.11.11.5
2025-0213.720.3-6.61.5
2025-0318.849-30.21.5
2025-0425.916.89.11.5
2025-0518.210.281.5
2025-0615.76.69.11.5
2025-0714.811.92.91.5
2025-0813.576.51.5
2025-0913.513.6-0.11.5
2025-1015.315.301.5
2025-1116.38.47.91.5
2025-1213.310.23.11.5
2026-0113.813.40.41.5
2026-0216.218.1-1.91.5
2026-0320.911.69.31.5
2026-0416.99.77.21.5
2026-0515.417.5-2.11.5
2026-0615.4123.41.5
Rows × columns
23 × 5
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds

Column definitions for SPY implied volatility vs the volatility realized in the following month, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
month date 2024-08 to 2026-06
implied_vol_pct number 12.3 to 25.9 percent
realized_vol_pct number 6.6 to 49 percent
premium_pct number -30.2 to 9.3 percent
avg_premium_pct number every row is 1.5 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
WITH daily AS (
    SELECT toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) AS session_date,
           argMax(close, window_start) AS session_close
    FROM global_markets.delayed_stocks_minute_aggs
    WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
      AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) >= toDate('2024-08-01')
      AND toDate(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) <= toDate('2026-07-31')
      AND (toHour(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York')) * 60
           + toMinute(toTimeZone(window_start, 'America/New_York'))) BETWEEN 570 AND 959
    GROUP BY session_date
),
rets AS (
    SELECT session_date,
           toFloat64(session_close) AS close_px,
           any(toFloat64(session_close)) OVER (ORDER BY session_date ASC
                                               ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) AS prior_close
    FROM daily
),
realized AS (
    SELECT toStartOfMonth(session_date) AS month_start,
           round(stddevSamp(close_px / prior_close - 1) * sqrt(252) * 100, 1) AS realized_vol_pct,
           count() AS sessions
    FROM rets
    WHERE prior_close > 0
    GROUP BY month_start
),
implied AS (
    SELECT toStartOfMonth(date) AS month_start,
           addMonths(toStartOfMonth(date), 1) AS next_month_start,
           round(quantileDeterministic(0.5)(toFloat64(implied_volatility) * 100, cityHash64(ticker)), 1) AS implied_vol_pct
    FROM global_markets.options_greeks
    WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
      AND date >= toDate('2024-08-01')
      AND date <= toDate('2026-06-30')
      AND iv_converged = 1
      AND volume > 0
      AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 20 AND 45
      AND abs(toFloat64(strike_price) / toFloat64(underlying_close) - 1) < 0.05
    GROUP BY month_start, next_month_start
)
SELECT formatDateTime(i.month_start, '%Y-%m') AS month,
       i.implied_vol_pct AS implied_vol_pct,
       r.realized_vol_pct AS realized_vol_pct,
       round(i.implied_vol_pct - r.realized_vol_pct, 1) AS premium_pct,
       round(avg(i.implied_vol_pct - r.realized_vol_pct) OVER (), 1) AS avg_premium_pct
FROM implied AS i
INNER JOIN realized AS r ON i.next_month_start = r.month_start
WHERE r.sessions >= 15
ORDER BY month

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