The same contract, three exit choices, net of commission and fees
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 2026-10-07, from Options Trade Example: Start to Finish.
| label | net_pl_usd | net_return_pct |
|---|---|---|
| Closed after one week | -56.4 | -7.6 |
| Closed one week before expiry | -717.4 | -96.9 |
| Held to the final close | -740.4 | -100 |
- Rows × columns
- 3 × 3
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
- Licence
- Strasmore terms · free, no signup
What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
label |
text | 3 distinct values | |
net_pl_usd |
number | -740.4 to -56.4 | US dollars |
net_return_pct |
number | -100 to -7.6 | 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.
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WITH
0.65 AS commission_per_contract,
0.05 AS fees_per_contract,
(
SELECT round(toFloat64(close), 2)
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'AAPL'
AND date = '2026-02-20'
) AS entry_close,
(
SELECT ticker
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'AAPL'
AND lower(option_type) LIKE 'c%'
AND expiration_date = '2026-03-20'
AND date = '2026-02-20'
AND toFloat64(option_close) > 0
AND toFloat64(strike_price) > entry_close
ORDER BY strike_price
LIMIT 1
) AS chosen_contract,
(
SELECT toFloat64(option_close)
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE ticker = chosen_contract
AND date = '2026-02-20'
) AS entry_premium,
(
SELECT max(date)
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE ticker = chosen_contract
AND date <= '2026-03-20'
) AS final_session
SELECT
multiIf(date = toDate('2026-02-27'), 'Closed after one week',
date = toDate('2026-03-13'), 'Closed one week before expiry',
'Held to the final close') AS label,
round((toFloat64(any(option_close)) - entry_premium) * 100
- commission_per_contract - fees_per_contract
- if(toFloat64(any(option_close)) > 0,
commission_per_contract + fees_per_contract, 0), 2) AS net_pl_usd,
round((((toFloat64(any(option_close)) - entry_premium) * 100
- commission_per_contract - fees_per_contract
- if(toFloat64(any(option_close)) > 0,
commission_per_contract + fees_per_contract, 0))
/ (entry_premium * 100 + commission_per_contract + fees_per_contract)) * 100, 1) AS net_return_pct
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE ticker = chosen_contract
AND date IN (toDate('2026-02-27'), toDate('2026-03-13'), final_session)
GROUP BY date
ORDER BY date
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