Listed expiration dates, one broad lineup against a thinner chain
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 2026-08-26, from Option Expiration Cycles Explained.
| symbol | listed_expirations | expirations_within_45d | months_beyond_90d |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPY | 33 | 16 | 10 |
| AAPL | 23 | 11 | 11 |
| MSFT | 22 | 11 | 10 |
| KO | 18 | 7 | 10 |
| HRL | 11 | 7 | 4 |
| CLX | 6 | 2 | 3 |
- Rows × columns
- 6 × 4
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
symbol |
text | 6 distinct values (AAPL, CLX, HRL…) | |
listed_expirations |
number | 6 to 33 | |
expirations_within_45d |
number | 2 to 16 | |
months_beyond_90d |
number | 3 to 11 |
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
(
SELECT max(date)
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date >= today() - 10
) AS chain_date
SELECT
underlying_symbol AS symbol,
countDistinct(expiration_date) AS listed_expirations,
countDistinctIf(expiration_date, days_to_expiry <= 45) AS expirations_within_45d,
countDistinctIf(toStartOfMonth(expiration_date), days_to_expiry > 90) AS months_beyond_90d
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE date = chain_date
AND expiration_date >= chain_date
AND underlying_symbol IN ('SPY', 'AAPL', 'MSFT', 'KO', 'CLX', 'HRL')
GROUP BY underlying_symbol
ORDER BY listed_expirations DESC
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