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Every 2026 monthly options expiration date

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 Options Expiration Calendar 2026: All 12 Dates.

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Every 2026 monthly options expiration date — 12 rows by 6 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
expiration_dateexpiry_labelweekdayday_of_monthexpiry_classcalendar_check
2026-01-16Jan 16Fri16monthlyalready traded
2026-02-20Feb 20Fri20monthlyalready traded
2026-03-20Mar 20Fri20quarterlyalready traded
2026-04-17Apr 17Fri17monthlyalready traded
2026-05-15May 15Fri15monthlyalready traded
2026-06-19Jun 19Fri19quarterlyalready traded
2026-07-17Jul 17Fri17monthlyalready traded
2026-08-21Aug 21Fri21monthlyalready traded
2026-09-18Sep 18Fri18quarterlyno closure scheduled
2026-10-16Oct 16Fri16monthlyno closure scheduled
2026-11-20Nov 20Fri20monthlyno closure scheduled
2026-12-18Dec 18Fri18quarterlyno closure scheduled
Rows × columns
12 × 6
Period covered
to
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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Formats
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Every 2026 monthly options expiration date, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
expiration_date date 2026-01-16 to 2026-12-18
expiry_label text 12 distinct values (Apr 17, Aug 21, Dec 18…)
weekday date Fri
day_of_month number 15 to 21
expiry_class text 2 distinct values (monthly, quarterly)
calendar_check text 2 distinct values (already traded, no closure scheduled)

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(cal.exp_date)                                                            AS expiration_date,
    concat(formatDateTime(cal.exp_date, '%b '), toString(toDayOfMonth(cal.exp_date))) AS expiry_label,
    formatDateTime(cal.exp_date, '%a')                                                AS weekday,
    toDayOfMonth(cal.exp_date)                                                        AS day_of_month,
    if(toMonth(cal.exp_date) IN (3, 6, 9, 12), 'quarterly', 'monthly')                AS expiry_class,
    multiIf(cal.exp_date < today(),   'already traded',
            hol.holiday != '',        concat('scheduled closure: ', hol.holiday),
                                      'no closure scheduled')                         AS calendar_check
FROM
(
    SELECT
        toDate('2026-01-01') + toIntervalMonth(arrayJoin(range(12)))  AS month_start,
        month_start + ((12 - toDayOfWeek(month_start)) % 7) + 14      AS exp_date
) AS cal
LEFT JOIN
(
    SELECT
        date         AS d,
        any(name)    AS holiday
    FROM global_markets.stocks_market_holidays
    GROUP BY date
) AS hol ON hol.d = cal.exp_date
ORDER BY cal.exp_date

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