The ten busiest option contracts of July 6, 2026
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 2026-08-12, from Options Volume vs. Open Interest, Explained.
| contract | contracts_traded | trades | all_ten_expire_july_6 | all_ten_spy_or_qqq |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY $751 call, expires 2026-07-06 | 1082297 | 128107 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $750 put, expires 2026-07-06 | 986392 | 106731 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $752 call, expires 2026-07-06 | 911035 | 87708 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $750 call, expires 2026-07-06 | 739555 | 116377 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $751 put, expires 2026-07-06 | 735199 | 81507 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $749 put, expires 2026-07-06 | 627447 | 74561 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $753 call, expires 2026-07-06 | 587785 | 30301 | 1 | 1 |
| QQQ $725 call, expires 2026-07-06 | 520038 | 75367 | 1 | 1 |
| SPY $748 put, expires 2026-07-06 | 457351 | 48122 | 1 | 1 |
| QQQ $724 call, expires 2026-07-06 | 424104 | 66982 | 1 | 1 |
- Rows × columns
- 10 × 5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
contract |
text | 10 distinct values | |
contracts_traded |
number | 424,104 to 1,082,297 | count |
trades |
number | 30,301 to 128,107 | count |
all_ten_expire_july_6 |
number | every row is 1 | |
all_ten_spy_or_qqq |
number | every row is 1 |
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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SELECT
contract,
contracts_traded,
trades,
toUInt8(min(expires_july_6) OVER ()) AS all_ten_expire_july_6,
toUInt8(min(root_is_spy_or_qqq) OVER ()) AS all_ten_spy_or_qqq
FROM (
SELECT
concat(substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17), ' $',
toString(round(toFloat64(toUInt32OrZero(substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 7, 8))) / 1000, 2)),
if(substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 8, 1) = 'P', ' put', ' call'),
', expires 20', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 2), '-', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 12, 2), '-', substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 10, 2)) AS contract,
toUInt64(sum(volume)) AS contracts_traded,
toUInt64(sum(transactions)) AS trades,
substring(ticker, length(ticker) - 14, 6) = '260706' AS expires_july_6,
substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17) IN ('SPY', 'QQQ') AS root_is_spy_or_qqq
FROM global_markets.options_minute_aggs
WHERE window_start >= '2026-07-06 00:00:00' AND window_start < '2026-07-07 00:00:00'
AND match(substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17), '^[A-Z]+$')
AND substring(ticker, 3, length(ticker) - 17) NOT IN ('SPCX')
GROUP BY ticker
ORDER BY contracts_traded DESC, ticker ASC
LIMIT 10
)
ORDER BY contracts_traded DESC, contract ASC
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